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Official: 5 Killed After U.S. Service Member Opens Fire on Iraq Base (Shooter in Custody)
Cnn. ^ | May 11 2009

Posted on 05/11/2009 7:17:54 AM PDT by boxerblues

Edited on 05/11/2009 8:48:36 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Updated with direct link.


TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: banglist; campliberty; fallen; fragging; iraq; johnrussell; military; soldiers; suicide
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To: PghBaldy

Why are they stressed out (according to pro-Obama MSNBC)? Their rock-star-in-chief was in Baghdad only a month ago to visit the soldiers, where he received a hero’s welcome from the troops. Plus Obama has promised to have US troops home from Iraq within months, so what gives? If I had a commander-in-chief as inept as Obama, I would kill myself too. Glad I left the military in 2007 before the Messiah became “President”. Many of my fellow soldiers hated Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, and Durbin as much as I did, so the resentment is very prevalent.


21 posted on 05/11/2009 7:41:22 AM PDT by waterguard06
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To: Allegra
thanks Allegra! I wasn't sure if you were still over there or not.
22 posted on 05/11/2009 7:41:23 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: penelopesire
The fact is that the only other time something like this has happened to my knowledge in Iraq, was a U.S. muslim soldier gone rogue.

I remember that. That was in Kuwait, just after the invasion began in the spring of '03.

Many troops were still staged in Kuwait then, in preparation for moving into Iraq.

23 posted on 05/11/2009 7:43:01 AM PDT by Allegra ( Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.)
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To: Allegra
THANK YOU for checking in! My first thought was "where is Allegra?" but remembered this was not your base. Glad you are safe!

Please keep us posted as we offer prayers for all.

24 posted on 05/11/2009 7:45:29 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Allegra
Prayers up for all impacted by this tragedy.

Joining you in prayer here.

Stay safe my FRiend.

25 posted on 05/11/2009 7:47:48 AM PDT by amom (Proud 1 68 tanker mom)
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To: BykrBayb

that poster “purpleman” consistently chimes in with the left’s talking points. particularly anything about homos.


26 posted on 05/11/2009 7:47:55 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Yeah, I recognized the name. That’s how I was able to know so quickly what he was up to. Long history there.


27 posted on 05/11/2009 7:49:22 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Fight the bastards or perish! ~ Jim Robinson ~ Þ)
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To: waterguard06

Fox News reporting that he killed himself at a “stress clinic” at the Camp Liberty


28 posted on 05/11/2009 7:49:24 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: PghBaldy
NBC: ‘Stressed out’ soldier kills self after attack at Baghdad’s Camp Liberty http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30678715/ Only new info was “stressed out”

"Stressed out"? Amazingly quick diagnosis of the shooter by NBC.

29 posted on 05/11/2009 7:51:02 AM PDT by dead
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To: BykrBayb

And a quick look at “gondring”’s posts shows he spends most of his time defending euthanasia & evolution.


30 posted on 05/11/2009 7:51:27 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: Allegra

You were the first person I thought about when I read the headlines. Glad you are OK.


32 posted on 05/11/2009 7:59:49 AM PDT by RightWingMama
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To: Pinkbell
My guess is the soldier who opened fire had some sort of mental problems.

Or religious.

33 posted on 05/11/2009 8:00:46 AM PDT by fso301
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To: domenad

My guess would be a “Dear John” letter.


34 posted on 05/11/2009 8:02:12 AM PDT by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

once you find someone liberal in one area it is not surprising to find that he is liberal on several.


35 posted on 05/11/2009 8:04:50 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Fiscal conservatism without social conservatism is dead.)
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To: penelopesire
Oh dear God. Another muslim soldier gone rogue?

My first thought as well.

36 posted on 05/11/2009 8:12:22 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: boxerblues

The story has changed according to Google.

He shot and killed five and the shooter is in custody.


37 posted on 05/11/2009 8:13:15 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: boxerblues

May our brave heroes rest in peace, and may their family and friends fell the Lord’s embrace around them providing them strength and courage through their grief...

As for the soldier who went rogue... I think I’ll wait to find out more of the story — whether he just “lost it”, or whether this was a “planned attack”, like the one another Freeper mentioned with the Muslim soldier.

How sad though — what a feeling of betrayal must be felt by all who knew these soldiers as well... Prayers for them especially...


38 posted on 05/11/2009 8:16:33 AM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ ANTI-OBAMA STUFF : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: Carley

Its gonna be a while before we know for sure....CNN & Fox have changed their story slightly as well.


39 posted on 05/11/2009 8:17:04 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: boxerblues
The military did not give the soldiers’ nationalities or provide further details

Nationalities? Wouldn't that be American. The first line says a "U.S. soldieropened fire" and killed "four American troups". Is the report trying to say there may have been soldiers from other nations at the scene, or that we don't know the race and/or religion of the shooter?

40 posted on 05/11/2009 8:18:04 AM PDT by FourPeas (somewhere in Kenya, a village idiot is missing his sidekick)
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