And The "NO SHIT SHERLOCK" Award Goes to the DOD

And The "NO SHIT SHERLOCK" Award Goes to the DOD

Recent Attacks in Response to U.S. Pressure, Spokesman Says

By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2005 – Increased U.S. and coalition operations throughout the Euphrates River Valley have forced insurgents to switch tactics in an attempt to cause damage, a coalition spokesman in Baghdad, Iraq, said today.
The two major attacks that killed 20 Marines this week in Haditha are evidence of these shifting tactics, Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Alston said in a press briefing. One of the attacks involved small-arms fire, and the other used an exceptionally large improvised explosive device. The IED may have been an "explosively formed projectile," which is a more sophisticated explosive used to defeat armored vehicles, he said.

The departure from traditional IEDs is the terrorists' response to the lack of effect they have had on coalition forces recently, Alston said. Another response the terrorists have made is to target Iraqi security forces, who are less able to protect themselves, and Iraqi civilians, who have no means of protection, he added.

Cause damage? How about almost 2 dozen dead Marines in a week?

You have to excuse my sarcasm, but my son and a bunch of other parent's kids are there too. Let's not demean these G.I.'s by hiding their lives in a statement like "cause damage."

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