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Originally posted by Skunk:
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Shame on any hospital without backup power generation capability.
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Almost no hospital in Iraq has a generator (thanks to sanctions) but just about every hospital in Iraq has a supply of car batteries to serve as backup in power cuts - but they don't last long. 
[/QUOTE]Well if the Saddam regime had spent what money it had since 91 on health and it's people instead of arms we would not be here having this argument
But I was hoping that this thread could be saved the political debate as 95% of the other threads cover that quite adequately. This is a thread about the discussion of military tactics.
How is Baghdad going to be taken and more importantly controlled? My sister spent a few years in the army (British [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) based in Northern Ireland during the late seventies at the height of the troubles and the few stories she has told me about that time are quite harrowing. Tho' the coalition may take control of a suburb and do a detailed search of each house, without doubt rifles, grenades and mortars would have been well hidden. Any patrol walking the streets will be an open target. The British forces have real life experience of this, but what about the U.S. troops? Will they be able to handle the pressure and the tactics?