[lbo-talk] it took 200 Americans 4 hours to kill 4 Iraqis

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Tue Jul 22 08:15:19 PDT 2003


Doug Henwood wrote:


> U.S. Kills 'High-Value' Iraqis in Siege
> By Miral Fahmy
>
> "Individuals of very high interest to the coalition forces were hiding
> out in the building," Lieutenant-Colonel William Bishop of the 101st
> Airborne Division told Reuters in Mosul.
>
> "This morning we went to the building and surrounded it."
>
> Major Trey Cate, spokesman for the division, said four "high-value
> targets" were found dead after the battle. A fifth Iraqi also died in
> the fighting.

LOCKHART: Joker, I've told you, we run two basic stories here. Grunts who give half their pay to buy gooks toothbrushes and deodorants--Winning of Hearts and Minds--okay? And combat action that results in a kill--Winning the War. Now you must have seen blood trails ... drag marks?

JOKER: It was raining, sir.

LOCKHART: Well, that's why God passed the law of probability. Now rewrite it and give it a happy ending--say, uh, one kill. Make it a sapper or an officer. Which?

JOKER: Whichever you say.

LOCKHART: Grunts like reading about dead officers.

JOKER: Okay, an officer. How about a general?



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