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Report Says Slain U.S. Soldiers Tried to Surrender (Graphic Photos)
Reuters ^
| Wed March 26, 2003 10:51 AM ET
| Reuters
Posted on 03/26/2003 10:31:44 AM PST by Smogger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One report reaching the U.S. military said that some of the 12 soldiers whose supply convoy was ambushed near Nassiriya in southern Iraq on Sunday were killed by their captors although they tried to surrender, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the report received from the field said that the U.S. soldiers "weren't given the opportunity to surrender. They attempted to surrender." Some of the U.S. soldiers instead were killed by the Iraqi forces, the official said.
The official did not characterize the nature or reliability of the intelligence information on which this report was based. The official also did not indicate where the surrendering soldiers were slain.
Another defense official said the U.S. military had received "mixed reports" about the incident.
U.S. officials have said an Army supply convoy apparently made a wrong turn during a battle near Nassiriya, and members of an Army maintenance unit were ambushed by Iraqi "irregular forces." U.S. officials say 12 soldiers were missing.
Five U.S. soldiers being held as prisoners were shown being interrogated on Iraqi television. The dead bodies of several others also were shown on Iraqi television. Some of the bodies appeared to have bullet wounds to the forehead, suggestive of possible execution, and were shown sprawled on the floor of a room in puddles of blood.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; iraq; iraqifreedom; kias; malmedy; pow; supplyconvoy; surrender; war; warcrimes
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So angry i cannot comment.
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posted on
03/26/2003 10:31:45 AM PST
by
Smogger
To: Smogger
I am suddenly much less concerned about the explosion in the Baghdad market.
To: johniegrad
Got MOAB?
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posted on
03/26/2003 10:38:37 AM PST
by
ewing
To: Smogger
And where is AmNazi International? Too busy worrying about a f-ing Iraq TV than US troops being executed?
4
posted on
03/26/2003 10:40:47 AM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Its Not Hip To Be Janeane Garofolo)
To: ewing
Dang, you beat me to the obligatory MOAB comment we see on every thread.
To: Smogger
TAKE NO MORE PRISONERS!
To: holdmuhbeer
Technicians prepare a Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or MOAB.
Make --and use-- more already.
7
posted on
03/26/2003 10:43:57 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.)
To: Smogger
And I thought that I would be concerned about Iraqi casualties. Not a bit.
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posted on
03/26/2003 10:50:11 AM PST
by
ApesForEvolution
(Yes, let us allow the economies of gerdung, frunk, mexiztlan, chirushcom and canadastan to wither...)
To: Smogger
One report reaching the U.S. military said that some of the 12 soldiers whose supply convoy was ambushed near Nassiriya in southern Iraq on March 23, 2003 were killed by their captors although they tried to surrender, a U.S. defense official said on March 26. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the report received from the field said that the U.S. soldiers 'weren't given the opportunity to surrender. They attempted to surrender.' Some of the U.S. soldiers instead were killed by the Iraqi forces, the official said. A still from Iraqi television on March 23, shows what is purported to be the bodies of U.S. soldiers after a battle near Nassiriya. (Iraqi Television/Reuters)
Source
To: Smogger
When we ultimately prevail and have Iraq under marshal law, the perpetrators should be hunted down, quickly tried for murder by a military tribunal, and hanged. The video should then be sent to Al Jazeera.
To: ApesForEvolution
We must fight the fight thinking of our own soldiers now.Enough is ENOUGH!
To: Smogger
They think that all they need to do is kill a few of us and we will go home. I hate Clinton for this.
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posted on
03/26/2003 11:02:44 AM PST
by
VRWC_minion
(Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
To: Smogger
So why is Reuter's posting this as news, days after their Islamofacists did these evil deeds?
Think about Reuter's track record for a moment before you post!
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posted on
03/26/2003 11:02:54 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind")
To: VRWC_minion
Exactly.
To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!; Smogger
I find it disrespectful to paste pictures of our dead soldiers on the internet. apparently you do not agree.
15
posted on
03/26/2003 11:03:15 AM PST
by
phasma proeliator
(it's better to die with honor than to live without it.)
To: Smogger
me too
16
posted on
03/26/2003 11:04:25 AM PST
by
knak
(kelly in alaska)
To: phasma proeliator
I find it disrespectful to paste pictures of our dead soldiers on the internet. apparently you do not agree. I posted the article verbatim with the tiny picture that accompanied it. I did not post any pictures to be sensational. I don't consider it disrepsectful. I have seen countless pictures of our dead and enemy dead from every conflict the US has been engaged in since the Civil War. Were those pictures disrespectful?
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posted on
03/26/2003 11:18:02 AM PST
by
Smogger
To: Grampa Dave
Think about Reuter's track record for a moment before you post! If you have a point you should just go ahead and make it. Are you saying not to post from Reutors or other way sources with which you disagree with their coverage or what? I thought the article played into the view of the Iraqi regime that we are trying to prepetuate. The only source was "anonymous" US Military commanders.
Maybe you have a list of "approved" wire services you would like to share with the rest of us.
18
posted on
03/26/2003 11:20:54 AM PST
by
Smogger
To: Smogger
I think that Reuters has the lowest truth factor of any so called news service.
My question is a legitimate one.
Why on Wednesday, three days after the slaughter of our people, are they putting this story out with photos?
19
posted on
03/26/2003 11:23:43 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind")
To: Grampa Dave
Think about Reuter's track record for a moment before you post! Thank you for the chance to answer this, oh wise master!
Can we get a clue? Seriously, I don't know enough about Reuters to give a guess.
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posted on
03/26/2003 11:24:33 AM PST
by
TankerKC
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