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A Bradley fighting vehicle rushing down Haifa Street, a major traffic artery near the Green Zone, to assist a U.S. patrol was disabled by a car bomb about 6:50 a.m., the U.S. military said. Two Bradley crewmen were wounded by the bomb and four were injured by grenades and small-arms fire as they fled the vehicle, the military said.
Jubilant fighters, curiosity seekers and young boys swarmed around the burning vehicle, dancing, cheering and hurling firebombs. Several young men placed a black and yellow banner of Tawhid and Jihad in the barrel of the Bradley's main gun.
Fearing the crowd would loot the vehicle of weapons and ammunition, American soldiers called for air support, and as U.S. Army helicopters flew over the burning Bradley ``they received small-arms fire from the insurgents in vicinity of the vehicle,'' a military statement said.
The helicopters ``fired upon the anti-Iraqi forces and the Bradley preventing the loss of sensitive equipment and weapons,'' the statement said. ``An unknown number of insurgents and Iraq civilians were wounded or killed in the incident.''
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Yes it was their fault, in fact as a rule its best to avoid burning vehicles and its best to avoid waving the flag of the enemy over that vehicle and its also best to avoid shooting at an apache helicopter. Any one of the three is a good cause for a Darwin award.
Also while I see many condemnations of anything the US does fighting wise, I have yet to see anyone who would be, shall I say, a 'Bush hater'
, say anything negative about the purposeful targeting of civilians in Iraq by terror organizations.
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We shouldn't debate if Iraq was linked to Al Queda, as we know that's not the case,
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We know that Iraq had nothing directly to do with 9/11, nor has the Bush admin ever said they did. We do know that Iraq had dealings with Al Queda and provided safe haven to Abu Musab Zarqawi who is currently leading the terrorist attacks in Iraq.
The hypocrisy is so thick you could cut it with a knife.