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Falcon Forward Base - the truth?

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The above video shows the attack on the base. So what really happened?

From Jihad Unspun we have very different picture from the Defense Department who report no casualties.

We all recall that late on the evening of October 10, 2006, Iraqi resistance groups lobbed mortar and rocket rounds into the immense Falcon Forward Base, the largest American military base in Iraq, located 13 km south of the Green Zone in Baghdad. In addition to intense mortar fire, Grad and Katyusha rockets were also used in the attack.
Now it has been learned that over 300 American troops including US Army and Marines, CIA agents and US translators were among the casualties and there also were 165 seriously injured requiring major medical attention and 39 suffering lesser injuries. In addition, 122 members of the Iraqi armed forces were killed and 90 seriously injured who were also evacuated to the U.S. military hospital at al-Habbaniyah located some 70km west of Baghdad.’
Sure the regime will call the video and these reports of casualties "just propoganda." What else would you call a report that, if true, could turn the remaining 40% of the population against this war? (Okay so maybe there will still be 1% who agree with the war - Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Rice have some family and friends you know.) The truth may come out eventually - when Congress has the balls to investigate this mess and make this regime "fess up".



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