Posted on 01/26/2007 1:44:39 PM PST by shrinkermd
Four American soldiers were abducted during a sophisticated sneak attack last week in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, the U.S. military confirmed Friday. It said three were shot to death and a fourth was mortally wounded with a gunshot to the head when they were found in a neighboring province, far from the compound where they were captured.
Two of the four were handcuffed together in the back seat of an SUV near the southern Iraqi town of Mahawil. A third dead soldier was on the ground nearby. The fourth soldier died on the way to the hospital, the military said in a statement issued late Friday that confirmed details reported by The Associated Press earlier.
On Jan. 20, the day of the raid on a security meeting in Karbala, the military said five soldiers were killed repelling the attack.
The brazen assault, 50 miles south of Baghdad, was conducted by nine to 12 militants posing as an American security team, according to two senior U.S. military officials as well as Iraqi officials. They traveled in black GMC Suburban vehicles _ the type used by U.S. government convoys _ had American weapons, wore new U.S. military combat fatigues, and spoke English.
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I am probably pissing in the wind but I hope that there is no glee over at DU concerning this atrocity.
If the people who did this are found to be from the Shiite Holy City of Karbala, then Karbala should become a shitty pile of rubble full of holes.
If the people who did this are found to be from the Shiite Holy City of Karbala, then Karbala should become a shitty pile of rubble full of holes. Starting with the Mosque.
However if they turn out to be from elsewhere, then that place should learn what it's like to be under a Linebacker III raid.
There was a post yeaterday or the day before where she said this is an example of how unsafe and unprepared our troops are for this type of war and why we should look to draw down our committment now!
As a wise man once said, "Payback is a bitch." In the meantime, watch this to feel a little better, and hope more is to come:
http://s140.photobucket.com/albums/r33/ownthem/?action=view¤t=wakeup.flv&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1
I'll wait for a reputable news source and reporter
Oh, they're doing the same ol' crap--blame it on Bush, blame it on oil companies, blame it on America--everything except blame it on the TERRORISTS WHO WANT TO KILL US ALL.
God bless all of our young warriors.
Semper Fi'
Jarhead
Hillary isn't the only one who feels this way. These kind of atrocities will gather even more momentum for a withdrawal. And I'm starting to lean in that direction.
This is remarkably sophisticated. I suspect one or more of them were translators or otherwise were employed by us.
Unleash hell.
If I had had my way, the opening salvo of this war would have been to drop "one large" on Mecca and Medina. That would've been an immediate attention getter. Still not too late, you understand.
you're so intolerant, ugh... /s
Screw that! German soldiers did similar things and almost broke through allied lines. You DON'T back down. You hit harder until you break the enemy's back.
I suppose it would be pointless to acquaint her with the facts concerning Japanese treatment of captured G.I.s in the War in the Pacific. Geneva Convention? What's that?
I must me missing something. Why would they go through all the trouble to pretend to be Americans, kidnap a low level squad, just to shoot them and abandon their vehicles?
What am I missing here?
It is sad to see even some FReepers backbones are turning into jelly. But non-stop 24/7 programming is bound to have the desired effect on some.
Is it possible the soldiers weren't fooled by the ruse and so the terrorists had no choice but to kill them?
Thank you. That video warmed my heart.
I want the guys who shot our troops in the head. And I want the guys who tortured and mutilated our two soldiers last summer. I want them to know the wrath of of our soldiers and Marines whose brothers they killed. I want them scattered in pieces all over their God-forsaken land
God forgive me.
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