Posted on 10/24/2005 1:14:05 PM PDT by jmc1969
Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television aired footage Monday of the purported shooting of a US soldier in Iraq by a member of the so-called Islamic Army in Iraq.
The brief grainy footage, which was later posted on the Internet, shows a US soldier in his uniform and helmet falling to the ground near an armoured vehicle after being shot by an alleged sniper from the militant group.
A child is seen running across as the soldier is hit. The channel said it received the tape Monday but there was no independent verification of its authenticity.
"On this morning of Ramadan 21, October 24, a sniper company from the army was able to hit a US soldier in Baghdad and kill him thanks to God," said a statement signed by the group and posted on a website which posts messages from Al-Qaeda and other militant groups.
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That's right, they shot the medic - the guy with the red cross on his sleeve. And after they chased down the bad guys, he attended to the wounded one (who has probably been released from the hospital and Abu Ghraib by now) and they confiscated the van they shot from and the video they made.
The army published a short interview with him. Said he thought he was dead for a few seconds, then realized he was still alive and jumped up - and he was very pi$$ed off.
Not the same footage. This is dated today, the video you are talking about occurred in August. That medic received a Bronze Star for assisting in the capture and treatment of the terrorist.
Islam is a supremicist political system. They put themselves on a higher level (legally) than Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and everyone else. Such an intolerant society is not acceptable in the modern world.
"And I have footage showing a terrorist on a water tower getting blown in half by a .50 cal sniper rifle from over a half mile out......"
Interesting. I prefer the Paris Hilton one or Jenna McCarthy myself, but whatever floats your boat I suppose.
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