[lbo-talk] Quote of the day

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Tue Nov 9 20:41:51 PST 2004


After nearly 16 hours of fighting, First Sgt. Ronald Whittington, with the First Battalion, Eighth Marines, appeared stunned after five of his men went down in a single moment after dashing through machine-gun fire to cross the road in front of the mosque.

"It was bad, bad," Sergeant Whittington said. "I don't know where the shooting was coming from."

http://nytimes.com/2004/11/10/international/middleeast/10falluja.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5094&en=2ac9ef8a1d7512d9&hp&ex=1100062800&partner=homepage



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