PRAY HARD FOR A SHIELD OF PROTECTION AROUND THESE TROOPS.May they be found safe!
I predicted this would happen long ago. We should NEVER have left 3 soldiers alone at a checkpoint. At the very least 3 back up soldiers should have been positioned 20 or 30 yards away for defense in case of something like this. I knew these Al Qaeda pukes were going to try to kidnap some of our soldiers for revenge in the death of Zarqawi and that it would likely happen at a checkpoint. I took comfort in thinking however Iraqis were running most checkpoints now. Why they were not running this one I do not know. Anyway, besides the obvious heartbreak over what will happen to these men, we can kiss the good news from Iraq over the last couple weeks goodbye with endless reruns of beheading footage now which will send anti-war fervor through the roof. I'm sorry, but this was just stupid of the Army to have not seen this coming. Stupid, stupid, stupid...