In Iraqi town....dirty looks, drive-by fruiting

[MADem]

http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=38009
ASHAM ALI, Iraq — Staff Sgt. Charles Rhoten’s patrol rolled slowly through this small, hardscrabble town Wednesday like a macabre parade, drawing pointed, hateful looks from the throng of locals.

Fortunately for the men of Rhoten’s unit, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 125th Regiment Field Artillery, a Kansas-based unit attached to the Minnesota Army National Guard, their three months in this Shiite-heavy area of southern Iraq has yielded little worse than killer looks.

...As Sallim was talking, however, an American soldier standing guard outside the police station fell victim to a most unusual crime: a drive-by fruiting.

The offending tomato, hurled from a passing car, hit Spc. Randon Smith’s left boot, bounced up and smacked him in the shin.....

[notadmblnd]

1. all wars should be fought with fruit.

nt

[Deja Q]

3. Oh no you don't. Gays have it tough enough as it is.

:rofl:

(BTW: I'm bi, if not gay. I could care less either way about what becomes of it except that I am.)

[notadmblnd]

5. Lol, but I really was talking about tomatoes and plums

kiwi's.. Oh and what about those mangos pretzledent bush managed to get for us in exchange for our jobs in India? I'll bet a person could do some real damage with some of those.

[Sailor for Warner]

2. I had a dead goat head thrown at me once

n/t

[Hardrada]

4. Better than the empty beer bottles

people kept tossing at the jug band I was in. Kept missing me by inches. We played on.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

6. Hey Sailor,

I was reading through your multitude of responses in the 'stand down' thread. I wanted to let you know I respect the fuck out of you for your strength and your service, and was also quite impressed with how you handled yourself within some seriously spirited debate in there. Though I can't say I agree with you 100% on every point you made, you definitely opened my eyes to quite a bit of things because of the way you handled yourself and the level of your educated responses. You helped me learn a few things and look at things in a more insightful manner.

I thank you for your service, and respect the fuck out of ya bro.

Stay safe Sailor and may God bless you and your men (and women).

:patriot: