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

[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.

[Rush4U]

FOX News's take:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,247180,00.html

[germanicus]

Thanks. I needed that.

[Borges]

Do you think AP made this up? Most other sources get their news from AP.

[armymarinemom]

I'm sure you are worried about you loved on over there now but pulling out will not help things.

[Rush4U]

I believe a majority in the US are in a state of collective denial.

Not sure why.

[bnelson44]

Or they were not after the troops who were shot to begin with.

[Doogle]

Like I said, I'd rather wait. I've learned not to trust an Arab reporting a story, Thats all I'm saying, I find it interesting the story is released a week later.

[driftdiver]

Thats a fine collection there.

[The Blitherer]

Yeah, that's what I meant. The terrorists were headed for another target and happened across the troops. The troops recognized them as not being American and were killed.

[Miss Didi]

You DON'T back down. You hit harder until you break the enemy's back.

What you said! Gee, I know that and I'm a girl. What are we a country of wimps and hand-wringers?

[lugsoul]

As opposed to blaming it on the media and anti-war protestors?

I think there are people on both sides that are doing what you decry.

[The Blitherer]

Gee, I know that and I'm a girl

Me too! Geez, why do I feel like we have to wear the pants sometimes!?! ;-)

[processing please hold]

Lord have mercy.

[stuartcr]

Have you actually ever seen any real glee over this kind of atrocity, on DU?

[Sword_Svalbardt]

40 Al Qaeda prisoner need to be capped.

[xmission]

God rest their souls. Great Americans.

Now, lets find those who did this, and bury them with pigs.

[HipShot]

Thanks for the link.

Our president has better control of his temper than a lot of us do. This is one of the times that I wish he did not.

The daily threats against us and Israel combined with the socialist opportunists in our own country have got to be taking their toll.

One thing that my grandfather used to tell me is ringing loud:

"Never piss off a nice guy."

[ASOC]

The soldiers that were murdered were from Alaska.


The raid was likely for the benefit of Congress....folks like Ted Kennedy who is a (fill in blank with an unspeakable word of your choice) and a jerk. His last set of histrionics was just too much for me. Ba$tard. (spits)

In another time the word **traitor** would be used in public, but none dare speak it now.

[moose2004]

Well said!

[The Sons of Liberty]

Shiite holy city of Karbala<

I know this isn't politically correct, but to keep any other ragheads from thinking they can get away with something like this, I would encircle that shit[e] city so no one could leave and then let them see up close and personal just what an arc-light B-52 strike is like!