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Worrisome echoes of Vietnam in Iraq
Worrisome echoes of Vietnam in Iraq
(EXCERPT) By Gordon Livingston Originally published November 28, 2003 BAGHDAD (Nov. 21) - More than a dozen rockets fired from donkey carts slammed into Iraq's Oil Ministry and two hotels Friday - attacks dismissed by a U.S. general as "militarily insignificant" but which also exposed weaknesses gathering intelligence on insurgents." - The Associated Press IREMEMBER the moment I knew we were going to lose the war in Vietnam. Frustrated by our inability to find the elusive Viet Cong, U.S. forces developed a top-secret program to locate enemy troop concentrations. It was a "people sniffer," a device sensitive to the presence of ammonia in urine that could be hung from a helicopter flying low over the jungle. When a high reading was identified, artillery was directed at the area. One evening in 1968, I was attending an end-of-the-day regimental briefing and an infantry captain was describing a sweep through t... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 28 Nov 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/...oped-headlines --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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