Media Grudgingly Admits Heroism

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Here is the AP acknowledging that a U.S. soldier actually did something good... but damn do they like to tone down the good stuff!

[[ A U.S. soldier shot and killed one of three suicide bombers who attacked the Palestine Hotel complex before he could reach his intended target and that probably saved lives in the building, the military said Saturday. ]]

Probably?? Probably??? Let's examine it...

[[ The attack involved three suicide car bombs. The first blew a hole in a cement wall protecting the complex. The second car exploded nearby as a possible diversion. Then a large cement mixer drove into the complex through the hole in the wall and exploded on a small road between the Palestine Hotel and the Sheraton Hotel, two 17-story buildings.

Video from a surveillance camera at the Palestine Hotel showed the cement truck was fired on by a U.S. soldier from inside the compound.

The military said in a statement that one of its soldiers had killed the driver before he could reach the front entrance of the Palestine Hotel, where the journalists are based.

"As he shot and killed the driver, preventing the vehicle from going any further, the truck detonated," the statement said. ]]

Get it? The soldier stopped the MAIN thrust of the attack. The first two were just breaching and diversonary. The CEMENT MIXER FULL OF EXPLOSIVES WAS STOPPED BEFORE IT GOT TO THE HOTEL!

And what does the soldier himself say?

[[ "He was trying to kill people," Green was quoted as saying. "It was good we stopped him because he would have killed more people and destroyed the building." ]]

Absolutely and unquestionably. As for the AP, they're still not sure who could possibly have done this:

[[ Al Qaida in Iraq later claimed responsibility for the attack on a Web site, but that could not be independently confirmed. ]]

Classic.

GI Kills Suicide Bomber Who Attacked Hotel

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