[lbo-talk] GI: "The problem is they know everything about us"

[Stephen E Philion]

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Marines say the fighters have mastered the art of attacking them and 
then melting away in villages where it is impossible to distinguish 
between fighters and civilians. 

"They fire their AK-47s from their homes, walk out the back door and 
then actually walk up and shake hands with American soldiers when the 
fighting is over," said Lance Corporal Peter Johnson, 20, of Wheaton, 
Illinois. 

"It is just impossible to tell them apart. They can't aim very well and 
they don't have lots of weapons but they are resourceful and smart. 
They are getting better." 
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"The problem is they know everything about us. They hear us coming, 
they know what vehicles we ride in and calculate how many in each 
vehicle," said Private First Class Joseph France, 19, of Batesville, 
Indiana.
The eagerness to kill fighters showed in a recent skirmish when Marines 
entering a village spotted three men running as they approached. They 
pursued and fired on the men, killing one, wounding and capturing 
another. 

Marines said the men fired on them. A senior officer said they had no 
weapons, but that with shots coming in the men were legitimate targets 
because they ran.