Saturday, November 7, 2009

"Battle of Wanat" VS. "Fort Hood Attack"

The "Battle of Wanat" occurred on July 13, 2008 when approximately 200 Taliban guerrillas ... surrounded the remote [US] base and its observation post and attacked it from both the village and the surrounding farmland. They destroyed much of the Americans heavy munitions and even broke through the American lines entering the main base...

The attack... began at approximately 4:20 a.m. Taliban forces fired on the base from the village using machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, and mortars, exploiting homes, a bazaar, and a mosque in the village as cover. Another 100 militants attacked the observation post from farmland to the east...

US Casualties: 9 servicemen were killed and 27 wounded.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wanat

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The "Fort Hood attack" occurred on November 5, 2009 at approximately 1:30 pm Central Time when 1 (one) jihadist attacked largest United States military installations in the world.

US Casualties: 13 killed and 38 wounded.

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