Iraq War Turning Point: Falcon base attack killed/wounded over 300 US troops...

[Zionix]

Over 300 American troops, including U.S. Army and Marines, CIA agents, U.S. translators and contractors were killed or injured outright or died immediately afterwards en route to hospital or in hospital and over 125 seriously injured, requiring major medical attention and 39 suffering lesser injuries By accounts, charred and totally unrecognizable fragments of personnel were scattered over an eight block area.

Reported by a US soldier in the Green Zone:



On Tuesday, I was in my quarters, writing a letter to a friend that I knew will be censored so I was being very unspecific about conditions here.

About 2300 there was a huge explosion to the south of the Green Zone, followed at intervals by other, very heavy, explosions that numbered about thirty or forty and lasted all night. I went up onto the roof and saw a great fountain of flames, billowing smoke and flaming debris shooting up into the air like Fourth of July fireworks.

Personnel were running all over the building, wide-eyed with terror and wondering if our compound was going to “get it” next. Usually, we hear distant explosions scattered throughout Baghdad on a daily basis as another convoy is blasted by the insurgent bombs but this ongoing mess was louder, and longer, than anything I have ever encountered.

It was impossible to sleep what with all the explosions and in the morning, I shaved and went to my office. As a note here: I am lucky to have quarters with no windows facing outwards towards Baghdad. The insurgents have sniper rifles, usually U.S. .50 caliber, set up in buildings that have a distant overlook and more than once, personnel shaving in front of a bathroom window have had their brains splattered all over the tile walls as a sniper zeroes in on them. The sound of the shot follows and never, not once, have our security people ever found the sniper’s nest.

In the office I learned that ‘Forward Operating Base Falcon,’ one of our light-headed senior officer’s idea to set up fortified positions in various places, such as the capital of the Al Anbaar province as-Saqr was hit by enemy action, set on fire and suddenly exploded as tons of stored ammunition cooked off.

Camp Falcon at Sukkaniya is located in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.. ‘Forward Operating Base Falcon’ was one of the newest and most heavily armed fortified positions.

There now exists a very high threat of suicide bombers in Ramadi who might attempt to ram Falcon with a vehicle packed with explosives, and so heavy concrete barriers were placed around the base designed to prevent such attacks. This did not deter the members of the Resistance movement who lobbed the same type of mortar shells into Falcon as they have been lobbing into the so-called “super secure” headquarters areas of the Green Zone. Falcon had also become the largest US weapons arsenal depot in the American General Headquarters in the south of Baghdad and a very tempting target. This time, we heard later, (and officially denied!) the Resistance used Grad and Katyusha rockets instead of mortars and the results were immediate, prolonged and completely devastating.

The installation itself is full of smoking rubble, and fires were still burning the following day. Although it is still very early to be accurate, reviews here of Falcon’s inventory indicates that losses will certainly exceed $1 billion.

That addresses the loss of property. The loss of life is even worse

Over 300 American troops, including U.S. Army and Marines, CIA agents, U.S. translators and contractors were killed or injured outright or died immediately afterwards en route to hospital or in hospital and over 125 seriously injured, requiring major medical attention and 39 suffering lesser injuries By accounts, charred and totally unrecognizable fragments of personnel were scattered over an eight block area.

122 members of the Iraqi armed forces were killed and 90 seriously injured members of same, were also evacuated to the U.S. military hospital at al-Habbaniyah located some 70km west of Baghdad. U.S. medical personnel at al-Habbaniyah initially stated that the US military hospital at the massive American-occupied air base there had begun to receive dead and wounded personnel. The military hospital in al-Habbaniyah, the largest in occupied Iraq, was opened on 12 May this year in response to sharply rising (and redacted) US casualties.

Initially three large military transport aircraft with the red cross displayed under the wings and on the fuselages, had flown into the base, and casualties were being unloaded and sent into the hospital at the al-Habbaniyah base, and officially, we predictably released a flood of ‘official statements’ that claimed there were “only a few personnel wounded and no fatalities whatsoever.”

Also predictably, our people overreacted by launching a wild series of bomb and rocket attacks on random parts of Baghdad, killing an estimated 120 Iraqi civlinans and injuring an unknown number as well as setting fires that were still burning the next morning. There were strong ruimors that a container of artillery shells containing some kind of a nerve gas (for use against Iraqi militant strongholds…shades of Hussein!) turned out to be false. What was involved were a kind of tear gas, thank God, or we would all be dead now!

By now, it should be clearly obvious that the reporting of fatal casualties in both Iraq and Afghanistan are really under stated.

For example, we had a young officer in here about three days ago who was talking with several of us. He is assigned to the air field from which the dead are shipped back to Dover, Md. According to him, last month, he supervised the loading of over one hundred and seventy military caskets but amazingly, the official DoD reportage had only a fraction of that.

Of course he has no names, only numbers, and perhaps some high officer or Halliburton thief is shipping dope or underaged girls back to the states inside the boxes but this man had no reason to lie. It will be interesting to see if the DoD website shows the deaths over the Falcon incident. Time may tell but they won’t.”

www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a2547.htm#001

Great. HazBollah must have inspired Iraqis to be more suceessful!!

[Zionix]

Another Disastrous US Coverup: OVER 300 US personel KILLED at Forward Base Falcon...

Baghdad's sky is illuminated by huge explosions in the Iraqi capital (pic AAP)

Late on the evening of October 10, 2006, Iraqi resistance groups lobbed mortar and rocket rounds into the immense ‘Forward Base Falcon,’ the largest American military base in Iraq, located 13 km south of the Green Zone in Baghdad. In addition to accurate mortar fire, Grad and Katyusha rockets were also used.

Falcon base was designed to house a large contingent of American troops, mostly drawn from the 4th Infantry Division, stationed at Fr. Bliss, Texas. At the time of the attack, there were approximately 3000 men inside the camp, which also was filled with ammunition supplies, fuel, tanks and vehicles.


The sun sets just over the makeshift tent city at Falcon Forward Base
which houses the 82nd Airborne, Third Battallion in Baghdad.

Iraqi contractors had assisted in the construction of the camp, which occupied nearly a square mile and was surrounded with guard tower-studded high concrete walls, and it is now apparent that the Resistance movement had been given important targets from “sources familiar with the layout” of the base.

After the initial shelling, fuel and ammunition stores began to erupt with massive explosions that could be heard, and seen, miles away inside the Green Zone where U.S. military and diplomatic units were heavily guarded.

The explosions, all of them termed “immense” by BBC reporters, continued throughout the night.

In response, US aircraft indiscriminately rocketed and bombed various parts of the city, BBC and AFP correspondents eported, trying to knock out the launch sites of the rockets

The BBC's Andrew North, in Baghdad, said the explosions started at about 2300 (2100 BST) and were becoming "ever more frequent" as the huge fires spread throughout the base, punctuated by tremendous explosions as more fuel and ammunition dumps ignited.

“Intelligence indicates that civilians aligned with a militia organization were responsible for last night’s mortar attack,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Withington, spokesman for the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.

An after action report, issued by the Department of Defense, stated that: “On October 10, 2006, at approximately 10:40 p.m., a 82mm mortar round, fired by militia forces from a residential area in Abu T-Shir, caused a fire at an Ammunition Supply Point (ASP) at FOB Falcon. The ASP, containing tank and artillery rounds, in addition to smaller caliber ammunition, set off a series of large explosions. About 100 troops from the 4th Infantry Division were reported to be stationed at the base at the time, but no injuries were reported.” (Emphasis added.) "The damage to the area will not degrade the operational capability of MND-B (Multinational Division Baghdad),"

When the flames had been brought under control on the morning of the 11th of October, primarily because the entire camp had been gutted, nine large American military transports with prominent Red Cross markings were observed by members of the foreign media taking off, laded with the dead and the wounded.




Over 300 American troops, including U.S. Army and Marines, CIA agents and U.S. translators were casualties and there also were 165 seriously injured requiring major medical attention and 39 suffering lesser injuries 122 members of the Iraqi armed forces were killed and 90 seriously injured members of same, were also evacuated to the U.S. military hospital at al-Habbaniyah located some 70km west of Baghdad.

Satellite pictures and aerial photographs from neutral sources showed that Camp Falcon suffered major structural damage and almost all the U.S. military’s supply of small arms ammunition, artillery and rocket rounds, tons of fuel, six Apache helicopters, an uncounted but large number of soft-skinned vehicles such as Humvees and supply trucks were damaged or totally destroyed. Foreign press observers noted “an endless parade” of military vehicle recovery units dragging burnt-out heavy tanks and armored personnel carriers to another base outside Baghdad.

Many of the walls and towers of the camp were damaged or leveled as were many of the barracks, maintenance depots, and there was considerable damage to the huge mess halls that could hold 3000 soldiers, the huge recreation center with its basketball courts and indoor swimming pools and all the administration buildings

Although official U.S. DoD statements indicated that there were no deaths; that only a hundred men were inside the base guarding billions of dollars of vital military equipment and that there were “only two minor injuries to personnel,” passes belief and certainly reality is more painful than propaganda.

Not only has the U.S. military machine lost much of its armor and transport, and its entire reserves of ammunition and special fuel, but the casualty list for only the first day is over 300..

Official Casualty List, compiled and effective as of 11 Oct 06 at 23:00, from U.S. military hospital at al-Habbaniyah located some 70km west of Baghdad. U.S. medical personnel at al-Habbaniyah initially stated that the US military hospital at the massive American-occupied air base there had begun to receive dead and wounded personnel. The military hospital in al-Habbaniyah, the largest in occupied Iraq, was opened on 12 May this year in response to sharply rising (and redacted) US casualties.

– A - Pfc James R. Adams, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Captain Kenneth Adler, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Bobby Ray Albertson , Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo 1st Lt.Keith Allen, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Spc Cletus Anderson, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Lance Cpl John Martin Ansley, Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Spc Toby Anthony, National Guard's 149th Brigade Combat Team Pfc Gustavo Armijo, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc Michael Armstrong, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Capt Steven Arnold, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division James Arthur Ash II, Central Intelligence Agency Cpl Edward Atkinson, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade

– B – Pfc Roy Bailey, National Guard's 149th Brigade Combat Team Spc John Baldwin, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Pfc Charles Barbe, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Thomas Barnhart , 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc James Barry, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Capt Robert Bell, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Spc William Bennett , Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Saul Benson, 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion Pfc Joseph Berge, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Joseph Berkeley , 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Capt Colmar Betts, 414th Civil Affairs Zack Billings, Department of Defense Edward Blair,, Civilian Contractor 1st Lt.Ronald Bort, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Pfc Bowen, James, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Thomas R. Boyd, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Spc Mel Brewer, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt.Roger Brown , 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Francis Byrne, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company

– C - Pfc Arthur Cahill, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Fernando Calderon, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Alex Callaghan, Civilian Contractor Pfc Peter Campbell, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Cpl Douglas Carmody, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Ashanti Carter, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Henry Cartwright, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Ken Casey, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Russell Cavanaugh, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Spc Raymond Chamberlain, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Pfc Einar Christiansen, 414th Civil Affairs Spc Zack Christopher, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Eric Clark, 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion Ronald Colby, Civilian Contractor Pfc Marcus M. Cole, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Paul Collins, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Rory Conner, Department of Defense Pfc Roger Connolly, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Major Michael Connors, 414th Civil Affairs Steven Cooke, Department of Defense Spc Matthew Cooper, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Edward C. Courtney, Central Intelligence Agency Capt Jimmy Lee Craig, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Spc Samuel Cramer, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Micah Creighton, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Spc Leonard Cunningham, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Paul E. Curtis, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company

– D - Pfc Sebastian Daly, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division 1st Lt.Benjamin Davis, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Raymond Day, Civilian Contractor Pfc Justin Delaney, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Christopher Dixon , Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Cpl Paul Doherty, 414th Civil Affairs Pfc Nicholas Dolan, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Lawrence Donahue, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Randall Douglas, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Carl Dowd , Civilian Contractor Master Sgt.Phillip Doyle, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Edmund Drake, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Spc Charles Duval, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division

– E - Spc Brandon East , Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Jeremy Edwards, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Spc Shane Elkins, 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion Edgar Elliott , Central Intelligence Agency Pfc Ronald Ellis, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.Paul H. Etheridge, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Sgt Kenny Evans, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

– F – Cpl Thomas Fairchild, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Ben Farrell, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Robert Feeney, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Angus Ferguson, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Lance Cpl Eetaban Fernandez, Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Spc Bradford Fields , , Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Raymond, Finlay, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Major Eduard Fischer, 414th Civil Affairs Pfc Kirk Fitzgerald, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Arnold Flynn, Civilian Contractor 1st Lt.Gene Ford, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Pfc Scott Fort, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Capt Shelby Foster, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Jon Franklin, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Spc Harold Frederickson, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Pfc Lawrence Frost, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

– G – Pfc Michael Gaines, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Christopher Gallagher, National Guard's 149th Brigade Combat Team Pfc Israel GarciaRogelio R. Garza, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Daniel Gardner, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Brad Garrison , Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Lance Cpl Kirk Geary, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Pfc Randy Geohegan, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Adam Gibson, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt.Richard M. Gilligan, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Paolo Giovinazzo, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Jeffery Givens, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Cpl Mario Gold, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion 2nd Lt.Pedro Gomez, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Michael Gordon , 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Gabriel Govia, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Thomas Grady, Department of Defense Pfc Kevin Graham, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Paul Gray, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Samuel Green, Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Pfc Lloyd Griffith, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Cpl Andrew Gustafson, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company

– H – 1st Lt. Seth Hall, , Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Pfc Tobias Hancock, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc James Hansen, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Sgt Stuart Harding , 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Randy Hardy, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Ronald Harris, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Pfc Keith O. Harvey, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt.Karl Hawkins, 414th Civil Affairs Sgt. 1st Class Samuell Hayden, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Randi Hays, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Ben Henderson, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Pfc Kyle Henry, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Spc Danid D.Herron, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Capt Kenneth Hilliard, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc John Hodge, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.Lee Hoffman, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt.David Hoke, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Ted Holmes, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Kenny Howard, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

– I- Keith Ingraham, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Pfc Daniel Innis, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Shane Irving, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

– J – Pfc Tarrnish Jackson, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Spc Lewellen Jacobs, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Timothy Jasper, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt.Larry Jenkins, 414th Civil Affairs 2nd Lt.Phiillip Johnson, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Pfc Brian Johnstone, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Todd Jones, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Brendan Joscelyn, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.Cpl Allan Jose, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc Thomas Joyce, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Spc Benno Juarez, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

– K- 1st Lt.Eric Kaufman, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Charles Kavanaugh , Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Cpl Jon Keats, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Eric Keefe, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Tony Keeler, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Chester Keenan, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Frank Kennedy, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Jon Kent, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Sgt Jordan Kessler, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Capt Mark King , 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Neil Kirk, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Spc Jeff Klein, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Alan Knoll, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade .Pfc Adam Koehler, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Capt Osmond Kray, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company 2nd Lt.Gary Krueger, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

– L – Tracey LaFaver , Civilian Contractor Lance Cpl Roger Lafferty, Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Pfc Junior Lambert, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Shawn Lane, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Cpl Charles T. Langholz, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Jimmy Bob Larkin, National Guard's 149th Brigade Combat Team Pfc Eric Larsen, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Sgt. 1st Class Robert Law, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Spc Andrew Richard, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Ricardo LeGallo, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.William S. Leonard, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Pfc Marshal Lindsley, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Master Sgt.Tommy Lee Lipton, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc George Long, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Jimmy Longtree, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion 1st Lt. Jasper Loomis, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Carstairs Lowe, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Robert M. Lynch, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company

– M – Pfc Paul McKinnon , 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Keith MacVane, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Gunnar Magnusson, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Capt.Martin Mahoney, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Enzo Marini, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Rostan Markovic, Central Intelligence Agency Spc John M. Marshall, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Michael Martin, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Scott Marvin, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Pfc Leroy Mason, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Spc Greg Mathews, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Duncan Maxwell, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Brian Mayer, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Arthur Mazzocco, Department of Defense 1st Lt.Joseph McAllister, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt. Daniel McBride, . 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc William McClellan, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Spc Lou McConnell, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Sgt. 1st Class Albert McGinnis,. 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt.David McRae, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Matthew Medigovich, Central Intelligence Agency Pfc Vincent Mendoza, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Cpl Richard Milich, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Ben Miller, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Cpl Robert Mitchell, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Terrence Mogen, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Ted Montague, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Pfc Yates Montecino, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Esteban Morales, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Darrell Morgan, Central Intelligence Agency Jeffery Morrison, Civilian Contractor

– N – 1st Lt.Noble Natsios, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Carlos Naverez, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Sgt. 1st Class Edward Nelson , 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Cpl Donald Newcomb, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Roger Newell, Civilian Contractor Pfc Dorin Nicholson, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Bart Nolan, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Nelson Norton, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Wally Novak, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion

– O – 1st Lt.Chris O’Brien , 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Stephen O’Connor, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Raymond O’Rourke, Civilian Contractor

– P – Spc James W. Page, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Russell Palumbo, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Nicholas Pappas, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Troy Parker, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Mark Patten, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade George Paul, Civilian Contractor Lance Cpl Wallace Peabody, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Pfc Dale Peake, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Reed Perry, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Samuel Petersen, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Roger Platt, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt.Thomas Poole, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc William Porter, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Sgt Daniel Powell, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Todd Price, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Cpl Kevin Prisley, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Peter Purvis, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

– Q – 2nd Lt.Quesada, Gonzalo, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Liam Quinn, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

– R – Pfc Chad Railey, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Spc Ignacio Ramirez, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Arthur Ramsen, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Benjamin Raymond, Civilian Contractor Spc Todd Reckford, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Aaron Reynolds, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc Timothy Richard, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division 1st Lt. Paul Richardson, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Robert Riley, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Shawn Roberts, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Cpl Kirk Robinson, National Guard's 149th Brigade Combat Team Sgt. 1st Class James P. Rodgers, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Master Sgt. Chad Romer, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Martin Ross, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Robert Rowan, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.Seth Ryan, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

– S – Spc Ricardo Sagan, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Hector Salazar, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Ed Sampson, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt Walter San Fellipo, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Bruce Sartiano,, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Raymond Schmitz, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company 2nd Lt.Ernest Sherman , 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc Mario Sims, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Joshua Smith, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Andrew Snow, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Gerald Sorenson, Department of Defense Lincoln Stadermann, Translator Master Sgt.Michael Stephenson, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Carl Stone,, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Capt.Harold Sullivan, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt. Lawrence Swenson, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

– T – Cpl Augustus Tanner, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Reginald Tate, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Duane Taylor, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Thomas, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Stuart Thompsen, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Spc Larry Thomson, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Capt David Towers, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Dean Townsend, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.James Tracy, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Paul Tucker, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Daniel Tyson, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

– U – Pfc Romillo Ugarte, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Cpl Austin Unger, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

– V – Spc Ramon Valadez, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Hector Velazquez, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Spc WalterVincent, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 2nd Lt.ThomasVoelker, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

– W – Spc Carl Wade, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Walker, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Ronald Walsh,, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Jack Ward, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Cpl Sean Weber, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Steven Webster, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Spc Paul Welch, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Capt.Gene Westin, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Master Sgt.Richard Wheeler, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Lawrence White, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Andrew Willams, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Sgt. 1st Class Mario Williamson, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Russell Wilson, Translator Michael Wisniewski, Civilian Employee Cpl Chris Womack, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Burton Wood, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo

– Y - Cpl Fernando Yates, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Istvan Yatsevitch, Civilian Contractor Cpl John York, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Peter Young, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

– Z – Pfc Mario Zammarella, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Jose Zamora, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Reuben Zamora, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Arno Ziegler, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion 1st Lt.Charles L. Zimmerman, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division

http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a2547.htm#001

[Zionix]

I have been able to reconcile the Google map below with the Rense pics and we're looking at the North West corner of the base, where the top of the watch tower has been destroyed...

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en...03616&t=k&om=1

The hard structures haven't been damaged: what has disappeared is a large tent village (about 48 large tents) set between the hard housing and the munition containers...



Photo of the tents already posted on this thread: you can even see
the North West watch tower silhouetted above the tents...

[Capricorn Edge]

And that is just a strike by Iraqi Freedom Fighters!!! If the US savages dare to attack Iran, US bases in Iraq and West Asia will be Shahabed to hell!!!

Prophet Muhammad will even be more delighted if we Muslims unite regardless if Shiite or not, because the infidel savages are arrogant, barbaric, and diabolical!!!

From what i can see in all the photos posted here, plus others on the net and google earth. It looks like that explosion was limited to a remote part of the base were they stored the ammo and some vehicles.

If you look closely there is in fact very little of no damage beyond the inital explosion. You can tell by the chard land around the craters, no damage to containers that are not far away. And all large structures look to have been totaly undamaged due to the distance from the explosion.

It seems good policies of storing ammuniation in remote parts of the base away from people, was a wise move and is standard practice in most militaries.

I dont see any areas that would have had people living in them that were close to the explosion. To try and claim 48 tents were right next to a huge pile of ammo with people sleeping in them is beyond insanity. These posts also state there are baracks that can hold 3000 troops, why sleep in tents next to amo. It is just a lie, it didnt happen.

The explosion did happen, but it is far smaller then first thought. You can see for yourself by the land that is damaged and surrounding buildings or lack of it. All that happened was ammo went up in flames and maybe some vehicles.

It was also not nearly the US armies supply of small arms, the ammo stockpile was a large one, but one of many in iraq.

Stop posting lies. If you really need to this to be some kind of big victory, then please yourself. But all you did was make US ammunition companies richer.

[Zionix]

Originally Posted by Darth_Vader

From what i can see in all the photos posted here, plus others on the net and google earth. It looks like that explosion was limited to a remote part of the base were they stored the ammo and some vehicles.

It seems good policies of storing ammuniation in remote parts of the base away from people, was a wise move and is standard practice in most militaries.

I dont see any areas that would have had people living in them that were close to the explosion. To try and claim 48 tents were right next to a huge pile of ammo with people sleeping in them is beyond insanity. These posts also state there are baracks that can hold 3000 troops, why sleep in tents next to amo. It is just a lie, it didnt happen.

Stop posting lies. If you really need to this to be some kind of big victory, then please yourself. But all you did was make US ammunition companies richer.

Can't you make sense of the Google Sat picture link I posted, scroll to the North West corner and see some 48 tents between the hard housing and the ammo dump, that are now MISSING?...

Everybody else has seen them, but you, 'cause ya don't wanna see...

Now, pay attention: the 2 following phots are NOT damaged containers, BUT destroyed housings cubicles with people inside when the Resistance rockets hit, RIGHT next to the AMMO DUMP!...





Look closely and you'll see the A/C units clearly sticking out of the walls of each cubicle...

In addition, TV stations video frames reportedly taken some 4 miles away, show that the wall of fire is close to 1/2 mile wide, indicating that the photos displayed only represent a very small part of the damage caused by the Resistance...



The question is: how wide was the fire front seen on TV from a distance of about 4 miles, as I recall?...

My guess is anywhere between 1000 and 2000 feet...

I was able to calculate fairly accurately the length of the blackened area at the North West corner of the base using the 8 containers side by side still remaining: It's 340 feet long...

Here are the calculations: 8' wide x 8 = 64' + 6" spacings between each container = 68' x 5 sets = 340'

Clearly this area is not long enough to account for the wall of fire seen on TV, so there must be other damaged areas not shown on the Rense photos. These photos could only be made by the US Army - who else could get this close? - and are therefore part of a Propaganda effort to minimize the fall-out of this attack, just before the mid-term elections...

For serious researchers here is an excellent and extensive source of information on this issue:

http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/20...-happened.html

[Mohmar 'Deathstrike']

If these are photos of a US base, then why are there no military vehicles nearby? All I can see are white pick-up trucks.

[burster]

Zionix,

Just curious, but why is this in the Iran military and strategic discussion forum? Wouldn't it be more appropriate for the Iraq forum?

Also, why are you bringing up something from October? If this info from an anti-war site was true, and the US military was covering up massive casualties and not reporting US military deaths, I am sure the Democrat-leaning Mainstream Media would have dug it up and exposed it by now, especially the New York Times. The fact that they have not done so, even 3 months after the event, makes any reasonable person think that this is all specious nonsense.

[Zionix]

Surely, you don't think that there is any difference of substance between the Democrats and Republicans and that their masters are any different?...

The Bank/Oil/Weapons cartel controls the US government and most senators and representatives - except for the like of Ron Paul - are simply pawns being paid off and/or blackmailed to do the cartel's bidding...

The TRUE casualty figures exceed 15,000 dead and 70,000 wounded and Bush admin is LYING, just like other admins did during Vietnam...

[Mohmar 'Deathstrike']

Ron Paul is Libertarian. Cool.

Originally Posted by Capricorn Edge

And that is just a strike by Iraqi Freedom Fighters!!! If the US savages dare to attack Iran, US bases in Iraq and West Asia will be Shahabed to hell!!!

Prophet Muhammad will even be more delighted if we Muslims unite regardless if Shiite or not, because the infidel savages are arrogant, barbaric, and diabolical!!!

This is a joke. Do you actually think bushes opposition would not bring this up? The US is a democracy for christ sakes. You can not cover this stuff up!

[Behrooz Boonabi]

Originally Posted by pavando

This is a joke. Do you actually think bushes opposition would not bring this up? The US is a democracy for christ sakes. You can not cover this stuff up!

Yes they can and do.

My neighbor is a EMT and when they shipped his son back, he could tell he was killed in some type of explosion. The Official story was that he was killed by a truck supplies to the base while in the street watching a drag race. His friends say he was gone on maneuvers at the time. This information is from personal experience but I have also heard of it happening from others.

[JEskandari]

Originally Posted by pavando

This is a joke. Do you actually think bushes opposition would not bring this up? The US is a democracy for christ sakes. You can not cover this stuff up!

Oh sure they can america have a great history of covering things up

Originally Posted by Behrooz Boonabi

Yes they can and do.

My neighbor is a EMT and when they shipped his son back, he could tell he was killed in some type of explosion. The Official story was that he was killed by a truck supplies to the base while in the street watching a drag race. His friends say he was gone on maneuvers at the time. This information is from personal experience but I have also heard of it happening from others.

aarrrggghhg! killed by a road side bomb maybe, jesus christ, 70 % of colition deaths are from some type of explosion. BTW, the US cant even cover up there president getting a blow job so how the hell can they cover up 300 deaths?