The U.S. military
announced Tuesday that 10 American
soldiers were killed in Iraq on Memorial Day. Eight of the U.S.
fatalities Monday occurred in the same incident: A helicopter crash
killed two soldiers, and insurgents then ambushed a rapid response team
that was rushing to rescue them, killing six troops with a barrage of
roadside bombs.
Col. Garver said it was unclear whether the roadside bombs were there
beforehand or were placed after the helicopter went down.
This Was An Ambush
The army's story that some machine gun fire brought down
a chopper, and the insurgents were ready with IEDs, is a little too
fantastic.
An intelligent guess is Israeli advisors were involved,
and logically set up the whole thing. Whoever did it, knew where the
copter would go down, that Bradleys would be sent, the time and the
routes.
