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

[sarasota]

Guess my having a bad day really set off a firestorm. I have no idea what would happen if we leave. Do you?

[sarasota]

Why yes, as a matter of fact, I do believe it. Can't a girl have a bad day without getting flamed?

[livius]

referred to the terrorists as "gunmen

Incredible. The media does everything possible to protect them.

[VxH]

[but I have found no evidence of it in what most Americans read or view. ]

IndyMedia is a well established world-wide network that caters to communist / anarchist types.

Think of them as termites in the attic rafters.

[TNdandelion]

Yup!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Doesn't take much to set off a firestorm around here....start off every day with a smile now....

[stuartcr]

I don't personally know anyone that reads stuff that caters to those types. As I said, it's not in the mainstream media, one has to either look for it on purpose, or regularly subscribe to those kinds of publications, to see it.

[stuartcr]

OK, but as I said, this stuff is not out where regular folks see it, mainly the normal newspaper or tv. One has to actively look for it, to find it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Ugly stuff on that link.

[TNdandelion]

Or be a member of the military and approached by a hostile anti-war American. Some have been physically attacked and spat upon. You'll see those in the newspapers and tv reports from time to time. Fortunately, it's not at common as during the Viet. War.

[stuartcr]

I remember it from VietNam, but this is not the same as glee at soldiers dying.

[El Gato]

carpet bomb the city they reside in..

I'd go for that... as soon as we determine which city that is. Might be in Iran for all we know at this point.

[El Gato]

Congress and the media would have a collective heart attack.

We wish. That would be a Good Thing, don't you think.

[El Gato]

Sorry late, I mean Napalm.

We no longer stock it. We've got some other interesting stuff, but not Napalm.

[El Gato]

From your first link:

a non-U.S. made rifle

It would be real interesting to find out where the rifle was made, and was it an M-16 clone?

[El Gato]

This is remarkably sophisticated. I suspect one or more of them were translators or otherwise were employed by us.

Maybe, but maybe they were Iranians, Persians, not Arabs. There's a slight possibility they were Chechen or Albanian Muslims who look European. Might even have had some Black Muslims from Africa in the mix. We just don't know yet.

[El Gato]

Why would Sunnis not kill any Shiites?

To make it appear the Shiites were responsible?

[El Gato]

Never trust AP or Reuters at face value. Wait for authorized Official Releases. Anything "unnamed" "annoymous" "unauthorized" or "unverified" is BS until proven.

That goes without saying, but in this case we appear to have confirmation from other more trustworthy sources.

[El Gato]

I think it's pretty obvious the Sunnis or Al Qaida in Iraq would be behind this.

Not all that obvious. It could have been Iranians, who are increasingly sticking their big noses in where they don't belong. That can be hard on those noses though.

[El Gato]

Wrong.

What's wrong about saying that the people who did this, or supported those who did, being given justice over the matter. I did say "If" you know. If they are from Tehran or Damascus, I'd say the same thing.