"We want to remind this town that we have teeth and claws........."

[donsu]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031108/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

U.S. Pounds Saddam's Hometown; 2 GIs Die

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents killed two U.S. paratroopers and wounded another west of Baghdad on Saturday as the U.S. military unleashed a show of force in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit, rocketing buildings to rubble and dropping 500-pound bombs near the site where a Black Hawk helicopter crashed.

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In retaliation, U.S. rocket and heavy machine gun fire destroyed a warehouse and two houses believed to have been used by militants. Air Force fighters screeching overhead dropped bombs, which rattled houses. Mortar rounds howled, and tracer bullets lit up the sky.

"We want to remind this town that we have teeth and claws and we will use them," said Lt. Col. Steven Russell of the 4th Infantry Division, who led raid in Tikrit, a city of 120,000 people about 120 miles north of Baghdad.

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"They are occupying the world," said Shazad Ahmed, one of the residents. "What do you expect the people to do? Kiss them?"
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the bushgang must be taking lessons from bloody Sharongang

[laura888]

1. so this town is no longer "liberated" - they are now the enemy?

What's wrong with these town's people? Don't they know that the American soldiers are bringing them freedom and democracy and christianity to make their lives better?

could it be because the town's people see the Americans as an aggressive, occupying, foreign force who do not really have the town's best interests at heart?

[neuvocat]

4. Excellent point!

U.S. bullies the innocent, thereby justifying the actions of killing U.S. troops-at least in the eyes of the Iraqis and all the neighboring countries.

This is indeed the U.S. version of the Soviet Union's Afghanistan.

[Sagan]

2. Sounds like Lidice...

How wonderful.

[SoCalDem]

3. Yessiree.. We know how to blow shit up, and we are not afraid

We have NO idea where the people are who actually brought down those choppers, but we will wait til night and send some "ooh...look at that".. shells and blast a few holes in some sand & dirt..

[quaker bill]

5. This approach has always worked so well

for Israel. They have been bombing and bulldozing the s**t out of the palestinians for years, see how peaceful it is there?

We are following their model here. Those who do not read history are doomed to repeat it.

[lostnfound]

6. Collective punishment / collective capital punishment ! kick n/t