Sunday, September 12, 2004
With news excerpts from cbc.ca:
"Four U.S. soldiers were lightly wounded after their Bradley fighting vehicle came under attack. It was unclear whether the Bradley was bombed or struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.
After the soldiers escaped, a crowd gathered around the burning vehicle, while a television crew videotaped the scene for the Arabic satellite channel Al-Arabiy.
A U.S. Army Apache helicopter fired a missile on the Bradley, killing 13 people. Al-Arabiya said the reporter died moments after the strike.
The U.S. miitary said the attack was carried out to destroy the vehicle so that no one could get a hold of its technology or weapons.
Among those killed in the missile strike was Mazen al-Tumeizi, a 28-year-old Palestinian reporter from the West Bank."
Now, that's tragic news for sure...but it begs one of three questions. First, just how close was this reporter standing? or, How massive was this missle that the U.S. used? or finally, Did the U.S. miss the actual target by a few feet?
Either way, the reporter is not without blame, as s/he (damn foreign names) was obviously too close to the action, and wasn't aware that it's standard U.S. procedure (which actually makes sense) to destroy any wreckage. As the article said, this was to prevent anyone from getting their hands on the weapons on the vehicle, or its technology.
Second topic is but a personal pet peeve. Shaving. Yes, I abhor it. Not for any particular reason... I mean, it takes under 10 minutes, and my electric razor is much more than decent. I'd dislike it even more if I didn't have the electric razor, and I had to do the whole shaving cream and bladed razor thing. Thank goodness for that anyways...I'll never go back. I guess it's just cuz I'm lazy. Maybe one year I'll grow a zz-top beard.
Third, but most important topic... Canada came out ahead of the Czechs last night. I've only got one word to express my feelings of that game "PHEW!".
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