Another front in Iraq: Insurgents threaten GIs' supply lines

[leftchick]

http://www.iht.com/articles/514565.html


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WASHINGTON American troops in Iraq are battling insurgents to keep open vital military supply lines in and out of Baghdad. The attacks on the supply lines are posing new hazards to civilian contractors who operate many of the convoys and siphoning shorthanded combat forces away from the main fight against militants, according to senior commanders. Securing the major roadways has become a high priority, top officers said on Monday. Over the weekend, U.S. forces fought pitched battles to clear the main north-south and east-west routes to and from Baghdad, and also near Falluja, for trucks to haul food, fuel, water and ammunition to soldiers and marines, they said. Many convoys have been delayed; others suspended, officials said.
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The attacks on convoys, along with sabotage to roads and bridges, have opened yet another front in the week-old surge in violence in Iraq.
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Two U.S. soldiers and seven employees of the American contractor Kellogg Brown Root were missing and feared abducted after an attack on Friday on a fuel convoy near Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad.

[MSgt213]

1. We wouldn't want all those extra troops we don't need to be able to

protect those supply lines do we?

[northernsoul]

2. Classic Strategic Principle: Protect Your Lines!

This is ridiculous. Even the most casual student of military history knows that exposed supply and lines and other logistical problems can and will spell disaster.

[leftchick]

3. there has been NO air cover for these lines...

I noticed the photos of the blown up supply trucks just last Thursday. I wounder how long this has been going on.

[reprobate]

4. Has there EVER been a bunch that f**ked up this bad this often?

But then we just have to look at their leader to understand that success has never been a strong point with Captain Codpiece.