Posted on 02/24/2009 9:57:16 AM PST by johnjameson
Iraqi policemen shot dead four US soldiers and their local interpreter in the main northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, an interior ministry official said.
"Four US soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by two Iraqi policemen who opened fire at them in the Dawasa district of (central) Mosul and then fled," the official told AFP, declining to be named.
The incident took place during a US army visit to the Mosul headquarters of the Iraqi police in charge of protecting the city's bridges, police said. The bullet-riddled body of the interpreter was taken to the local mortuary.
It was the third such fatal shooting involving US soldiers in just over a year in Mosul, one of the country's most restive cities.
On November 12, an Iraqi soldier shot dead two US soldiers in the city before being shot dead himself, but US and Iraqi officials differed sharply on what actually happened.
Iraqi officials said the soldier opened fire after an altercation with the Americans during a joint patrol in the city, but the US military insisted it was an unprovoked shooting inside an Iraqi army compound.
Mohammed al-Askari, Iraq's defence ministry spokesman, said at the time that the shooting took place during a joint patrol to inspect security procedures in Mosul, which the US army says is Al-Qaeda's last urban bastion in Iraq.
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They lived. News got it wrong again.
The true Arab descended from Ishmael, the half-brother of Isaac, predecessor of the Jewish people. Therefore, despite their mutual antagonism, Arabs and Jews are closely related ethnologically. The character of the Arab was predicted before the birth of Ishmael 4000 years ago, and it remains true of him today. His mother, Hagar was told of her son:
The character of the Arab was predicted before the birth of Ishmael 4000 years ago, and it remains true of him today. His mother, Hagar was told of her son:
“He will be a wild-ass man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren” (Genesis 16:12).
The first part of this prediction proclaimed the character of the people who would develop from Ishmael, whilst the second part described the location of their settlement. They would dwell in the presence of their brethren, the Jewish people. The area occupied by the Arabs is that barren, and in most parts, vacant land that lies between Persia, Syria, Israel, Egypt and Ethiopia.
The character of the Arabs who dwell in this inhospitable region conform to the description given to the mother of Ishmael. They are fiercely independent, and are dangerous when provoked or attacked. In spite of the pressures brought to bear upon the Arab countries, and their common hostility towards Israel, there has been little cohesion among them. Proclamations of Arab unity have been made but seldom properly implemented. In fact, the disunity among the Arab powers illustrates the truth of Genesis 16:12 to this day: “He will be a wild ass of a man his hand shall be against every man and every man’s hand against him.” The reference to the wild ass (as the Hebrew text has it) is most fitting. It is the image of the free, intractable bedouin character. As the Book of Job records, the wild ass is untamable, roaming at will in the desert, a wonderful symbol of the bedouin’s boundless love of freedom and independence. The statement “his hand shall be against every man and every man’s hand against him” is a fitting and vivid description of the incessant feuds among Arabs. And these continue to the present.
Thank God they survived. Great news.
I already called in the bombers.
What an unbelievable video clip. I think that U.S. soldier is yelling at the wrong people.
That is quite an amazing video. I think it speaks for itself.
When all the rah-rah hooplah that we have been hearing about the last six years, sometimes a reality check is in order.
“Paging Rep Murtha. Please pickup the camo courtesy phone...you fat bastard!â€
Pull our troops out. Carpet nuke the whole area.
“Four US soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by two Iraqi policemen who opened fire at them in the Dawasa district of (central) Mosul and then fled,” the official told AFP, declining to be named.
Who are these unnamed Iraqi officials? Apparently, the Americans survived the attack. Why is this Iraqi official saying the the Americans are dead? What exactly is his agenda?
My goodness. Seriously, I’m glad I’m not a man.
I like the way you think.
Too bad Hagar didn’t feed Ishmael to some wild ass vultures and saved us all this grief.
Pull out. Glass 'em...
It’s cheaper and sends an unmistakable message.
Hmmm. Were these ACTUAL Iraqi soldiers, or al Queda members wearing stolen uniforms to make it LOOK like Iraqi soldiers were killing American soldiers?
I'd read somewhere that this was not true, though most people believe it.
Oh yeah, THAT will solve all our problems in the Middle East. *rolls eyes*
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