Three US soldiers which may have - if reports by the spokesbeards are correct - been kidnapped by terrorists in Iraq.
Of course this has been followed by the gloating of the left, never mind what the families of these people - not to mention the soldiers themselves - must be going through at this time.
They are in the hands of baby killers, killers of woman and children, people who use clorine as a weapon. People whos idea of fun is jihadist slaughter and who specialise in beheading and then putting these crimes on the internet for the sick pleasure of anti Americans and jihadist filth. People who have never heard of The Geneva Convention and to whom the rules of war are something that do not apply to them. People who openly state that all kufir should die, fly planes into buildings and consider no act to base in their so called holy war. Yet some craven cowards on the right fear to call a spade a spade and use the word moslem with terrorism: http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2007/05/david-cameron-dhimmi-leader.html
Their hate of all things American has blinded them to the fact that soldiers can not pick and choose which war zone they get sent to, they do not have that choice. Not unless they fancy a courts marshall and being drummed out of the armed forces, you could argue that is not fair but it is the career that they chose and so they have to abide by the rules. It is strange that the slightest infraction - or alleged infraction of the rules by our side - brings the left howling its outrage about George W and the so called Neo-Cons, oh and of course they have to bring up Club Gitmo.
Yet three soldiers taken by murderous scum, who will issue demands that no government would dare give into before killing them and yet the left and their bearded crazy Guardian reading friends see them as fair targets. Crowing about it One has to ask where is the outrage over this?
At this time we believe they were abducted by terrorists belonging to al-Qaida or an affiliated group and this assessment is based on highly credible intelligence information,” [Maj. Gen. William Caldwell] said.
An al-Qaida front group that claims it has the soldiers issued a statement Monday warning the U.S. military to stop searching for them, and suggested it launched the attack on the soldiers’ convoy to seek retribution for the rape and murder that took place there, according to a report by The Associated Press.
“What you are doing in searching for your soldiers will lead to nothing but exhaustion and headaches. Your soldiers are in our hands. If you want their safety, do not look for them,” the Islamic State of Iraq said on a militant Web site.
“You should remember what you have done to our sister Abeer in the same area,” the statement said, referring to five American soldiers who were charged in the rape and killing of 14-year-old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi and the killings of her parents and her younger sister last year, the AP report said.
Thus say the turbaned crazies spokesbeard.
Two US soldiers, Pfc. Kristian Menchaca and Pfc. Thomas Lowell Tucker, were killed in the same Iraqi region last year and their bodies mutilated and booby-trapped with bombs by Al Qaeda. What nice civilized people we are dealing with, not that you will hear a peep .
CALDWELL: This morning, at 4:44am in Iraq, a coalition force team of 8 soldiers—7 Americans and an Iraqi Army interpreter—were attacked 12 miles west of Mahmoudiya. As a result of this attack, five soldiers were killed in action and three are currently missing. At the time of the attack, a nearby unit heard explosions and attempted to establish communications without success. At 4:59am, an unmanned aerial vehicle observed two burning vehicles. Coalition forces arrived within an hour, secured the site and immediately initiated a search. The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending identification and notification of next of kin. Coalition forces are currently using every means at our disposal to find the missing soldiers and we will continue these efforts until all our accounted for. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those killed in this attack and for the missing soldiers and their loved ones back home.
Here are the specifics. Coalition forces heard an explosion at 4:44am this morning approx 12 miles west of Mahmoudiya. Afer an unmanned aerial vehicle observed two burning vehicles, a quick reaction force was dispatched—arriving on scene at 5:40am. The qrf reported findning five members fo the team kia and three others whose duty status and whereabouts are unknown.
Helicopter, unmanned aerial vehicle, and fixed-wing assets are being used to search in the vicinity.
Checkpoints have been established throughout the area in a concerted effort to focus the search and prevent potential movement of missing soldiers out of that area. Coalition forces have engaged with local leaders to elicit their support in providing any information they can and these engagements continue.
Make no mistake: We will never stop looking for our soldiers until their status is definitively determined and we continue to pray for their safe return.
**Update(16/05/2007)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces searching for three soldiers said on Tuesday suspected al Qaeda militants holding the men were trapped in an area of farmland near Baghdad.
Backed by helicopters and using sniffing dogs, thousands of American and Iraqi troops taking part in the massive hunt have isolated towns in the "Triangle of Death" south of the capital, where the captors are believed to be hiding, the military said.
Al Qaeda has warned the U.S. military that the hunt could put the captured soldiers' lives at risk.
"The captors don't have freedom of movement; if they have the soldiers, they can't move them from where they are," said Major Kenny Mintz, an officer participating in the operation. "We're doing a deliberate search of the areas for the people responsible for the soldiers we're looking for."
"Right now our focus is on searching for the missing soldiers, and we're trying to isolate the areas where we think they could be," Mintz was quoted as saying in the statement. ...
The U.S. military said it had detained 11 people and conducted "tactical questionings" since the search began.
Update 16/May 2007
Four soldiers were listed as “duty status whereabouts unknown,” a term often used before a soldier is formally listed as missing. Of those four, however, one is known to be dead but was badly burned in the ambush that left the soldiers’ Humvees ablaze, so the military must conduct forensic tests to determine his identity.
The four are Sgt. Anthony J. Schober, 23, of Reno, Nev., Spec. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., Pfc. Joseph J. Anzack Jr., 20, of Torrance, Calif., and Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich. All the soldiers were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, N.Y. The U.S. military did not identify an Iraqi interpreter who also was killed in the Saturday ambush. A massive hunt involving 4,000 troops is underway for the three missing soldiers, who U.S. military officials believe are in insurgent hands.
“All available assets are being brought to bear in search of these missing soldiers,” said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum. Lt. Col. Christopher C. Garver, a military spokesman in Baghdad, said the soldiers were in two Humvees, in “a stationary position.” When other members of the unit heard an explosion, they “immediately tried to establish contact,” he said.
Two patrols dispatched to the scene of the attack themselves encountered roadside bombs. The soldiers were watching a location where insurgents often place roadside bombs when they came under fire, said Fitzpatrick, who described the ambush as “obviously a deliberate and planned attack,” forcing the U.S. military’s reaction forces to fight their way to the scene.
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