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ninty · 11-09-2004, 08:39 PM

I'll give my two cents since I was doing FIBUA (Fighting In Built Up Areas) training on the weekend.

I would NOT want to be a Marine or US soldier having to clear houses in Iraq. Those guys are brave as anything and I commend them for that, even if they are there illegally and under false pretences.

We went to an abandoned warehouse that had a couple floors of office space and basements and other areas. Let me tell ya everytime an attempt was made to clear the building, casualties were taken. Stairs and hallways are choke point, and it is EASY to take out troops.

You'd also be suprised at the number of troops required to take certain buildings.

I gurantee there will be high civilian casualties. When you go into buildings, you go guns blazing. Ask questions later. I don't want to die, so civilians dying is kind of OK. Thats the way it is in urban combat.

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	11-09-2004, 08:39 PM I'll give my two cents since I was doing FIBUA (Fighting In Built Up Areas) training on the weekend. I would NOT want to be a Marine or US soldier having to clear houses in Iraq. Those guys are brave as anything and I commend them for that, even if they are there illegally and under false pretences. We went to an abandoned warehouse that had a couple floors of office space and basements and other areas. Let me tell ya everytime an attempt was made to clear the building, casualties were taken. Stairs and hallways are choke point, and it is EASY to take out troops. You'd also be suprised at the number of troops required to take certain buildings. I gurantee there will be high civilian casualties. When you go into buildings, you go guns blazing. Ask questions later. I don't want to die, so civilians dying is kind of OK. Thats the way it is in urban combat.