Talk:Hīt during the Iraq War

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. Iraqi Contribution I was in Hit from may 2006, until oct 8, 2006.serving under RCT7. i was in the P.T.T."police transition team". the place was on fire, as far as insurgent activity. Unbalanced and needs more rounded outlook It is quite clear that this article has been written by US soldiers. Thus, it focuses overmuch on military matters from that perspective. The article needs an Iraqi point of view, and something about what the place was like in the longer period of history before the invasion. — Gareth Hughes 22:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC) I think it was written by soldiers and MARINES!!!!!! === One thing I noted that it stated Maj. Crocker was killed near Hit. I was there in teh schoolhouse when Maj Crocker was KIA, and it was in Haditha on 26MAY2005. Biased article written from an Army point of view. For example the contributions of the Marine police transition teams (PTT) are overlooked or conveniently left out, especially in the Feb 2007 section in which my team and another Marine team were participants in the "Shirta Nasir" operation, in which we cleared and occupied a police station, found weapon caches and took prisoners. As for the acronyms, yes they should be explained. It started off well in the beginning, but fell by the wayside further in. Bear in mind an acromymn only has to be used once for clarity and not every time it's written. PTT=police transition team, COP=combat outpost, FOB=forward operation base, TC(1)(2)=traffic circle (number designates location) Kfgeraghty (talk) 20:59, 6 August 2009 (UTC)kfgeraghty I agree, but don't feel so bad. The article is unsourced and is all original work, neither of which should really be used in Wikipedia. But, it sounds good. No way to ever verify its accuracy though. Highspeed (talk) 00:16, 8 August 2009 (UTC) What I was wondering is where does it mention 3rd Bn 4th Mar L. Company and 3/4 Scout Sniper Platoon pacifing the city so the US Army would be able to enter into it. I remember the US Army leaving their interprteur out in town after recieving contact during two seperate ocasions, but there is no mention of 3/4 and how about when 3/4 returns after 1/7 and actually turns the crap hole over to Iraq. And what about that moron Mayor Hikamat was so crooked he was stealing five million dollars worth of Iraqi oil every week. Hopefully Hikmat you're dead now. Hit was the shadiest places I have ever been the people of Fallujah were much nicer than the people of Hit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.151.155.124 (talk) 18:03, 15 June 2010 (UTC) Recommend keeping article Although this article currently has major issues, I do believe this subject is noteworty & the article should be kept. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 20:20, 19 February 2011 (UTC) All you have to do is remove the prod. I'll go ahead and do that for you and open a formal WP:AfD. That being said, this article has literally zero business being on Wikipedia. Not only is it unsourced, it is fundamentally unverifiable, since it is based primarily on the personal accounts of individuals in the conflict. Furthermore, it is extremely biased towards the view of one side in the conflict. If there is any verifiable, NPOV information in this article, it can be added to Hīt. Qwyrxian (talk) 20:46, 19 February 2011 (UTC) Sorry, I see that you did remove the prod. I'll add the AfD now. Please be sure to comment on the AfD once it is open, explaining how you believe it is possible for the article to overcome its current violation of several different fundamental Wikipedia policies. Qwyrxian (talk) 20:49, 19 February 2011 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.