Jittery U.S. Soldiers Kill 6 Iraqis

Yahoo ^ | Aug 10th 2003 | SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI

[Brad’s Gramma]

I've NEVER liked that photo. To me it's not borderline, but RIGHT THERE!!!......child abuse.

That boy is far too young to know and do that. There's NOTHING funny about it.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

No, it isn't funny, it's sick..

Ms.B

[Burkeman1]

You forgot Montag813 who blamed the shooting victims for not shouting "stop shooting, we are a family" in English. Real funny. Yeah- some pretty disgusting and disturbing posts on this thread.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Don't patronize me, alright?

That settled..

That photo is sick, that baby doesn't understand what he's doing.

If you're going to promote that sort of thing, do it somewhere else.

Don't read this post!

Don't respond to it!

YOU'RE up way to late!

Go to bed!

Idiot!

Ms.B

[RLK]

Bush is right that the terrorists are much more of a threat only with state-sponsorship and assistance...

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The terrorism is religiously sponsored and seen in a multitude of countries where Mohammedism is flexing its muscles. It is secondarily state sponsored by predominently Islamic governments.

[RLK]

I may be wrong but it seems to me when the guys crashed the airplanes into the buildings they shouted Allah Akbar, not viva la Saddam Hussein.

[Burkeman1]

I agree with you.

[Atchafalaya]

It was a dark and stormy night...

[Burkeman1]

What makes Al Queda dangerous is that it is independent of any state sponsership and can exist with or without it. It is not even a tight group but really just a kind of a loose affiliation with hundreds of big sponsers (most private) and hundreds of thousands of small donors and supporters all spread out in dozens of nations. I think some people hope that there is some government we can blame for Al Queda. Some say the Saudi government are really the bad guys. That too is simplistic. It is much more complicated than that. It isn't a nest of James Bond type villians we are fighting in volcanoe hideouts- it is a cultural mentality. Thus I have my doubts- heck more than my doubts about our current course in Iraq and the region as a whole.

[skr]

Sending prayers for "Popeye".

[MEG33]

Please don't post that child's picture.

[MEG33]

Please tell your friend,Popeye, that we know his loss is immense and he has my gratitide for his son's service and sacrifice.We haven't forgotten and we are indebted to all who serve and sacrifice for our country. May God comfort those who mourn.May he bless Popeye.

[mystery-ak]

I appreciate your post, well said.

Before I form an opinion on what happen, my sympathies are with the GI's...let a military investigation take place...Im not relying on the press.

For those condemning these soldiers...walk in their boots for a while.

[lavaroise]

Agenda or no, six Iraqis are still dead, and the natives are restless.

Still dead? So you want us to bring them back from the dead?

Six Iraqis dead and natives restless or not, do you have an agenda?

[sheltonmac]

A little tip for ya: Try shouting it in English next time.

Or we could simply inform our troops that targeting civilians is something we would expect of terrorists, not from soldiers who are "trained and disciplined."

[New Horizon]

The night was moist...

[RLK]

Here's the reality from another thread here:

In a message sent from his jail cell, the Indonesian cleric believed to lead the militant Jemaah Islamiah group urged Muslims on August 10, 2003 to adhere to their faith without fear of being labeled 'terrorists.' The fiery address from Abu Bakar Bashir came as officials at a school he set up confirmed that a man identified by police as the suicide bomber who triggered last week's huge blast at Jakarta's JW Marriott Hotel was one of their pupils.

[dwd1]

I am not a gambling man, but if I were, I would like to see you win that bet...

With all my heart, I hope you are right...

[dwd1]

Please tell you friend he is in my prayers and that I am sorry for his loss...

[dwd1]

I have to give you that one...

There is a great amount of speculation as to whether the Saudis are happy with the instability....Demand for their product stays up...They are not having their infrastructure threatened... They are tolerated because they serve the national interests of many nations...

You have something there...