Thursday, May 12, 2005
Quagmire Update
Death toll nears 400 as violence escalates in Iraq
"More than 70 people were killed in at least five attacks across Iraq yesterday in a dramatic surge in insurgent violence that has overshadowed the rise to power of Iraq's first elected government.
The wave of attacks, which brings the total number of Iraqis dead over the past two weeks to nearly 400, has shattered the sense of optimism created by the January 30 elections."
Explosion Effectively Finishes Off Squad
"In 96 hours of fighting and ambushes in far western Iraq, the squad had just ceased to be.
Every member of the unit -- one of three squads that make up the 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment -- had been killed or wounded, Marines here said. All told, the 1st Platoon, which Hurley commands, had sustained 60 percent casualties, demolishing it as a fighting force.
'They used to call it Lucky Lima,' said Maj. Steve Lawson, commander of the company. 'That turned around and bit us.'"
The fact that the Bush Admin and Rummy have relied on luck instead of stategic planning in the aftermath of initial attacks on Iraq has also turned around and bitten them. See the post below on the "smoking gun" British memo for evidence of why this war based on lies was not worth it.
"More than 70 people were killed in at least five attacks across Iraq yesterday in a dramatic surge in insurgent violence that has overshadowed the rise to power of Iraq's first elected government.
The wave of attacks, which brings the total number of Iraqis dead over the past two weeks to nearly 400, has shattered the sense of optimism created by the January 30 elections."
Explosion Effectively Finishes Off Squad
"In 96 hours of fighting and ambushes in far western Iraq, the squad had just ceased to be.
Every member of the unit -- one of three squads that make up the 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment -- had been killed or wounded, Marines here said. All told, the 1st Platoon, which Hurley commands, had sustained 60 percent casualties, demolishing it as a fighting force.
'They used to call it Lucky Lima,' said Maj. Steve Lawson, commander of the company. 'That turned around and bit us.'"
The fact that the Bush Admin and Rummy have relied on luck instead of stategic planning in the aftermath of initial attacks on Iraq has also turned around and bitten them. See the post below on the "smoking gun" British memo for evidence of why this war based on lies was not worth it.
