U.S. Confirms Killing Of Contractors in Iraq

Washington Post ^ | 10/23/04 | John Ward Anderson and Steve Fainaru

[bnelson44]

We were talking about this incident yesterday when the Telegraph article was published.

[wigswest]

Wow, so it's true.

I was so desperately hoping it wasn't.

[garyhope]

Why would anyone working in Iraq be un-armed?

[armydawg1]

I am anxiously awaiting the outcry over burning this American, ALIVE. Is the Australian media going to pick up on this story as well?

I too am awaiting Rumsfeld's demand for quick action to determine who burned this American. McNamara Jr in my opinion.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

^^^^^^^^^^^^The crowd then "dragged their corpses through the street, chanting anti-U.S. slogans," the newspaper reported.^^^^^^^^^^^^
Now where have I heard that one from?

I'm honestly surprised the liberal media didn't jump all over this.

[bnelson44]

Give them 24 hours

DU has it

[The Right Stuff]

The article is dated from last year. Did this incident just happen, or did it happen last year?

[Rebelbase]

typo. 2005

[DTogo]

Meanwhile at the White House, our time-of-undeclared-war President invites the Enemy for dinner and feeds the public more "Religion of Peace" rubbish:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1507642/posts

[Americanexpat]

Why would anyone working in Iraq be un-armed?

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Mostly because the military forbids most contractors carrying guns. The only contractors, for the most part that are armed are the security companies providing armed escorts for contractors.

[bnelson44]

typo. It happened this year, article is from today.

[fallujah-nuker]

Leave not one stone standing upon another.

[The Right Stuff]

Dang. Sorry to hear about this. The military should level that place.

[Black Tooth]

Four U.S. contractors were killed last month when their convoy took a wrong turn, drove into a town north of Baghdad and was attacked by an angry mob, a senior U.S. military official said Saturday.

Angry mob drags them from their vehicle and beat and burn them to death. As bare foot children yelp in delight? Don't seems like these people are our friends, or want democracy.

[bnelson44]

Angry mob drags them from their vehicle and beat and burn them to death. As bare foot children yelp in delight? Don't seems like these people are our friends, or want democracy.

These people don't. They are Baathists.

[Black Tooth]

The military should level that place.

That isn't our style anymore. Someone may be offended.

[Black Tooth]

Oh I see. These crowds were the bad guys. What were the good guys in town doing when Americans were being burned alive?

[SLB]

Let's see now, soldiers burn bodies in Afghanistan as the smell is overpowering and likely will face UCMJ action, these #$%&^#@*&( burn a guy to death and there is no outrage in the MSM. Now I know why I don't watch the news anymore, not even FOX.

[bnelson44]

Oh I see. These crowds were the bad guys. What were the good guys in town doing when Americans were being burned alive?

There are probably very few good guys in that town.

[badpacifist]

identified by the Telegraph as employees of the Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root

So when I hear someone disrespect Halliburton today because of the connection to Cheney etc., .... what should my emotion be toward the venom they will invariably spew. I know what this company has done for the world. Yet to the really ignorant it is just another faceless corporation with some vague old connection to someone in the White House. Should I fell pity towards the democrats spewing hate at this company? Disgust? Outrage? I know better than to go see the comments at the D.U. on this story. They think they have rage. We feel rage too. Rage we control because we live in a civilized society. I think of all the D. U. types and then I go to the ballot box.