"US Column Wiped Out" from Rense... Credible???

[benburch]

http://www.rense.com/general63/out.htm

Does anybody have any other sources for this???

[Sanity Claws]

1. haven't heard it elsewhere

but that doesn't mean it's not true. Any idea of many in a column?

[Selatius]

2. No evidence to tell either way

In Chechnya, the press, at least those who bothered to cover the conflict, complained about the Russians inflating the number of rebels killed, while the rebels inflated the number of federal soldiers killed.

[ulTRAX]

3. Taking out 4 Abrams Tanks is not credible.....

I'd have to look for stats on Abrams kills... but I've only heard of a few... and they may have been M1 A1s as opposed to the newer M1 A2s.

[benburch]

4. To a journalist, A Bradley might look like a tank. nt

[The Magistrate]

6. That Is True, Sir

But this sounds made up of whole cloth. the other side, you know, must keep its supporters' spirits up too, and lies and propagandizes to that purpose as well....

[benburch]

10. I hope you are correct.

Enough death already.

[ulTRAX]

8. it might be a Stryker

At least one was taken out with an IED.

[Minstrel Boy]

5. It's the report of the Iraqi resistance,

and I expect they're given to hyperbole, as much as the occupiers.

Here's the site Rense quotes:

http://www.the7thfire.com/Iraq_War/resistance_report/feb_19_2005.htm

[Jack Rabbit]

7. I wouldn't bet the farm on this

. . . and probably not a nickel, either.

[JanMichael]

9. Rense is a kook. However one never knows, eventually this sort of...

...thing will happen, is this story true?

I doubt it, but like I said: This sort of thing will happen eventually.

[vincent_vega_lives]

11. Here's the source

"The whooooole American column was wiped out."

[ngant17]

12. Rense is sensationalist at times

Rense attracts a lot of curiousity-seeking. I check it out a lot.

I wouldn't consider it yellow-journalism. There are some deadly firepower being used, I have a gut feeling this would come sooner or later, I mean, if you can buy your basic RPG rounds for a few bucks on the black market over there. The newer missiles the Iraqi resistance appear to have gotten their hands on, I think they have hit US and Brit aircraft, their version of what the Taliban were able to inflict against Soviet aircraft in Afghanistan, the Stingers, ect.

Would we miss a column of GIs getting wiped-out? Good question. Happened in Viet Nam on a regular basis, I'm sure. Look at the average KIAs in SE Asia, maybe 5 per day overall spread out over 11 years (1964-75), I don't have the variances to compare, that would take a lot of work, but we haven't been able to smooth out Iraq averages much, maybe 1 a day or 2-3 on a bad day. Assuming the news is being accurate.

We haven't won the war over there, column or no column gone. There is no light at the end of the tunnel, we haven't even gone into the tunnel. There will probably be provacations like Gulf of Tonkin ruse to get us to support this madness. That will be Bush's legacy.