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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-18-06 09:18 PM
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Israeli troops criticize army, equipment
METULLA, Israel - Israeli soldiers returning from the war in Lebanon say the army was slow to rescue wounded comrades and suffered from a lack of supplies so dire that they had to drink water from the canteens of dead Hezbollah guerrillas.

"We fought for nothing. We cleared houses that will be reoccupied in no time," said Ilia Marshak, a 22-year-old infantryman who spent a week in Lebanon.

Marshak said his unit was hindered by a lack of information, poor training and untested equipment. In one instance, Israeli troops occupying two houses inadvertently fired at each other because of poor communication between their commanders.

"We almost killed each other," he said. "We shot like blind people. ... We shot sheep and goats."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060818/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_angry_soldiers_6

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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-18-06 09:29 PM
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1. another one who learned the futility of killing
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ShockediSay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 09:02 PM
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2. Whaddya expect from a totally US funded war/attack machine?
Edited on Sat Aug-19-06 09:02 PM by ShockediSay
They have their soldiers

They have their religious scholars totally on welfare

They have universal health care coverage

And I ask you? What do we in the US have?
Lieberman? AIPAC?
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