Just wondering if anyone is trying to sell this attack as something that a bunch of guerillas could carry off?
Four American soldiers were abducted during a sophisticated sneak attack last week in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, the U.S. military confirmed Friday. It said three were shot to death and a fourth was mortally wounded with a gunshot to the head when they were found in a neighboring province, far from the compound where they were captured.
Sophisticated attack that was rehearsed? Hmm…doesn’t sound like the sort of thing that a disgruntled haji upset at US occupation is likely to be able to put together.
Two of the four were handcuffed together in the back seat of an SUV near the southern Iraqi town of Mahawil. A third dead soldier was on the ground nearby. The fourth soldier died on the way to the hospital, the military said in a statement issued late Friday that confirmed details reported by The Associated Press earlier.
Lets see now are we handling those fanatics at Guantanamo properly because we sure wouldn’t want our soldiers being treated badly when they are captured.
On Jan. 20, the day of the raid on a security meeting in Karbala, the military said five soldiers were killed repelling the attack.
The brazen assault, 50 miles south of Baghdad, was conducted by nine to 12 militants posing as an American security team, according to two senior U.S. military officials as well as Iraqi officials. They traveled in black GMC Suburban vehicles — the type used by U.S. government convoys — had American weapons, wore new U.S. military combat fatigues, and spoke English.
Do they sell GMC Suburban’s in Iraq? Wonder where they got them from? I mean are there dealerships at every corner? VIN Tags? Surely GM can tell us where those vehicles came from couldn’t they?
None of the American or Iraqi officials would allow use of their names because of the sensitive nature of the information.
Sensitive? Why? Are we still trying to protect Iran?
The confirmation has emerged after nearly a week of inquiries. The U.S. military in Baghdad initially did not respond to repeated requests for comment on reports that began emerging from Iraqi government and military officials on the abduction and a major breakdown in security at Karbala site.
Exactly why should the US Military deceive us regarding the fate of our children?
Within hours of the AP report that four of the five dead soldiers had been abducted and found dead or dying about 25 miles to the east of Karbala, the military issued a long account of what took place.
It said, “Two soldiers were found handcuffed together in the back of one of the SUVs. Both had suffered gunshot wounds and were dead. A third soldier was found shot and dead on the ground. Nearby, the fourth soldier was still alive, despite a gunshot wound to the head.”
The mortally wounded soldier was rushed to the hospital by Iraqi police but died on the way, the military said.
The military also said Iraqi police had found “five SUVs, U.S. Army-type combat uniforms, boots, radios and a non-U.S. made rifle” near Mahawil, in neighboring Babil province.
So now we have disgruntled Haji’s being able to put together black GMC Suburbans, US Uniforms, US Army Boots, Radios and US Rifles. Man those digruntled hajis are sure good…almost special forces good. Say doesn’t Iran have some excellent special forces? Wouldn’t they be able to carry off attacks like these?
“The precision of the attack, the equipment used and the possible use of explosives to destroy the military vehicles in the compound suggests that the attack was well rehearsed prior to execution,” said Lt. Col. Scott Bleichwehl, spokesman for Multi-National Division-Baghdad.
Now the hajis are even able to rehearse their missions. Wow who knew that Iraq was such a mess that no one would notice a bunch of hajis practicing an assault on a US Base.
Iraqi officials said the approaching convoy of black GMC Suburbans was waved through an Iraqi checkpoint at the edge of Karbala. The Iraqi soldiers believed it to be American because of the type of vehicles, the distinctive camouflage American uniforms and the fact that they spoke English. One Iraqi official said the leader of the assault team was blond, but no other official confirmed that.
Blond soldier? Sounds like Iran to me…but then again I am just a common guy looking at the war on terror.
Source: Print Story: U.S. confirms troops’ kidnapping in Iraq on Yahoo! News
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