SouthernBelle wrote:
Совершенно логично их там покрошили - никто плакать по ним не будет. Включая самих иракцев.
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Locals say brothers fought and died as heroes
By Charles Clover in Mosul
Published: July 23 2003 20:26 | Last Updated: July 23 2003 20:26
Across the street from the still-smoking house in Mosul where Qusay and Uday
Hussein are said to have died on Tuesday, local residents who saw it happen
disagree on virtually all details but one: whoever was in the house died heroically.
"We should be proud as Iraqis that they died this way. Four men held off the
American army for five hours They died like men," said Mohammed Jubburi, who
works at a supermarket across the street.
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"They fought excellently," said Mr Jubburi, who claims they killed two US
soldiers and wounded two others. The US military says none of its soldiers was
killed in the operation. "This is nonsense. They are lying," said Mr Jubburi. US
soldiers guarding the house on Wednesday said they were under strict orders
not to comment to the press on Tuesday's events.
<snip>
According to Mr Jubburi and a number of other witnesses, a group of about 100
Iraqis further down the street began to chant: "Allahu Akbar!"
when the bodies were brought out. They say they were fired on though US
soldiers vehemently deny this.
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А можно поинтересоваться, вы о армейских операциях имеете представление изключительно по телевизору или как? У меня нет боевого опыта, но служил и в СА и IDF. Поэтому даже я могу сказать, что сравнивать хорошо отрепетированный захват дворца 35летней давности и захват дома по оперативным данным в городских условиях с "мирным и невинным населением " с калашами из под полы под объективами непредвзятых журналюг, примерно тоже самое, что палец с сами понимаете чем.
