Web Site Kicks Sand in Faces of GIs in Iraq Asking for Mats to Ease Hardship of Sleeping on Ground

FOX News ^ | January 22, 2007

[nuconvert]

Web Site Kicks Sand in Faces of GIs in Iraq Asking for Mats to Ease Hardship of Sleeping on Ground

January 22, 2007

An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.

What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company's Web site, which not only refused the request but added insult to injury with the admonition, "If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq."

Army Sgt. Jason Hess, stationed in Taji, Iraq, with the 1st Cavalry Division, said he emailed his request to Discount-mats.com because he and his fellow soldiers sleep on the cold ground, which contains sand mites, sand flies and other disease carriers.

In his email, dated Jan. 16, 2007, he asked the Web-based company, registered to Faisal Khetani, an American Muslim of Pakistani descent:

"Do you ship to APO (military) addresses? I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for ships to APO first."

On the same day, Hess received this reply:

"SGT Hess,

We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.

Bargain Suppliers Discount-Mats.com"

Khetani on Monday told FOX News that the person responsible for the email reply had been fired. The Web site, meanwhile, has been temporarily taken down.

[SevenofNine]

OMG hey there is update the employee got fired I saw update on Fox news tonight BTW I hope they get mats they looking into maybe OOPS maybe shipping to the that US soldiers

[popdonnelly]

"hey there is update the employee got fired"

Ha!

[madison10]

What a snarky reply to the Sgt. Thrilled that the employee was fired.

[SevenofNine]

Well in original Fox news report yeah dude got fired LOL!

GOOD Good news is that US soldier found two companies that wholeheartly would ship mats to Iraq for him

[madison10]

Reply #2: Is there a way to assist the Sgt. and his people with getting mats? As in donations?

[txroadkill]

BTW I hope they get mats they looking into maybe

They did a story on this on some radio show this morning in DFW, they had a quote from the Soldier involved saying he appreciated all the support, but please stop sending mats, they have no more room for them.

[nuconvert]

Here's the last sentence of the article

"Hess emailed that he has since found two mat suppliers willing to ship to an APO address in Iraq."

[nuconvert]

Lol.
Thanks for letting everyone know.

[Bahbah]

please stop sending mats, they have no more room for them.

I love that. America supports you...well, lots of us do.

[DAC22]

Are we supposed to trust "Faisal Khetani, an American Muslim of Pakistani descent" that this person was fired, I don't think so.

[elhombrelibre]

Khetani...saying the things American Democrats do say.

[Soaring Feather]

Thanks for the update on this issue.

[atomic conspiracy]

I can see it now: Left conformists from coast to coast will rally to the defense of the fired employee. High powered treason-profiteer lawyers will file suit on behalf of the unfortunate martyr. Poor Khetani will be pilloried for violating the jihad tool's right of free expression. Never mind that there is no such right when speaking on behalf of an employer, the fired employee can look forward to a lucrative career on the lecture circuit, with nearby Madison as the first stop.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

I bet all people working at this biz are related, cousins uncles, ect. If it kills the biz then it's gonna make for fun reunions at Ramadan.

[JerseyJohn61]

What a shame the websites down. Maybe we can bombard their
phone line instead. CAIR will have no admonition of this let
alone the MSM. Those pigs....JJ61

[mickie]

Can't figure this out, doubt that it is true.

How can this be true when the USA is spending how many billion of dollars a week in Iraqi.....and there are American troops sleeping where?

[Wuli]

meesage on the traitorous website at 10:38PM monday nite

"Discount-Mats.com is Experiencing Technical Difficulties...
If you are inquiring about your order, please contact us via phone or email. Thank you for your understanding & patience."

I wanted to leave an "order".

[Enterprise]

I received a thank you note from a soldier in Iraq I had sent some things to. Part of the note is this: My team consists of 6 people. We don't live on the main base. We live in an abandoned house in ______________ . " The point being is that this group is unlikely to have beds and couches supplied for them. There are any number of other troops who probably don't have permanent housing due to the mission needs and the need to move them around on occasion.

[bnelson44]

This moved like wildfire through the military community I am in contact with.