Typical liberal blogger rantz
Anyone who can explain to me how the U.S. occupation of Iraq is a good thing, please step forward and start a good ole fashioned comment thread, I'd love to rip you up from the comfort of my New Jersey. This article is pure, 100% Nazi bullshit. To say nothing of the mostly unrelated kidnapped soldiers story. That sucks just as bad, let's say, by a factor of 2 lives to 4. Here at the 104 Report we don't play Team USA, Team Iraq, we play team Thou Shalt Not Kill. Once you step inside the realm, it can't be a few bad apples, it's a rotten tree from the orchard in hell that loads your seeds with chemicals and tips your bullets with radiation and tells you your sickness is nothing. But you know what else? It sounds like the soldiers in question here could have said nothing and gotten away with it. But one man's conscience compelled him to do the right thing and confess. That's the inner light. God bless the good, teach the evil, and good night.
Wait, I'm not done yet...George Washington was a General who saw defeat and failure in the armed services. GWB flew a prop plane around and skipped out on his duty obligations (remember the time cards?). George Washington knew battle and war from being on the ground. GWB knows nothing about fighting. Mofo has made a mockery of the Constitutional combination of Executive and Commander-in-Chief. If those two powers had been separated in the first place, sometime it's easy to wonder if we wouldn't be in this mess. It's always easy to armchair blog.
Sometimes I wish Ann Coulter would comment on this blog, and ten 1 c0|_|1|) \/\/r1^3 |3@c|< 1|/| |33t and she'd be like "WTF mate!"
I don't care if this blog ever resulted in a job slipping through my fingers. Me gots opinions, aiight! Working for fools makes you foolish. That's not how we play the game...
Liberty bells forever. Happy 4th of July! Pace al fuori!
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U.S. troops accused of killing Iraq family By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer
Five U.S. Army soldiers are being investigated for allegedly raping a young woman, then killing her and three members of her family in Iraq, a U.S. military official told The Associated Press on Friday.
The soldiers also allegedly burned the body of the woman they are accused of assaulting in the March incident, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
Maj. Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of coalition troops in Baghdad, had ordered a criminal investigation into the alleged killing of a family of four in Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad, the U.S. command said. It did not elaborate.
The case represents the latest allegations against U.S. soldiers stemming from the deaths of Iraqis. At least 14 U.S. troops have been convicted.
The United States also is investigating allegations that two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians were killed by U.S. Marines in the western town of Haditha on Nov. 19 in a revenge attack after one of their own died in a roadside bombing.
"The entire investigation will encompass everything that could have happened that evening. We're not releasing any specifics of an ongoing investigation," said military spokesman Maj. Todd Breasseale.
"There is no indication what led soldiers to this home. The investigation just cracked open. We're just beginning to dig into the details."
However, a U.S. official close to the investigation said at least one of the soldiers, all assigned to the 502nd Infantry Regiment, has admitted his role and has been arrested. Two soldiers from the same regiment were slain this month when they were kidnapped at a checkpoint near Youssifiyah.
The official said the accused soldiers were from the same platoon as the two slain soldiers, whose bodies were mutilated. He said the mutilation of the slain soldiers stirred feelings of guilt and led at least one of them to reveal the rape-slaying on June 22.
At least four other soldiers have had their weapons taken away and are confined to Forward Operating Base Mahmoudiyah south of Baghdad.
The official said the killings appear to be unrelated to the kidnappings. He said those involved were all below the rank of sergeant. Senior officers were aware of the family's death but believed it was due to sectarian violence, common in the religiously mixed town, he said.
The killings appeared to have been a "crime of opportunity," the official said. The soldiers had not been attacked by insurgents but had noticed the woman on previous patrols.
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AP correspondent Ryan Lenz is embedded with the 101st Airborne Division in Beiji, Iraq. He was previously embedded with the 502nd Infantry Regiment in Mahmoudiyah.
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The Associated Press News and Information Research Center contributed to this report.
Wait, I'm not done yet...George Washington was a General who saw defeat and failure in the armed services. GWB flew a prop plane around and skipped out on his duty obligations (remember the time cards?). George Washington knew battle and war from being on the ground. GWB knows nothing about fighting. Mofo has made a mockery of the Constitutional combination of Executive and Commander-in-Chief. If those two powers had been separated in the first place, sometime it's easy to wonder if we wouldn't be in this mess. It's always easy to armchair blog.
Sometimes I wish Ann Coulter would comment on this blog, and ten 1 c0|_|1|) \/\/r1^3 |3@c|< 1|/| |33t and she'd be like "WTF mate!"
I don't care if this blog ever resulted in a job slipping through my fingers. Me gots opinions, aiight! Working for fools makes you foolish. That's not how we play the game...
Liberty bells forever. Happy 4th of July! Pace al fuori!
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U.S. troops accused of killing Iraq family By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer
Five U.S. Army soldiers are being investigated for allegedly raping a young woman, then killing her and three members of her family in Iraq, a U.S. military official told The Associated Press on Friday.
The soldiers also allegedly burned the body of the woman they are accused of assaulting in the March incident, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
Maj. Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of coalition troops in Baghdad, had ordered a criminal investigation into the alleged killing of a family of four in Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad, the U.S. command said. It did not elaborate.
The case represents the latest allegations against U.S. soldiers stemming from the deaths of Iraqis. At least 14 U.S. troops have been convicted.
The United States also is investigating allegations that two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians were killed by U.S. Marines in the western town of Haditha on Nov. 19 in a revenge attack after one of their own died in a roadside bombing.
"The entire investigation will encompass everything that could have happened that evening. We're not releasing any specifics of an ongoing investigation," said military spokesman Maj. Todd Breasseale.
"There is no indication what led soldiers to this home. The investigation just cracked open. We're just beginning to dig into the details."
However, a U.S. official close to the investigation said at least one of the soldiers, all assigned to the 502nd Infantry Regiment, has admitted his role and has been arrested. Two soldiers from the same regiment were slain this month when they were kidnapped at a checkpoint near Youssifiyah.
The official said the accused soldiers were from the same platoon as the two slain soldiers, whose bodies were mutilated. He said the mutilation of the slain soldiers stirred feelings of guilt and led at least one of them to reveal the rape-slaying on June 22.
At least four other soldiers have had their weapons taken away and are confined to Forward Operating Base Mahmoudiyah south of Baghdad.
The official said the killings appear to be unrelated to the kidnappings. He said those involved were all below the rank of sergeant. Senior officers were aware of the family's death but believed it was due to sectarian violence, common in the religiously mixed town, he said.
The killings appeared to have been a "crime of opportunity," the official said. The soldiers had not been attacked by insurgents but had noticed the woman on previous patrols.
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AP correspondent Ryan Lenz is embedded with the 101st Airborne Division in Beiji, Iraq. He was previously embedded with the 502nd Infantry Regiment in Mahmoudiyah.
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The Associated Press News and Information Research Center contributed to this report.