Bodies of 124 American Troops Have Been Flown Back Home

IRNA ^ | 12-2-01 | unknown

[Badfoil]

Islamabad IRNA - The bodies of 124 American troops have been flown back home in a cargo plane on November 29, claimed a local daily here on Sunday.

'Pakistan Observer' reported that the troops were killed during clashes with Taliban fighters when they had landed in Helmand province to help the ex-governor of Kandahar Gul Agha's Lashkar fighters against Taliban.

It added the perished troops are being officially described as missing in action.

Meanwhile, another daily, 'The Frontier Post', said 65 US marines have been killed by Taliban suicide squads in southern Afghanistan.

Reports of fresh casualties come as the US and the coalition forces struggle to keep a tight lid on the talk of casualties in the country, the daily pointed out.

Quoting witnesses, the newspaper added since their landing in Afghanistan, the US marines have come under attack by Taliban several times.

It noted apart from more than 2,000 US marines, American Special Forces are also present in the southern parts of Afghanistan.

The newspaper stated that these attacks could be in retaliation to massacre of Taliban fighters by gunmen of anti-Taliban Commander Haji Gul Agha in the presence of US troops.

[Badfoil]

Appologies if this was already posted. Can anyone out there in freeperland confirm or deny this report? The link is not a credible source. Propaganda maybe coming out of Pakistan? I would think that if it were true, some of the loved-ones would be speaking out about the disinformation.

[dighton]

Not even remotely credible. Put it this way: I'd trust Clinton as soon as this.

[Poohbah]

Well, this piece of tripe says that the people in question are officially MIA. Problem is, they aren't. Nor are the listed as WIA/KIA. Therefore, this is a bunch of Taliban propaganda, the product of wishful thinking ("Surely with all that ammo we've capped off, we had to hit SOMEBODY").

[b4its2late]

Islamic Republic News Agency ( IRNA).

[sonofagun]

I suspect there may be some truth to this.

Casualty reporting by the US media sounded the death knell to the popularity of the Vitnam War and our politicians and military leaders remember that.

With the fighting that has been reported so far, casualties seem within the realm of possibility.

[X-USAF]

I for one would not trust Clinton with my cat's fecal matter.

[OK]

These reports are all over the news in Russia. It is not possible that this many Marines were killed without 40,000 dead Taliban. A 1000 to 1 kill ratio is the worst performance I would expect from the Marines.

[WhiskeyPapa]

If we had any KIA at all, some of the bodies would be in Taliban hands. They would trumpet that; so I find these reports hard to credit on that basis.

There is little doubt the US government would attempt to obscure the number of KIA, though.

Walt

[Billthedrill]

Wishful thinking on the part of the Taliban groupies, IMHO - we'll have to be ready to lose some people, but I don't think we have lost 124 of them yet. What possible need would there be for secrecy? Eveyone in the world knows we have troops on the ground, and in Iraq, in similarly restrictive security conditions, we were told right away when we lost people.

[Shermy]

Two rules I've recently learned. 1. Pakistani press is unreliable. 2. Indian press is reliable, except as to reporting about Pakistan.

[BruceS]

I for one would not trust Clinton with my cat's fecal matter.

I disagree. I would trust Clinton with my cat's fecal matter.

[Publius6961]

("Surely with all that ammo we've capped off, we had to hit SOMEBODY").

Doesn't matter how much ammo they expend.
Have you seen the typical Afghan "soldier"? Sticks a weapon over a wall and pulls the trigger, revelling in the noise and clueless as to where the weapon in pointing other than it's generally in the direction of the (presumed) enemy.

[kixx]

If there were a death count like this there would be grieving family members all over the media. You can't hide 124 dead military people from the lamestream media.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[Junior]

As soon as the families had learned that their particular sons have been killed, they would have gone to the press. There would be no way for the U.S. government to keep a lid on this; if they ship the bodies back home, people know about the casualties, if they hide or destroy the bodies they have to come up with an explanation for the missing serviceman to give to the family, if they list the serviceman as missing they eventually have to declare him dead.

This is nothing more than Islamic propaganda designed to create strife on the homefront. Don't buy it for a minute.

[nothingnew]

You can't hide 124 dead military people from the lamestream media.

Bingo!...'nuff said.

FMCDH

[techcor]

The DUh's actually believe this sort of thing. Except in their reports the bodies are being dumped in the ocean. What is with people? Do they think our military is only composed of orphans with no family members who are single and without friends? When someone dies there is usually a loved one left behind (at least a friend). Are they expecting our military to go "whack" some family members just to keep the story quiet? Yeeesh!

[Shermy]

...and on the local front:

Story Link...

Pak villagers stone 100-year-old woman for 'eating' baby

AFP Islamabad, December 3

"Pakistani villagers stoned and beat a 100-year-old woman almost to death after she was accused of trying to eat a new-born baby, a report said on Monday.

The woman was beaten unconscious by a mob of people armed with stones and clubs in Shahpat village of southern Sindh province in the early hours of Sunday, the Dawn said.

She had been accused of entering a family home and trying to eat a baby. It was not known if the child was hurt.

Police said they handcuffed the woman and took her away, but the mob followed her to the cells where they continued to throw stones at her as police looked on passively, the report said.

Local people said she was retarded, although the woman, whose name was not provided, told police she was an innocent dervish, a Muslim mystic who renounces worldy things and believes in communication with god through music, dance and poetry."

[CdMGuy]

You left out Rule No. 3 - All Arab news media are unreliable and generally lie like hell.

[RetiredArmy]

You can't hide 124 deaths from 248 mammas and pappas either!