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U.S. confirms troops' kidnapping in Iraq (4 GIs Handcuffed And Shot In Head)
AP ^ | 26 January 2007 17 Minutes Ago | STEVEN R. HURST and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

Posted on 01/26/2007 1:44:39 PM PST by shrinkermd

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To: txroadkill

I know you are right. I am just feeling a terrible sadness today.


141 posted on 01/26/2007 4:07:59 PM PST by sarasota
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To: Txsleuth

ping


142 posted on 01/26/2007 4:08:41 PM PST by Loud Mime ("She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx)
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To: afnamvet
There was NO retreat by U.S. forces in Vietnam. Funds were cut off by the dem rat bas#urds in Congress just like they are trying now.

Everyone and I mean everyone had better start getting behind our CIC and the troops to support their mission and victory. The pillow biters and bed wetters of the Rats, media and naysayers have been warned.

I agree with you 100%.

After Congress cut off the money our troops almost had to swim back home.

"Those that do not learn from the mistakes of the past, are doomed to ................."

143 posted on 01/26/2007 4:09:29 PM PST by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
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To: afnamvet

Great home page!


144 posted on 01/26/2007 4:13:06 PM PST by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
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To: bnelson44

This attack could be for purely propaganda purposes. Perhaps it was run by Iranian operatives.


145 posted on 01/26/2007 4:22:07 PM PST by headstamp (Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
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To: tomcorn

The Senators are gonna go all wimpy over this.....course we may not be able to tell....


146 posted on 01/26/2007 4:24:08 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: Natural Law; bnelson44

For what it's worth, I don't see anything sophisticated about it.

It simply proves to me that the Iraqis are not ready to take over.


147 posted on 01/26/2007 4:28:50 PM PST by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: freema; Natural Law

That is very obvious. I don't know how the Administration can pretend they are.


148 posted on 01/26/2007 4:32:00 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
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To: shrinkermd

Yet Dims in congress are concerned about how US troops would be treated by enemies if we don't take a high road.


149 posted on 01/26/2007 4:34:43 PM PST by omega4179 (Communism: Its back and arming Iran.)
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To: Natural Law; tomcorn

I have been wondering about this, too. I can't believe they'd just want to show off, though, and blow the fact that they were capable of doing this simply to prove they could. For one thing, you know security is going to be one heck of a lot higher now, so they'd have a much harder time repeating the stunt.

One earlier article mentioned that a "low security" computer was taken when the men were killed (or kidnapped, as it seems now). I wonder if this computer or some other information was actually the objective of this. I hope it actually was "low security," btw, and was used for nothing but solitaire and somebody's off-time Freeping.


150 posted on 01/26/2007 4:41:01 PM PST by livius
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To: sarasota
Fortunately, the members of our military and those who lead them don't feel the same way.

We will WIN this, sarasota.

151 posted on 01/26/2007 4:46:00 PM PST by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President!!)
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To: bnelson44

The Administration?!


152 posted on 01/26/2007 4:49:12 PM PST by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: El Gato

Wrong.


153 posted on 01/26/2007 4:49:24 PM PST by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Doesn't matter if it is or is not politically correct. What matters is, what you want is wrong. Thank God for President Bush.


154 posted on 01/26/2007 4:52:44 PM PST by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: ichabod1

There are NO rules in lover or war! We are not in 18th century Europe, where captured militant members of the opposition are released under the premise that they will not reenter the battlefield upon pain of death. There ain't a member of the Islamic community I see as a gentlemen. What we need are examples, both in leadership and on the battlefield. sitting stagnant hoping the enemy is going to play fair will NEVER happen with these cowards. Besides, there is only one language they understand, and that is the threat of death, not being sent to gitmo.

SS


155 posted on 01/26/2007 4:53:43 PM PST by Sword_Svalbardt (Sword Svalbardt)
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To: freema

Yea. I really don't see handing Iraq to the Iraqis this year.


156 posted on 01/26/2007 4:56:04 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
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To: livius

From reports there was no egress route and they didn't try to bluff their way out. Means right after the attack they went mufti and disappeared into Karbala. A Shia stronghold. With these kinds of resources it suggests Iranian connections. Maybe the Iranians are trying to create a Fallujah like event to whip up Shia Anti-US fervor. A response to the Irbil events. Just about everything that happens in Iraq is an asymmetrical response to something else.

Damn complex for sure..


157 posted on 01/26/2007 4:58:12 PM PST by tomcorn
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To: ohioWfan

What depresses me is the wild thirst for blood, on a massive scale beyond anything in human history, that is being shown on this thread. That they demand President Bush become a rabid killer of everyone and everything in sight. I think I'm going to be sick. I don't think that is what our own military is looking for. I think they want to use tough and smart military tactics but do not want wanton slaughter. I know you are with me on that. But I feel alone at the moment. Sorry for the downer.


158 posted on 01/26/2007 5:05:59 PM PST by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: HardStarboard

Lord have mercy, our troops are more than prepared for this type of war!!!!! It is the spineless Dems who are unprepared for this type of war!!! Because of all their effin belllyaching our soldiers have to walk on eggshells over there. They not only have to watch their backs when it comes to the terrorists but they have to watch their backs when it comes to their own goverment. Gosh I detest Hillary and her bunch.


159 posted on 01/26/2007 5:10:02 PM PST by panthermom
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To: TYVets

Thank you very much!


160 posted on 01/26/2007 5:13:21 PM PST by afnamvet (It is what it is.)
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