At last, a real supporter…
Bob Morris @ Mar 31st 2003 08:38 - Category: Unfiled ;
At last, a real supporter of the war steps forward
Morocco offers US 2000 monkeys trained to detonate mines.
Archive for March 31st, 2003
Deep thoughts from great military…
Bob Morris @ Mar 31st 2003 08:37 - Category: Unfiled ;
Deep thoughts from great military thinkers
A Sgt Sprague opines about Iraq
“I’ve been all the way through this desert from Basra to here and I ain’t seen one shopping mall or fast food restaurant,” he said. “These people got nothing. Even in a little town like ours of twenty five hundred people you got a McDonald’s at one end and a Hardee’s at the other.”
Wounded British soldiers condemn US…
Bob Morris @ Mar 31st 2003 08:36 - Category: Unfiled ;
Wounded British soldiers condemn US ‘cowboy’ pilot
“British soldiers injured when a US “tankbuster” aircraft attacked their convoy, killing one of their comrades, hit out angrily at the “cowboy” pilot today.
Troops wounded in Friday’s attack accused the A-10 Thunderbolt pilot of “incompetence and negligence” while others privately called for a manslaughter prosecution.
Lance Corporal of Horse Steven Gerrard, speaking from his bed on the RFA Argus in the Gulf, said: “I can command my vehicle. I can keep it from being attacked. What I have not been trained to do is look over my shoulder to see whether an American is shooting at me.”
Baghdad assault ‘delayed for up…
Bob Morris @ Mar 31st 2003 08:35 - Category: Unfiled ;
Baghdad assault ‘delayed for up to 40 days’
“The United States-led advance on Baghdad appeared to have been placed firmly on hold yesterday after frontline units reported orders to settle into their positions for the next 35 to 40 days.
General Tommy Franks, the US commander, insisted there would be no pause in the assault on Saddam Hussein’s regime. But troops on the ground suggested there had been a marked change in the coalition’s military strategy.”
