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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:12 PM
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US military vows to punish killers of two abducted soldiers
US military vows to punish killers of two abducted soldiers
by Sam Dagher

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US military vowed to punish insurgents who abducted and brutally killed two soldiers more than a week ago describing the area south of Baghdad as a theater for brutal guerilla warfare.

"We reaffirm our commitment to tracking down those responsible for their brutal slayings and bring them to justice," said Major General JD Thurman of the US Army's 4th Infantry Division.

"We will be relentless in pursuing the perpetrators."

Thurman, who commands the US-led coalition force of some 30,000 soldiers responsible for Baghdad and areas to the south, including Babil, Karbala and Najaf provinces, said a formal probe had been initiated into the killings.

(more)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060627/pl_afp/iraqusmilitarykidnap

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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:15 PM
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1. an eye for an eye and the whole world is blind. sigh.
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:18 PM
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2. dropping a 500lb bomb is fucking brutal too
dropping one on people who never attacked you is brutal murder
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:23 PM
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3. breast beating, chest thumping, after the fact barn door closing.
If they weren't involved in this ham-fisted bullshit occupation they never would have been targets in the first place.
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:32 PM
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4. How does he propose finding them?
Out of the tens of thousands of insurgents in Iraq?
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:36 PM
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5. Right after they find Osama??
Which would you deem more important to the well-being of the US?
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:37 PM
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6. What do I deem more important to the well being of the U.S.?
Getting rid of Bush and the neo-con cabal.
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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:40 PM
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7. I'm guessing this will be punishment of the collective kind. n/t
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 05:29 AM
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14. I expect so. .. like Falujah was retaliation for those
contractors that were killed.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:56 PM
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10. lighting entire Iraqi communities with White Phosphorous
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wellst0nev0ter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:42 PM
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8. Hmm, So Bombing Zarquawi Wasn't Revenge Enough
figgers.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 03:46 PM
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9. Maybe the General better punish
Those in the chain of command that violated SOP, and left those kids to die before seeking "justice"
on the insurgents.



"Questions have been raised about how the three U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky., ended up alone in a Humvee to guard a hydraulic bridge over a Euphrates River canal.

Strict military procedures require units to travel in groups of no less than three vehicles, and say soldiers in a single Humvee should never be alone. Because of that, few American soldiers have been captured by insurgents in Iraq."

"The Army has said only that the three soldiers were left alone while other vehicles in their patrol moved out of sight to inspect traffic."

When the General can answer these questions, that's when he can start calling for justice!!!!




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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 04:41 PM
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11. Well, that's certainly going to stop more of the same.
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 04:47 AM
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12. Perhaps
He could write his Congressman and request impeachment proceedings be started. It was * and his fool's errand that put these kids in harm's way.
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TheWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 05:01 AM
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13. They are going to punish Bush And Cheney?
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 05:35 AM
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15. Those soldiers were left alone.
The Army can start seeking justice by demoting those that assigned them to that outpost.
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laylah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 06:12 AM
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16. and the murderers
of Haditha? Torturers of Abu Ghraib? Just askin' :shrug:

Jenn
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 06:41 AM
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19. Argh!! Who has a heat score?
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 06:18 AM
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17. How many innocent civilians have we killed now?
It seems the Iraqis have a lot of punishing to do too.

This could go on for awhile. That's just what the corporate cabal wants!

They are raking in billions over this war and don't have to suffer.
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 06:26 AM
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18. Isn't 50,000/2500 a good enough ratio?
How much more lopsided do we want?
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