I'm so mad I could spit. Not so much at the terrorists, who are only acting like the uncivilized animals that they are, but at our media, who calls them "insurgents" or even "revolutionaries". As if they were George Washington, Paul Revere, John Adams or others (many of them named Lee). I don't remember them beheading redcoats, or loyalist civilians for that matter.
Ben Franklin pretty much never spoke to his son, the Royal Governor of N.J., but he didn't kill him or have him killed and his body desecrated either.
Missing U.S. soldiers and civilians in Iraq
20 Jun 2006 18:50:50 GMT
(Reuters) - More than a dozen Americans remain missing in Iraq, including 11 civilians and at least two U.S. soldiers, Major General William Caldwell said on Tuesday.
Here are details of those who remain listed as missing:
*Navy Captain Michael Scott Speicher
Missing since Jan. 17, 1991
Speicher, then 33, flew a combat mission from the USS Saratoga on the first night of the Gulf War, piloting a Navy F/A-18 Hornet that was struck by a missile fired by an Iraqi aircraft.
The U.S. military lists Speicher, of Jacksonville, Fl., as "missing-captured" and has said people associated with Saddam Hussein's former government know where he is.
*Army Reserve Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin
Missing since April 9, 2004
Maupin's military fuel convoy was ambushed in a western suburb of Baghdad.
A week after he was seized, Maupin's captors sent a videotape to Arabic satellite television channel Al Jazeera that showed him dressed in military fatigues sitting on a floor, held captive by masked and heavily armed guerrillas.
A second videotape shown by Al Jazeera on June 28, 2004, showed what militants said was the execution of a U.S. soldier. The Army said the identification of Maupin was "not conclusive."
The U.S. military lists Maupin, of Batavia, Oh., as "missing-captured."
*11 civilians
Caldwell said 11 civilians, including contractors, were missing in Iraq.
The U.S. military has referred all inquiries on missing civilians to the U.S. State Department. The State Department could not immediately provide details on those civilians or their status. (Reporting by Kristin Roberts in Washington)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20210210.htm