Three U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq (Pummeled them with Concrete Rocks!)

Yahoo ^ | 11/23/03

[zencat]

Yes, there are plenty of Iraqis who do not like us, but I don't think it's the majority.

That said, I think one of the problems is that these people didn't ever really feel they were beaten. We basically just rolled in and took the country over and then started playing nice.

These types of attacks should be met with a HARSH response to show that there will be zero toleration for such behavior.

[TSgt]

Brought to you by Islam.

The religion of pieces.

God speed my brothers.

[cgk]

We must be smarter, meaner and a hell of a lot more agressive, to the point where a bad guy pee's his pants at just the thought of doing injury to an American

Amen.

[Dog]

As if the body in that pic is recognizable...

This is what got my attention....nice thing to post with military families posting on this thread..

[DCPatriot]

Suddenly I understand why occupying armies summarily execute by firing squad, say, a dozen peers of the assassins for every one of theirs that are ambushed.

How many dozens of their fellow citizens would it take for them to cease and desist their murderous behavior?

[tomahawk]

Savages.

[PLK]

About a dozen swarming teenagers dragged the soldiers' bodies out of the wreckage and beat them with concrete blocks, the witnesses said.

These people are animals.

[BBell]

Time to unleash the Kurds!!!

[Aeronaut]

The perpetrators should be found, publically tried by a military tribunal and also very publically executed.

By stoning!

[streetpreacher]

I know people may find what I am about to write inappropriate because I claim to be a Christian and have a username with preacher in it.

To be honest, there are times when I question the wisdom of us being in Iraq (not considering all of the arguments for or against based on WMD, terror threats, etc.), but when I read stories like this, I become so outraged that I want to hurt these people!

I wonder how many people hearing these reports, instead of being horrified and wanting to bring our troops home, will become solidified in supporting the war! One thing is for sure, people are NOT going to support a war where American boys (and girls) are sitting ducks while the enemy seems to be treated with kid gloves.

My gut reaction (and this may be entirely inappropriate): those "teenagers" pummeling the bodies should have been shot on sight! What do you think Israeli forces would have done? Let's think twice before we "cast stones" at Israel again over "excessive" force.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Kill the teenagers. And please no people calling me a racist barbarian etc.

[PLK]

It looks more and more that the troops are sitting ducks. For stateside morale, we need some news off big retaliations of such outrage as this.

I agree totally. To hell with the cultural sensitivy stuff. The farthest we should go with that is to learn enough about their shitty culture to infiltrate with our own propaganda so they begin to understand we are trying to "help" them. It may be a way to decrease the attacks by convincing some of them to turn their murderous fellow Moose Limbs in.

[Cage Rattler]

Exactly.

[schmelvin]

These types of attacks should be met with a HARSH response to show that there will be zero toleration for such behavior.

I agree. Zero tolerance!

(Sometimes, I think we're harsher on American elementary school children, who innocently bring butter knives and squirt guns to school than we are with the scum that seeks to destroy us.)

[huck von finn]

Military families know the risks of war. Bless them, they worry every day.

I understand that you are angry, but stop trying to blame me for something I had nothing to do with. If you'd like to blame someone, blame the Iraqis who did this horrible thing, or blame whoever posted the pic.

I understand you are upset, but this isn't exactly "Saving Private Ryan." It is in fact a real war.

[FreeReign]

About a dozen swarming teenagers dragged the soldiers' bodies out of the wreckage and beat them with concrete blocks, the witnesses said. They lifted a block and hit them with it on the face," Younis Mahmoud, 19, said. Another teenager, Bahaa Jassim, said some looted the vehicle of weapons, CDs and a backpack. "They remained there for over an hour without the Americans knowing anything about it," he said. "I ... went and told other troops."

If you are willing to believe these two teenagers then you can conclude that there are at least two GOOD teenagers in the Sunni triangle who are willing to risk there lives to notify our troops.

If aren't willing to believe these two teenagers then how do you really know that a swarm of Iraqi teenagers dragged and beat these dead or dying soldiers.

My point is that when it comes to determining the level of support we have in Iraq, this incident signifies nothing.

[MontanaBeth]

"People will start seeing what's really happening there"




Go away.

[FreeReign]

This should put to rest the idea that "outsiders" are indeed the ones causing problems in Iraq. The Iraqis themselves hate us; the sooner we realize this the better.

No it shouldn't.