Posted on 06/20/2006 3:36:36 AM PDT by xzins
Moderator: Just Announced Fox News. They said it was coming from Reuters via the Iraqi Defense Ministry
IMHO the MSM is on the side of the terrorists.....
decreasing the positives that the Bush (administration) had recently
Staff and agencies 20 June, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi military official said Tuesday that the bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers showed signs of torture, and that men appeared to have been killed "in a barbaric way." Also, the umbrella group for Iraqi insurgents claimed responsibility for the soldiers‘ deaths.
"We give the good news ... to the Islamic nation that we have carried God‘s verdict by slaughtering the two captured crusaders," said a statement in the name of the Mujahedeen Shura Council, which groups five insurgent organizations including al-Qaida in Iraq .
Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., disappeared after an insurgent attack Friday at a checkpoint by a Euphrates River canal south of Baghdad. Spc. David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Mass., was killed.
The three men were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
He said the United States should have paid a ransom for the two soldiers from money seized from Saddam Hussein .
The director of the Iraqi defense military‘s operation room, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed, said the two bodies were found on a street near the town Youssifiyah, close to the scene of the attack. The U.S. military could not confirm that account.
"Until we know the families have been both briefed and have been fully informed ... it would be inappropriate," he said.
A farmer claiming to have witnessed the attack told The Associated Press on Sunday that insurgents swarmed the checkpoint, killing the driver of a Humvee before taking two of his comrades captive.
He said seven masked gunmen, one carrying a heavy machine gun, killed the driver of the third vehicle and took the two other U.S. soldiers captive. His account could not be verified independently.
The military said Saturday that soldiers at a nearby checkpoint heard small-arms fire and explosions during the attack at 7:15 p.m. Friday, and a quick-reaction force reached the scene within 15 minutes. The force found one soldier dead but no signs of the other two.
in the absence of such PROOF, demand the immediate release of our soldiers.
A definite 'right on' post. It's in our hands.
It's all a 'political' game to them! What's in their heart comes out their mouth. They have NO interest in our military.
REID is using these deaths for political gain on the senate floor right now...
With this pack of pigs the alternative will ALWAYS be the same, so there is no difference. The idea of chips has been brought up before and I am sure that most of the troops would not object considering the possible benefits. If the chips were in place, it might have been possible to track them within hours.
Where's that filty scumbag Murtha on this?
Maybe he's a prisoner.
susie
I grow more and more angry every day as the promise of a heroic victory in Iraq is being broken by a raft of "play nice" rules of engagement there. Our men - our brothers, fathers, uncles, friends - our dying there because our military leadership (or political leadership) has changed tactics leaving our soldiers exposed to attack. How many of our men have died or been maimed because we didn't want to appear to harsh or mean in our response to attacks from insurgents? How many of our own casualties do we have because we are so afraid that there will be accidental or collateral civilian casualties which are an inherrant part of warfare?
The muzzies don't care how nice we play. They see that as weakness on our part that they take advantage of - every advantage that they can get.
We had the right idea going in. But we're screwing it up now that we're there. We used to know how to do what we're doing there. Either we've forgotten or we're unwilling to do what needs done. For example, if we have insurgents placing remotely detonated IEDs on a highway that our troops use, we then totally secure the highway and reserve for our own exclusive use. We demolish all building too close to the highway, erect concertina wire around the highway periphery, and send patrols up and down the highway constantly that will challenge or kill anything that moves near the concertina wire. The Iraqis can find other routes, while we have our own safe routes. We need to set up more occupied zones and expand them. Etcetera. We need to do this right. Not one American soldier should be lost because political policy overrode good military policy. If we have to choose between the deat of an American soldier and the collateral death of an Iraqi civilian, the answer should be obvious. This is war, dammit. So act like it.
The same goes for Iran and North Korea. We will lose far less life and have far less military effort if we deal with the problems now - nip them in the bud - then if we let this go on too long. I'd rather pay the cost now then have my grandchildren live in a world where they face nuclear annihilation from the muzzie nutcases in Iran or the insane communists in North Korea. If it means World War III, then guess what, it means it. In fact, WWIII started on 9/11 and we need to start acting like it for once.
Where's that filthy basta*d Murtha on this?
Reid's an idiot without a clue.
You're thinking of an RFID tag, or chip. It only works when you get it close to a sensor. They're used on security badges, product anti-theft tags (the things that make the alarms go nuts at Home Depot).
With that said, an RFID tag would be useless in finding kidnapped people, unless they were moved close to a sensor, and it's impossible to put sensors everywhere.
My sentiments exactly - esp. with folks like Murtha and Sheehan.
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Where's that filthy basta*d Murtha on this?
"Where's that filthy basta*d Murtha on this?"
He and the DNC are formulating Talking Points. Do they express anger at the War Criminals that executed our Soldiers or blame Bush?
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