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Originally posted by bodrul
if the US doesnt follow it you really think insurgents would bother?
Originally posted by Warpspeed
Only Americans (and British) troops are being attacked by insurgents because you have invaded their country and are attacking them.
We are guests there and we are not fired upon either by the US or by the insurgents. We make damned sure there is no friendly fire from either side by telling both the US command, and the insurgents where we are, what we plan to do, and when.
The reason why there have been zero Australian combat deaths or casualties is because nobody is firing at us. Why can't you understand that.
I don't think they give a dam if you are Australian or American, they would view you as an infidel and occupier.
Check again. I believe Australia has lost one already.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by Earlybird
I heard about several liberal blogs that are actually happy
about this outcome for our troops.
So, what do you all think Amnesty International has to say
about this? NOTHING. That's right. NOTHING. As of this
writing they, the alleged leaders of human rights around the
world, say NOTHING. They continue to blather on about
non-existent torture at GITMO ... but REAL torture of
Americans merits nothing from them.
Sickening. They used to be such a cause for good. Now
they are nothing more than anti-American politicians and
definately NOT interested in human rights.
Originally posted by Warpspeed
Well, no not exactly. You see we are there as guests, not as an occupation force. If they ask us to leave we go. We are there for two reasons.
Australian troops suffered their first casualties in Iraq when three soldiers were injured in a massive car bomb attack on their military convoy in Baghdad.
In the first direct attack on Australia's defence forces in Iraq, a car bomb was set off as a convoy of three Australian vehicles drove by on a routine patrol 350 metres from the Australian embassy.
The three Australians were not seriously hurt, but three Iraqi bystanders were killed and several others, including young children, were wounded in the attack which occurred at 8am local time (1500 AEST).
One of the Australians received facial injuries, another was concussed, and the third was treated for minor abrasions and was released, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) said.
The three, members of the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment, were treated in a nearby US medical facility and next of kin were being informed.
Well, no not exactly. You see we are there as guests, not as an occupation force. If they ask us to leave we go. We are there for two reasons.
They understand what we are doing, and we most certainly are not an invading or occupying force, but very welcome guests.
Originally posted by The Critic
So now we should believe that they didn'nt mean it. If someone caused your family to die then when you made an act of revenge it was an accident? People this is viet-nam II. When any one dies everyone must die. This is a concept of evil warfare, something the U.S. has never known or seemed to realize. There will be no victors.Insurgents come from somewhere and usually they are standing next to you. This zarquawi fellow said it exactly .no matter who is in power his evil faction wil gain nothing. Lack of U.S. presence means instant beheadings of interim government officials. The U.S. needs to leave that place. There is nothing to be gained. Political control of oil is not going to happen. Which by the way is another Bush-wack tatic.
Originally posted by Baphomet79
Warpspeed, if a guest carried guns in my house I might be a little wary and belligerent towards his presence wouldn't you? (Much less blew his brains out all over my rug like one of the KIA's you mentioned.) You are so deluded it makes me sick! No one invited the Australians to Iraq but my President; your pawn of a government, deal with it. Because like it or not you need us, and this is more angry and vehement than I think I have ever gotten on ATS.
Ok so we pull out, lets see how quickly the Aussie blood starts flowing. We're the target right now, lets see how quickly the back of your government breaks and pulls out of Iraq without us.
The Australian contribution was also geographically dispersed, with the Australian forces forming part of larger US and British units rather than a concentrated Australian unit. No Australian personnel were killed, wounded or taken prisoner during the war.
Prior to the outbreak of war the Australian naval force in the Persian Gulf continued to enforce the sanctions against Iraq. These operations were conducted by boarding parties from the RAN warships and the AP-3 Orion patrol aircraft.
Upon the outbreak of war the RAN's focus shifted to supporting the coalition land forces and clearing the approaches to Iraqi ports. HMAS Anzac provided gunfire support to Royal Marines during fighting on the Al-Faw Peninsula and the Clearance Diving Team took part in clearing the approaches to Umm Qasr. Boarding operations continued during the war, and on 20 March boarding parties from the HMAS Kanimbla seized an Iraqi ship carrying 86 naval mines
On 11 April the SAS Squadron was concentrated to capture the Al Asad air base. While this base proved to be almost undefended, the Australian troops captured over 50 MiG jets and more than 7.9 million kilograms of explosives. After securing the air base the SAS were reinforced by 4 RAR and the IRR elements
No. 75 Squadron's initial role was to escort high-value Coalition aircraft such as tankers and AWACS aircraft. As it became clear that the Iraqi Air Force posed no threat, the role of No. 75 Squadron shifted to providing close air support to Coalition ground forces and air interdiction against Iraqi forces. These missions were initially flown in support of the US Army but the Squadron later switched to supporting the US Marines. As the Iraqi resistance crumbled the F/A-18s were increasingly tasked to provide 'shows of force' to encourage Iraqi forces to surrender. During the war No. 75 Squadron flew a total of 350 sorties and dropped 122 laser guided bombs.
The Australian military contribution was relatively small, around 2000 personnel in total, which is also smaller than other Coalition commitments in proportional terms. Calculated on a military personnel per head of population basis, the Australian forces could have been seven times larger and still not have been equal to the per-capita commitments of either the United States or the United Kingdom.
Australian forces committed to the conflict included include three Royal Australian Navy ships, 500 special forces troops, P-3 Orion patrol and C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, and RAAF 75 Squadron equipped with 14 F/A-18 Hornet fighters
The insurgents don't mind Australians being there, we are guests in the country
Originally posted by bodrul
if the US doesnt follow it you really think insurgents would bother?
anychance we could expect another Haditha where us forces indiscriminately killed (well almost) a entire family in a revenge attack
smokenmirrors
"the insurgency" are in fact Islamofacists
The reason why there have been zero Australian combat deaths or casualties is because nobody is firing at us. Why can't you understand that.
You make this sound like some glorious battle.
There is no valid reason for the US to even be there
Originally posted by Knights
The insurgents don't mind Australians being there, we are guests in the country
Quite hillarious really!! I get guests at mine all the time dropping bombs/ firing missles shooting at me and invite them in!
Do your research!!!
Originally posted by Knights
Please please look at the link I provided. You can see it states 2003!