spacetropic

saturnine, center-right, sometimes neighborly

November 8, 2004

Scotsmen and Marines

I can't seem to discover very much frontline coverage about Falluja, but here's one article which makes the Marines sound more vicious than the insurgents. It also mentions LRAS (Long Range Aquisition Systems), which allow troops to target the enemy almost 1000 meters away, at night. This technology lends a fearsome advantage to the coalition.

On a related note, this article describes the infantry regiment that has been tasked with guarding the perimeter of the town, and hunting down any Zarqawi followers that might be slipping away. I wouldn't want to be up against a group of heavily armed Scotsmen with a name like 'The Black Watch'. I don't know if they've got LRAS too, but you can be certain they've got dirks, and they've been using them on their enemies since the Napoleonic Wars.

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