Al Qaeda Men Dragged Away U.S. Navy SEAL

Reuters via newsday ^ | 3/5/2002

[Enlightiator]

SIRKANKEL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - One of the helicopter-borne U.S. servicemen killed in battles in eastern Afghanistan in recent days fell into the hands of al Qaeda fighters, U.S. officers said on Tuesday.

The officers said the Navy SEAL, Neil Roberts, 32, was left behind when his Chinook helicopter made a rushed take-off after being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

"We saw him on the Predator being dragged off by three al Qaeda men," said Maj. Gen. Frank Hagenbeck, referring to an unmanned reconnaissance plane mounted with a real-time video camera.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Bring back Napalm!

[Alissa]

Which bastard in Cuba wants "an eye for an eye" right now?

[cmsgop]

Kill Them All..

[cgk]

Hideous. Every single one of our soldiers fighting and dying over there for our rights and freedoms over here... which are taken much too lightly. Praying for his family.

Mrs Kus

[VOA]

I know it's uncivilized...
but this article has me in the "No Prisoners" mode.

If they raise a weapon against US or allied troops...blast 'em.
I don't want these pukes getting courtesy calls at Guantanamo from the ACLU,
The International Red Cross, and limp-wristed, whiny journalists

[Jennifer in Florida]

Al Qaeda Men Dragged Away U.S. Navy SEAL

Why are they calling this human debris "men?" They aren't good enough to be called animals.

[da_toolman]

I make a motion that we (the US military) tries to set a world record for the largest man made earthquake.

[Proangel]

I wonder if our friends in Europe will complain to the world's press about the treatment of our captured troops?

[gcraig]

Which bastard in Cuba wants "an eye for an eye" right now?

Exactly. Where was the due process for this prisoner? What about this Petty Officer's rights? May God bless him and his family. I am more and more pissed off at terrorists.

[clintonh8r]

I wonder why the Predator wasn't commanded to take them out? Aren't they all carrying weapons now? I could be wrong. I'm not well versed on their equipment.

[dennisw]

Waste the mother*****rs. Quoted from "Rules of Engagement"

[Dallas]

You'd think we could develop some kind of laser device that would blind anyone who tried to take aim at these birds with a RPG.

American troops could wear protective googles ? I'm grasping,...here

[crystalk]

Take em out at a thousand to one.

If he had been from anywhere but California it would be ten thousand.

(just kidding)

[scouse]

It was not immediately clear from pool accounts whether Roberts, a petty officer 1st class from Woodland, California, was already dead when the al Qaeda fighters dragged him off, or whether they killed him later.

On CNN this evening their reporter stated that a drone had photographed the El Queda executing him

[PhilDragoo]

Take no prisoners.

Except CNN, BBC, Reuters, AFP.

[Cool Guy]

I AGREE. NO PRISONERS.

[lepton]

You'd think we could develop some kind of laser device that would blind anyone who tried to take aim at these birds with a RPG.

They exist. We promised by treaty not to use such weapons. Given how many people they would maim, I think it was a good choice.

American troops could wear protective googles ? I'm grasping,...here

BLEPs work for low-level lasers. That's what they were designed for.