Posted on 06/10/2006 5:07:19 AM PDT by tlb
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Iraqi man who was one of the first people on the scene of the U.S. airstrike targeting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said he saw American troops beating a man who had a beard like the al-Qaida leader.
The witness, who lives near the house where al-Zarqawi spent his last days, said he saw the man lying on the ground near an irrigation canal. He was badly wounded but still alive, the man told Associated Press Television News.
U.S. troops arriving on the scene wrapped the man's head in an Arab robe and began beating him, said the local man, who refused to give his name or show his face to the camera. His account could not be independently verified.
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It`s true...I`ll never forget a couple years ago when out on "Lawn Goyland" I was reading Newsday at a train station and came across a story of a vet who came back to L.I. after losing one of his feet, I believe from a IED. Newsday saw it fit to call him a hero in the headlines, only in quotes though...Long Island "hero" returns from Iraq. I guess writing the word hero without those quotes was just too painful for Newsday.
I can't imagine any one giving this credance..
Sounds like a typical solid MSM drive-by-media source...
- refuse to give name hmmm...
- refuse to show face hmmm...
- no independent verification hmmm...
- anti-American statement Check! We have a source!
I heard on the radio yesterday that our troops had found 17 heads, all boxed up, near the house where Zarkawi had been hanging out.
The MSM should be referred to as the FBAM - Fake But Accurate Media.
. . . Or least hold the spot until the MSM can get an indignant response from Jack Murtha on behalf of liberals everywhere.
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The regular Zarqawi attire?
You know what? I watched that SOB saw Nick Berg's head off. I really couldn't care less if a couple of grunts 'maltreated' him. I'm just disappointed that they didn't pay him back in kind. F**k Zarqawi. *spit*
I suppose the Media wants us to be all upset about it. Guess again.
This is totally predictable for the terrorist enabling media and I fully expect the Rats in Congress will want an investigation based on fictitious anonymous allegations.
What I don't understand is how any of these pussbags sleep at night, it must be an acquired skill
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I think it is terrible that the GI's would beat this man to death. There are far better ways to increase the amount of pain and prolong the agony than beating.
They should just announce that the guy who is claiming the beating took place is the guy that tippede them off to Zarquawi. Let him look over his shoulder for the rest of his life
No one with any standards would have even put pen to paper on this one.
Who are you?
I won't tell you.
Where are you from?
I won't tell you.
Can anyone else prove your claim to be true?
No.
Sounds good to me. STOP THE PRESSES!!!
So, we have a story from an un-named guy, with no face, who "lived nearby".
Oooookay. That's nice.
Say? since this guy knows so much ... Did anybody bother to ask this feller if he knew that he had $25,000,000 worth of thugs living next door?
Murtha has to get reelected first. I suspect his talk of becoming the next Dem leader in the House is a campaign ploy to create the image that he is a mover and shaker within the party. He is facing the toughest reelection campaign he has probably ever had. He is getting free publicity.
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