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Baqubah Update: 05 July 2007 [The boy had been baked. Al Qaeda served the boy to his family]
Michael Yon ^ | 7/5/07 | Michael Yon

Posted on 07/06/2007 7:22:22 AM PDT by bnelson44

At first, he said, they would only target Shia, but over time the new al Qaeda directed attacks against Sunni, and then anyone who thought differently. The official reported that on a couple of occasions in Baqubah, al Qaeda invited to lunch families they wanted to convert to their way of thinking. In each instance, the family had a boy, he said, who was about 11-years-old. As LT David Wallach interpreted the man’s words, I saw Wallach go blank and silent. He stopped interpreting for a moment. I asked Wallach, “What did he say?” Wallach said that at these luncheons, the families were sat down to eat. And then their boy was brought in with his mouth stuffed. The boy had been baked. Al Qaeda served the boy to his family. ...

The people were jubilant. None of the kids–and by the end of the day there were hundreds–asked me for anything, other than to take their photos. These were not the kids-made-brats by well-meaning soldiers, but polite Iraqi kids in situ, and the cameras were like a roller coaster ride for them. The kids didn’t care much for the video; they wanted still photos taken. While the kids were trying to get me to photograph them, it was as if the roller coaster was cranking and popping up the tracks, but when I finally turned the camera on them–snap! –it was as if the rollercoaster had crested the apex and slipped into the thrill of gravity. Of course, once the ride ended, it only made some clamor for more. Iraqi kids that have not been spoiled by handouts are the funniest I have seen anywhere....

(Excerpt) Read more at michaelyon-online.com ...


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KEYWORDS: alqaedainiraq; baqubah; iraq; rop; yon
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To: monday; WashingtonSource
They were jubilant we were there to save them.
It was a bad excerpting job on my part.
41 posted on 07/06/2007 9:52:01 AM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: bnelson44

I can’t be sure this is just an Arab urban legend. After all, these people are told Jews make Matzoh out of the blood of Arab children, and many of them believe it.

That said, Al Quada is so barbaric I have no problem believing they love to think up new tortures.


42 posted on 07/06/2007 10:02:54 AM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: jazusamo; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; ...

No real surprise, except that it’s being reported. There’s worse, I’m sure.

Too bad they didn’t invite joe wilson for tea and yellow cake.


43 posted on 07/06/2007 10:22:42 AM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: jazusamo

Just YESTERDAY, jaz, I had a conversation that burst out of nowhere. One of those, where the antennae stick up. I rushes back to me now, looking at and reading about these kids.

A woman, in a store, just started talking about how her mother died when she was young, and then, all their pictures burned in a fire.

The thrust of her point was that she is obsessed with photography now (and these were her words)

because it captures a moment and that moment can live forever.


44 posted on 07/06/2007 10:55:01 AM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: bnelson44

[speechless]********************[/speechless]


45 posted on 07/06/2007 11:54:22 AM PDT by madison10
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To: bolobaby

I get bent at all the armchair quarterbacks, even on FReep questioning details of things going on over there. Yon has been one of the few consistently on the ground with our fighting men in the tough places.

Yeah these people lie worse than BillyJeff Klintoon, but the website referenced has photos of a lot of kids beheaded and crazy stuff happens over there every day, so it is definitely plausible.

Thanks for your service, sorry you didn’t get your chance at the show.


46 posted on 07/06/2007 12:11:34 PM PDT by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascists inside and outside our borders, now ACT LIKE IT!)
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To: freedomdefender
Some from FR and the Dems want to run from this????

This is a must read. Ask yourself, if MSM reported the real news would retreat be in our vocabulary? We should be ashamed, but alas, we are not.

If you have the stomach for what should be REAL Front Page Photos, check out these pics. They are for the Tough ONLY. I am very serious about that. Read the post below for the author and photographer.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858768/posts?page=127#127

47 posted on 07/06/2007 12:51:46 PM PDT by Chgogal (When you vote Democrat, you vote Al Qaeda! Ari Emanuel, Rahm's brother was agent to Moore's F9/11.)
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To: bolobaby; mockingbyrd
I agree that the baked-boy story sounds......mythological.

That line from The Godfather comes to mind, the one about something being "an infamia" -- Mediterranean and Middle Eastern societies have their infamias, things that even Al Q'aeda wouldn't touch. Child murder and cannibalism would seem -- from a distance -- far enough over the line, that not even our worst enemies would go there.

But we know Beslan was true. They would kill children, we know that.

48 posted on 07/06/2007 12:52:19 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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To: bnelson44; Cannoneer No. 4; intenseracer; 2ndDivisionVet; Lurker; roaddog727; MizSterious; ...
The Real Reporter of the GWOT. Micheal Yon is the best. Thank you for posting B44.
49 posted on 07/06/2007 12:55:31 PM PDT by Chgogal (When you vote Democrat, you vote Al Qaeda! Ari Emanuel, Rahm's brother was agent to Moore's F9/11.)
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To: SFC Chromey
And it wouldn't be past one of the locals to tell that LT a big story? Or maybe a true story, but dolled up some more and therefore no longer true?

The British SAS who were among the first into Afghanistan found the Afghani men were rushing home, putting on women's clothing and makeup, and coming out to offer the Brits their services. So some guys would offer their services, and another wouldn't offer a story?

Like I said in my post above, the story is over there and I'm over here, but still.......

50 posted on 07/06/2007 12:59:31 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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To: bnelson44

bump


51 posted on 07/06/2007 1:01:03 PM PDT by ulm1 (target RINOs for defeat Mcain,Martinez,Snowe,Collins,Lott,Hagel,Voinovich,Smith,Specter,Gram)
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To: Valin; oneolcop; Mo1; Tut; advance_copy; chickenhawk; Warmonger; xzins; PsyOp; Calpernia; ...

The latest dispatch from the great Micheal Yon. It is a very good, detailed read. Also it has a link the his previous dispatch, “Bless the Children and the Beasts� which is also a MUST read. Warning, if you have not seen/read that dispatch, those pictures are tough to see but necessary. Too bad The New York Times refuses to report about the Al Qaeda atrocities occurring every day in Iraq. They should be on the front page.


52 posted on 07/06/2007 1:02:28 PM PDT by Chgogal (When you vote Democrat, you vote Al Qaeda! Ari Emanuel, Rahm's brother was agent to Moore's F9/11.)
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To: Temple Owl

ping


53 posted on 07/06/2007 1:09:08 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: bnelson44

Meanwhile the UK prefers not to name the enemy. Thank you for posting this. The MSM is evil, not to report these stories.


54 posted on 07/06/2007 1:10:00 PM PDT by hershey
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To: Shaun_MD

>>>They are also capable of instituting a global holocaust that would make the Nazis look like cubs couts if they have their way.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a8ff1c12efe.htm
The Arab/Muslim Nazi Connection

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/851163/posts
The Nazification of the Palestinian Arabs: Arafat’s, Saddam’s historical ties to Hitler

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/816232/posts
Nazi Roots of Modern Radical Islam


55 posted on 07/06/2007 1:11:00 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Chgogal
Warning...Graphic:

Bless The Beasts And Children

56 posted on 07/06/2007 1:15:59 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Chgogal

No chance. AQ saws off the head of an old man. The US’s fault. blow up a market full of wimmin & chillen, our fault.

I still say the editors in the MSM should be hanged for treason.


57 posted on 07/06/2007 1:17:48 PM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: pissant
Pissant, I will second that.
58 posted on 07/06/2007 1:28:52 PM PDT by Chgogal (When you vote Democrat, you vote Al Qaeda! Ari Emanuel, Rahm's brother was agent to Moore's F9/11.)
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To: blam
Thanks. That was such an amazing dispatch. We owe Micheal Yon much.
59 posted on 07/06/2007 1:30:08 PM PDT by Chgogal (When you vote Democrat, you vote Al Qaeda! Ari Emanuel, Rahm's brother was agent to Moore's F9/11.)
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To: Chgogal

And you know I have plenty of video and pics.

Can’t brainwash me into retreat. I also have many muslims starting to get frisky here in NYC... so i’m right there with you.


60 posted on 07/06/2007 3:10:45 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Do you not think an Angel rides in the Whirlwind and directs this Storm?)
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