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US-IRAQ: Ill-Equipped Soldiers Opt for "Search and Avoid"
WATERTOWN, New York, Oct 24 (IPS) - Iraq war veterans now stationed at a base here say that morale among U.S. soldiers in the country is so poor, many are simply parking their Humvees and pretending to be on patrol, a practice dubbed "search and avoid" missions.
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Millard told IPS "search and avoid" missions continue today across Iraq.

"One of my buddies is in Baghdad right now and we email all the time," he explained, "He just told me that nearly each day they pull into a parking lot, drink soda, and shoot at the cans.

They pay Iraqi kids to bring them things and spread the word that they are not doing anything and to please just leave them alone."

...Ah ...soldiers who wonna fight anymore...interesting.

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Thu Oct 25th, 2007 at 02:05:32 PM EST
spread the word that they are not doing anything and to please just leave them alone

Very sensible. I hope the tactic spreads.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Oct 25th, 2007 at 02:14:28 PM EST
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Unfortunately these Virgin Soldiers are the ones most likely to end up as barbecued lumps dangling from bridges...poor sods.

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Thu Oct 25th, 2007 at 03:21:05 PM EST
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