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To: paul_philp who wrote (85152)	3/23/2003 12:20:31 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Do you remember the scene in the HBO Movie about the Paratrooper Company in WWII that was advancing on a town with British Tank support? They asked the Tank crew to fire on a German Tank in the town, and the commander refused because he had been ordered not to fire unless he had a clear shot. The German tank killed them, of course. >>>> A British battle group from the Royal Fusiliers and the Queen's Lancers, stationed on a highway to Basra near an international airport, said their advance to take the city had been slowed by orders not to fire on civilian areas without a clear view of the target.<<<< washingtonpost.com If we come out of this having to go house to house, these "Rules of Engagement" are going to kill a lot of troops. Shades of Vietnam!