Good story, good men. Tim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Oops: "We'll Attack The Americans In 10 Minutes" > > > Wrong number: Interpreter answers cell phone, dupes insurgents > By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes > Mideast edition, Saturday, April 22, 2006 > > BRAHIM AL MARKHUR, Iraq One misplaced cell phone and one savvy > interpreter equaled one dead insurgent, several pieces of intelligence > and a whole lot of captured weapons. > > On a routine patrol, U.S. troops with 1st Battalion, 68th Armor came > upon a house in the midst of dense greenery and at the end of a dusty > country road. > > Staff Sgt. Matthew Nicodemus, 33, said he immediately noticed that no > Iraqi men were around. > > Suddenly, a cell phone inside the home rang, said Nicodemus, of > Altoona, Pa. > > "The interpreter went in and answered the phone, and on the other end > of the phone the person said, in Arabic, 'Hey, coalition forces are > here, go ahead and run away,' > > http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=36642 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205196 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
