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2006-06-20 Iraq

Two Missing U.S. Soldiers Found Dead in Iraq

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-06-20 12:11|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The LATimes is reporting that the Iraqi Interior Ministry says the soldiers were decapitated, as well as that they had been tortured.

Very sad.

After these terrorists did a few decapitations of Kurds a couple of years ago in Mûsil, the perpetrators were simply disappearing or, once in a while, they'd be found on the street in front of their homes, bullet through the head.

This is really the only way to deal with this problem. It's the only thing they understand. You have to make them FEAR.

Posted by Azad 2006-06-20 14:51|| 2006-06-20 14:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Never, ever allow yourself to be captured. Kill as many as you can and then eat a grenade if that is what it takes.

Posted by DanNY 2006-06-20 16:50|| 2006-06-20 16:50|| Front Page Top

#3 God bless them and their families. I can't even imagine the grief. They have my undying gratitude that they went to keep me and others safe from this uncivilized race of cavemen who still do, for no apparent reason, what our society stopped doing centuries ago.

Posted by 2b 2006-06-20 17:14|| 2006-06-20 17:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Me thinks the Al Qaeda thugs have made a huge mistake.
Our soldiers fight with a great deal of courage, tenacity and intensity. The intensity meter will be pegged from now on. I expect our guys to put on a full court press with the Iraqis to finish this business.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-20 17:22|| 2006-06-20 17:22|| Front Page Top

#5 I completely agree, Sock Puppet. This will not happen again.

Posted by Javins Unereter6468 2006-06-20 17:27|| 2006-06-20 17:27|| Front Page Top

#6 I hear the new al-Qaeda chief is claiming that he killed them. Whether he did or not, I hope he is shown no mercy if he's captured alive. As the Romans would say, take vengeance in the name of Mars Ultor.

Posted by Apostate 2006-06-20 17:41|| 2006-06-20 17:41|| Front Page Top

#7 After the defeat of Cyrus the Younger, the Anabasis tells of the relentless attacks of the barbarians (who were neither Persian nor Mede and had once been part of Cyrus' army) until one battle in which many of them were killed by the Greeks. The order for the Greeks to return to the battlefield was given to defile the enemy dead. From then on, the barbarians kept their distance and never mounted another attack. BTW, they outnumbered the Greeks by 10 to 1. Guess who the barbarians might have been.

Posted by Slineque Phorong9302 2006-06-20 20:13|| 2006-06-20 20:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Thank you for this bit Phorong. Would be am excellent topic of discussion for some future date at the Athena Palace.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-20 20:18|| 2006-06-20 20:18|| Front Page Top

#9 After the defeat of Cyrus the Younger, the Anabasis tells of the relentless attacks of the barbarians (who were neither Persian nor Mede and had once been part of Cyrus' army) until one battle in which many of them were killed by the Greeks. The order for the Greeks to return to the battlefield was given to defile the enemy dead. From then on, the barbarians kept their distance and never mounted another attack. BTW, they outnumbered the Greeks by 10 to 1. Guess who the barbarians might have been.

Posted by Xenophon 2006-06-20 20:18|| 2006-06-20 20:18|| Front Page Top

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