FOB Marez, Mosul __ Insurgent propaganda is something to behold. It’s full of flowery phrases like “Lions of the Blessed Battalion” and the facts apparently are not allowed to get in the way of a good story.
This is what the insurgents had to say about their suicide bombing of a Mosul police station last week.
“Your brother caused (the station’s) complete destruction and brought terror home to the apostates, all gratitude be to Allah. Not one of them escaped; all inside were killed.”
I was at the station after the attack and met plenty of police officers who escaped. In fact, the attack only killed a single policeman. Ten civilians waiting in line to buy gasoline also died in the suicide bombing.
Another insurgent suicide bomber attacked a Fort Lewis Stryker vehicle the same day. No U.S. soldiers died, and the Stryker was able to continue on its mission after withstanding the attack.
Here’s the report on it from the insurgents:
The attack “resulted in it igniting on fire with the crusaders burning inside in full view. Not one of them could retreat safely and all of them died, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.”
-- Sean Cockerham