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Sunday, February 15, 2004


Iraqi cops
These are the men who fought and died - but stood their ground - in yesterday's attacks by insurgents. They are tough guys.



Brig. Gen. Sabri told Geraldo Rivera that the main constraint upon his men in the fighting was that they had only been issued 60 rounds of ammunition per man. Modern combat eats ammo quickly and his men ran out of ammo too soon.




These Iraqi heroes did not flee even when their ammo ran out and 23 of their comrades had been slain. These policemen never felt they were outclassed by the jihadi attackers. They were only outgunned. They declined the offer of troops from nearby American paratroopers. They did not need Americans to bleed for them. They were more than willing to bleed for themselves.




All they asked the Americans to do was send them more ammunition. We did, and these men held their ground.

Freedom is winning. Democracy is prevailing. The terrorists are losing. These men are not going to be defeated, they can only be killed. But they will not lose, for they know what is at stake. At the end of the long fight, they will be the last men standing.

by Donald Sensing, 2/15/2004 09:44:29 PM. Permalink |  






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