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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We should use the sons a b!tches to grease our tank treads.
Glad you posted this. Or, I was going to.
The DU will put the gun in Dubya's hand for allowing such an atrocity to come about.
The terrorists will never be at fault for anything at the DU.
I think this is the same attack I read about the other day, and that article said that this was an IRANIAN hit job...ostensibly to send a message to the USA??
Also..there was a line in this article that said something about a computer being taken...I wonder if they found THAT.
If not...it could be the "reason">
From article: 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.
"Militants". Perhaps, of the ideology of we "support our soldiers who shoot their commanders"?
BTTT
If you don't trust an Arab reporting a story, it seems to me that you'll be hard pressed to ever learn anything about an Arab speaking country such as Iraq.
Yep. If you haven't, you haven't really been looking.
I left this thread to see what the latest articles are that are posted here.
Two of the top 4 are about our military being found guilty or being tried for MURDER in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Now THAT makes me mad.
Seems like to many mistakes are being turned into tragedies. I believe we fight all out to win or regroup and get ready for the next battle - hopefully not here.
The possibilities, in answering your question, are vast. I'd start with "why pretend to be an American" when one is one; but working for the enemy, as one of many possibilities. Could be Iranians, sunni's.
This is what we will strive to leash again if a democrat or a RINO achieves the status of POTUS in '08.
Thats a lot of planning and requires considerable resources. Iranian involvement?
Mike
Why would Sunnis not kill any Shiites?
Will they also get 18-year prison sentences? You know, like GIs do for killing terrorists?
Dollars to donuts, they get amnesty and are rewarded with government office and fat contracts.
The raid, as explained by Iraqi and American officials, began after nightfall at about 6 p.m. on Jan. 20, while American military officers were meeting with their Iraqi counterparts on the main floor of the Provisional Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) in Karbala.
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Iraqi officials said the approaching convoy of black GMC Suburbans was waved through an Iraqi checkpoint at the edge of Karbala. The Iraqi soldiers believed it to be American because of the type of vehicles, the distinctive camouflage American uniforms and the fact that they spoke English. One Iraqi official said the leader of the assault team was blond, but no other official confirmed that.
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