A DESPICABLE ENEMY

NEW YORK POST ^ | July 12, 2008 | staff

[kellynla]

There are moments that throw the nature of America's enemies into the sharpest possible relief.

One such moment came this week, as the Army revealed that it had identified the remains of two US soldiers taken captive in Iraq.

Pfc. Byron Fouty, 19, and Queens-born Sgt. Alex Jimenez, 25, were captured last May after heavy fighting in Iraq's then-explosive Sunni Triangle.

The body of a third captured GI, Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., was found not long afterward - but Jimenez and Fouty's families held out hope for their return.

Until now.

It's the smallest of comforts that the country may now never know what, precisely, the pair endured in captivity.

Captured Americans in Iraq have been subject to all means of torture - including public beheading - in the furtherance of militants' sick propaganda aims.

Such brutality turned Iraqis against al Qaeda en masse - as soon as American resolve gave them the chance.

It also gives lie to the tired cliché that America somehow loses its "moral standing" by, say, keeping terrorists locked up at Guantanamo Bay.

That facility, of course, has been the subject of dozens of front-page New York Times profiles - alleging everything from stressful interrogation techniques to the violation of prisoners' religious sensibilities.

(This is the same paper, mind you, that devoted barely eight Associated Press paragraphs - on Page B6 - to the discovery of Jimenez and Fouty's remains.)

Left unsaid is that detainees - despite, as non-uniformed combatants, having no standing under the laws of civilized warfare - are given free access to medical care and religious accoutrements.

Not to mention, freedom to return to the battlefield - and kill Americans - provided there's insufficient evidence that they intend to do so.

[kellynla]

ping

[Roccus]

Don’t forget the history

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152007/news/nationalnews/wire_law_failed__lost_gi.htm

[Diogenesis]

Their murders were enabled by the New York Times, Boston Globe, an uncaring traitorous US Congress, and lawyers.

"WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours
seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected
of kidnapping Queens soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year..
A search to rescue the men was quickly launched. But it soon ground
to a halt as lawyers - obeying strict U.S. laws about surveillance -
cobbled together the legal grounds for wiretapping the suspected kidnappers.
For an excruciating nine hours and 38 minutes, searchers in Iraq waited as
U.S. lawyers discussed legal issues and hammered out the "probable cause"
necessary for the attorney general to grant such "emergency" permission.
Finally, approval was granted and, at 7:38 that night, surveillance began.
"The intelligence community was forced to abandon our soldiers because of the law,"
a senior congressional staffer with access to the classified case told The Post."

[nikos1121]

What kind of trial or court of protection were these boys given. Our liberal Supreme Court justices sicken me to death....

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Islam and all it encompasses must be destroyed; anyone who is not on board with this is either a pussy or a Muslim.

[angkor]

>>>http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152007/news/nationalnews/wire_law_failed__lost_gi.htm<<<<<<<

There’s something wrong with the “facts” of the above story. Something is definitely missing.

Iraq cellphone service is provided through a network built by Orascom (Egypt), MTC Atheer (Kuwait), and Wataniya (Kuwait). That’s it.

Why would an inter-Iraq or even a Middle Eastern regional call need to transit a U.S. switch? The networks of all three companies are strictly Middle East and Northern African regional.

It is nearly preposterous that calls on these networks “go through the U.S.” for local or regional calling.

[mewzilla]

Prayers for Pfc. Byron Fouty and Sgt. Alex Jimenez, their families and friends.

God bless our troops.

[Bob J]

You’re busy today.

[kellynla]

“You’re busy today.”

not really...that’s why I’m posting as I read. LOL

back to the ol’ salt mines tomorrow...

[freema]

I simply have no words.

No, I found some.

I’m having flashbacks, I guess that’s what it would be called. There, but for the Grace of God, go I flashbacks.

I am momentarily blinded by hate.

[Gay State Conservative]

The only people who would deny that I Slam is a 9th Century death cult are the “muslims” themselves and their new friends.....western leftist red diaper scumbags.

[mort56]

When the author speaks of a despicable enemy does he mean al Qaeda or the New York Times? Come to think of it, they are both despicable!

[Roccus]

I’m thinking the intercepts would be sent, real time, to the US for translation, sifting, etc. I doubt field units would have the capability of doing this. Don’t know for sure, just my guess.

[Marine_Uncle]

A well laid out article that cuts to the core.

[Chgogal]

I really don’t doubt you. I’m just wondering if the NSA would really want to work with (depend on) Egypt and Kuwait. I would think they have the ability to work around them...well I would hope they have the ability to work around our allies if need be.