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AR15.COM
11/11/2004 3:56:15 AM EDT
From www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138256,00.html



In one of the most dramatic clashes Wednesday, snipers fired on U.S. and Iraqi troops from the minarets of the Khulafah Al Rashid mosque, the military said. U.S. Marines called in an airstrike, and an F-18 dropped a 500-pound bomb on the mosque, destroying both minarets

Pool footage showed U.S. forces battling insurgents in a neighborhood surrounding the mosque. Troops were pinned down by gunfire on a rooftop, forced to hit the deck and lay on their stomachs.

"When they're using a mosque to do command and control for insurgents and kill my fellow Marines and soldiers and airmen that are out here — no holds barred, the gloves are off," said Marine Staff Sgt. Sam Mortimer.



HOOOOOAAAAAH!!!  ROCK THE CASBAH...ROCK THE CASBAH!!!
11/11/2004 3:59:19 AM EDT
[#1]
About time!

LEVEL the friggin' place!
11/11/2004 4:08:50 AM EDT
[#2]
So, they blew the "Holy Shi'ite" out of the place?


it's about friggin' time, I'm sick if hearing the liberals whining about "the holy city of..." and "the holy mosque of..."

If terrorists hide there and launch attacks from it, then THE TERRORISTS DESTROYED IT!


Rock on, brothers! May God keep you safe and speed your mission so that you all can come home soon.
11/11/2004 4:19:14 AM EDT
[#3]
MUCH cheaper and safer to level the Masques and then rebuild them afterwards.


CMOS
11/11/2004 4:26:16 AM EDT
[#4]
Am I mistaken/wrong to understand that the traditional and original design of a mosque is that of a fortification?  The towers were used not only for a call to prayer but also for use as lookout & offensive position.
11/11/2004 7:24:00 AM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
Am I mistaken/wrong to understand that the traditional and original design of a mosque is that of a fortification?  The towers were used not only for a call to prayer but also for use as lookout & offensive position.



Well...BLOW IT UP, THEN!!!