To: Suma who wrote (3897 ) 12/27/2004 5:30:54 PM From: SiouxPal Respond to E-mail from soldier brings story home When the dead and wounded were picked up and taken to the hospital here on my base, mortars hit the MP station and the hospital. This is very unnerving because the Iraqis have never been able to hit their target. If they did indeed get good at aiming, this post could be overran in minutes. Once the Iraqis work together, it's all over. They just successfully hit three targets in less than 40 minutes. This morning I was woke up not by my alarm clock, but mortars exploding and shaking my bed. This was different than any mortar attack I have ever heard. It wasn't just fire a mortar and run, these were fired with precision. They were walking the mortars forward, firing in sequences of three. 18 mortars hit in less than one minute. The Iraqis found an artillery specialist. Following the mortars was an intense firefight right outside my living quarters. Strykers and Iraqi National Guard were lighting the morning up and I hope they found what they were looking for. I got dressed and drove to work. I passed the mortuary affairs building right by our company headquarters. There was a refrigerated trailor parked right in front. That made my stomach turn over and I wanted to throw up. Just knowing what was in that trailor made me sick. I feel very bad for the families who are going to have to deal with the loss of their soldier. I know some of these that are dead. Not on a personal relationship, but I have seen them around post, in the store, played a game of ping pong with them. This is for real; it's all fun and games till someone gets hurt. Pray for the families, for the injured, for those of us who will fight another day to bring these insurgents down. Welcome to the next Fallujah.
