Virgil, I don't know about you, but I don't think the insurgents had a TANK on that roof.
Perhaps the insurgent were using small-arms, perhaps even some RPG-7. You could try to use similar firepower to kill them. Perhaps you could use some snipers (I read every army unit has snipers nowadays, you know, URBAN COMBAT). On the other hand sure you could completely disregard human life and fire TANK ROUNDS on the house. "Damn they're all savages", right? Probably you didn't watch that video Iraq: The Hidden Story, but they showed a US Army Kiowa helicopter firing on a civilian crowd which had gathered near a wrecked US armored vehicle. War situation? Yes. Combat situation? No. In Somalia (yeah, read about the events leading to the "Blackhawk down" story ), the US forces wanted to nail a local warchief/leader. Intelligence showed he would participate in a meeting in a certain building. But it was a local community meeting where most of the people would be civilians, local leaders, etc. What did the US military do? They fired missiles on the building, killing and maiming many people, before a Delta Team went in to grab the guy if alive. You see? Want to grab or kill a CRIMINAL but kill innocents in the process, showing complete disregard for human life. No wonder local people started to hate americans by that time (US Marines had been there before and reportedly were well liked by local population). War situation? Hmm, yeah, probably. Combat situation? No. This incident was told in the "Blackhawk Down" book, which is not an anti-american book, on the contrary (an excellent reading by the way). There's a hilarious scene in the satire movie "Team America World Police" where the good guys destroy all Paris while trying to stop terrorists. Then they wonder why the local population hates then. While the movie is ridiculous (and outrageously funny), I bet those movie makers are not simple minded guys. On 11/29/06, Virgil Bierschwale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And I suppose YOU would be able to respond to the terrorists fire without > harming civilians located in the same building ? > So, fess up... > Just how would you perform this magnificient surgical strike ? > > > Virgil Bierschwale > http://www.tccutlery.com > http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Helio W. > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:47 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: [OT] Colateral damage of no importance? > > Five girls killed in Iraqi clash > > > Five young girls have been killed in Iraq during a clash between US > marines > and insurgents in the western city of Ramadi, the US has said. > > A US military statement said militants on the roof of a house had fired on > its forces, who responded with tank fire. > It said soldiers searching the building found the bodies of one man and > the > five girls, one of whom was an infant. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6193620.stm > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
