Posted on 07/11/2006 7:32:47 AM PDT by kellynla
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- An al-Qaida-linked group posted a Web video Tuesday purporting to show the mutilated bodies of two U.S. soldiers, claiming it killed them in revenge for the rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by American troops from the same unit.
The Mujahedeen Shura Council previously claimed responsibility for killing the two soldiers, who were seized in a June 16 attack near the town of Youssifiyah, southwest of Baghdad. A third soldier was killed in the attack.
But the statement was the first time the group linked the slaying to the rape case.
A statement by the group said the video was released as "revenge for our sister who was dishonored by a soldier of the same brigade."
It said that as soon as fighters heard of the rape-slaying, "they kept their anger to themselves and didn't spread the news, but were determined to avenge their sister's honor."
"God Almighty enabled them to capture two soldiers of the same brigade as this dirty crusader," said the written statement posted along with the video.
The U.S military has charged five soldiers, including two sergeants, in connection to the March 12 alleged rape and murder of Abeer Qassim Hamza in the Youssifiyah area and the killing of her parents and a younger sister. The U.S. military released the identities of the suspects Monday.
A previously discharged soldier was also arrested in the case last month and charged with rape and murder.
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Sounds like typical AQ PR to me. It took them long enough to come up with a claim of responsibility and a reason.
Gee, isn`t it wonderful that the Washington Compost now puts the comics on the front page too.
"The killers, working in conjunction with the U.S. Media, turned what would have been just another terror incident into an act of revenge".
"The rape, which has been heavily covered in the U.S. Media and provides a basis for anger and resentment in Iraq, may be our best weapon for winning over the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people", said Al Qaida representative Ibeta Lattawumen. "But we can not do this on our own, we need the U.S. Media and fortunately they are right beside us on this story".
This is the text they forgot to put in the story.
BS. And shame on the MSM for reporting this crap
"Washington Compost?"
it's still a little early here but I am I missing something in your remark?
this was in the Washington Times
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And a slightly different angle...
Why does our press give a forum for such a story to people who have blown hundreds, if not thousands, or Iraqi "sisters" to bits in the last few years?
AQ recruitment tool?
Read the Washington Post and create a new recruitment campaign. Men will flock to protect a lady's honor or dishonor.
Remember Margaret Hassan http://www.crisscross.com/jp/news/319125/all
yep, we are definitely dealing with the scum of the earth.
I call Bull!
If our troops are indeed guilty of this horrific crime, I'd happily turn them over to the Iraqi government for punishment. Walking the walk...
But our own leftists have pronounced them guilty before the due process has played out.
Because they are the enemy within helping our other enemies destroy us in the nonsensical belief they will some how be exonerated when our enemies gain control. Until people begin to accept this and act accordingly, we lose.
I AM F**CKING PISSED. Like it isnt bad enough that our soldiers were mutilated in the first place.
The MSM made the connection between the incidents way before this insurgent group did!!!
If you read the early MSM stories regarding the rape allegations and this story, they present that the soldiers were from the same company, seeding the idea that these mutilations were retaliation for the rape when in fact they were not connected. All the insurgents had to do was read Yahoo AP news any other MSM story and there you have it. MSM has just made these terrorist heroes of the Iraqi people.
The MSM is the enemy within.
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