Tuesday, April 01, 2003

The story below in not an indictment of our soldiers. Quite the opposite. This is a first hand account of the horrors they are now facing.

US Marines turn fire on civilians at the bridge of death

Before last week the overwhelming majority of these young men had never
been in combat. Few had even seen a dead body. Now, their faces had
changed. Anger and fear were fuelled by rumours that the bodies of
American soldiers had been dragged through Nasiriya's streets. Some
marines cried in the arms of friends, others sought comfort in the Bible.

Next morning, the men of Alpha company talked about the fighting over
MREs (meals ready to eat). They were jittery now and reacted nervously to
any movement around their dugouts. They suspected that civilian cars,
including taxis, had helped resupply the enemy inside the city. When cars
were spotted speeding along two roads, frantic calls were made over the
radio to get permission to "kill the vehicles". Twenty-four hours earlier
it would almost certainly have been denied: now it was granted...

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Kansas @ 10:29 PM