Iraqi Rebels Target Female U.s. Soldiers
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<div class="IPBDescription">WONDERFUL folks, these rebels, huh?</div> from washingtontimes.com<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Iraqi rebels target female U.S. soldiers
Baghdad, Iraq, Jul. 1 (UPI) -- Terrorists in Iraqi rebel leader Abu Musab Zarqawi's network have been instructed to kidnap a female U.S. soldier, the Washington Times said Thursday.
"We have heard through intelligence channels that several extremist organizations are attempting to capture coalition servicemen and women," said a senior military officer in Iraq. "We have instituted additional force protection methods to thwart these attempts."
Of the 140,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, about 11,000 are women. They work as drivers, medics, aviators, police and clerks. By law, they are banned from land combat, but they still come into close contact with the enemy.
The defense source told the Times Zarqawi's network wants to further shock the West by kidnapping servicewomen and displaying them on videotape.
He also said the terrorists might be planning "payback" for a U.S. female soldier seen taking part in the abuse of Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has authorized an increase in the reward offer for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Zarqawi to $25 million.
Zarqawi has had a long-standing connection to the senior leadership of al-Qaida and his organization has committed numerous atrocities in Iraq in recent months, including the beheading of American citizen Nick Berg.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
don't anybody even SUGGEST "eye for an eye" justification for this pathetic excuse for a human being.. this man is SCUM. i hope we get him, and i hope we get him <i>good</i>.
Baghdad, Iraq, Jul. 1 (UPI) -- Terrorists in Iraqi rebel leader Abu Musab Zarqawi's network have been instructed to kidnap a female U.S. soldier, the Washington Times said Thursday.
"We have heard through intelligence channels that several extremist organizations are attempting to capture coalition servicemen and women," said a senior military officer in Iraq. "We have instituted additional force protection methods to thwart these attempts."
Of the 140,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, about 11,000 are women. They work as drivers, medics, aviators, police and clerks. By law, they are banned from land combat, but they still come into close contact with the enemy.
The defense source told the Times Zarqawi's network wants to further shock the West by kidnapping servicewomen and displaying them on videotape.
He also said the terrorists might be planning "payback" for a U.S. female soldier seen taking part in the abuse of Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has authorized an increase in the reward offer for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Zarqawi to $25 million.
Zarqawi has had a long-standing connection to the senior leadership of al-Qaida and his organization has committed numerous atrocities in Iraq in recent months, including the beheading of American citizen Nick Berg.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
don't anybody even SUGGEST "eye for an eye" justification for this pathetic excuse for a human being.. this man is SCUM. i hope we get him, and i hope we get him <i>good</i>.
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This guy needs to be gotten rid of... fast.
as Adam Carolla would say: we can't judge at all, everyone has wonderfull cultures, we can't judge.
religion, we can't judge, at least the crazy religions in the states and elsewhere get there crazyness via other means instead of blowing themselves up in crowded civilian areas.
Despite the fact that they are trying to go after women and children and police and hospitals means we can't judge full of *wonderfull* people...
Then again, that probably represents a very the small majority of people. But as we know, it's usually a few people who mess things up for everyone else.
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as Adam Carolla would say: we can't judge at all, everyone has wonderfull cultures, we can't judge.
religion, we can't judge, at least the crazy religions in the states and elsewhere get there crazyness via other means instead of blowing themselves up in crowded civilian areas.
Despite the fact that they are trying to go after women and children and police and hospitals means we can't judge full of *wonderfull* people...
Then again, that probably represents a very the small majority of people. But as we know, it's usually a few people who mess things up for everyone else.
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i didn't understand this.. :\
Not only things in their religion unfortunately <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
By the way, we have killed numerous innocent women and children invading and attacking Iraq. Try to understand both sides of the conflict, all these rebels want us to do is get the hell out of their country, they really just want to live in peace.
By the way, we have killed numerous innocent women and children invading and attacking Iraq. Try to understand both sides of the conflict, all these rebels want us to do is get the hell out of their country, they really just want to live in peace. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
i don't get the part where you "live in peace" by systematically murdering groups of your people.
maybe the kurds can explain it to me.
By the way, we have killed numerous innocent women and children invading and attacking Iraq. Try to understand both sides of the conflict, all these rebels want us to do is get the hell out of their country, they really just want to live in peace. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
i don't get the part where you "live in peace" by systematically murdering groups of your people.
maybe the kurds can explain it to me. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh noes, we kill 1000, it wasn't worth trying to save another 100000 from being gassed/tortured/murdered.
Saddam was "suppressing" these groups alright. He was also "suppressing" the rest of Iraq, including the Kurds, for whom "suppression" meant "death".
By the way, we have killed numerous innocent women and children invading and attacking Iraq. Try to understand both sides of the conflict, all these rebels want us to do is get the hell out of their country, they really just want to live in peace. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually you’re very very wrong. Read the piece in this weeks TIME where they interview some of the insurgents.
They wish to set up a government almost exactly like the one Afghanistan had before we came and removed it.
When one of the insurgents was asked what they would do after they made us leave Iraq he replied <b>"we will follow them to America"</b>.
Yes, a Taliban like government that wants to destroy the US. They really just want to live in peace?
Yes let’s leave, lets let them take over, they could, let’s let that happen....
If they want to be in the army, let them face the consequences. Equal rights, girl-power, et al.
If they want to be in the army, let them face the consequences. Equal rights, girl-power, et al. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I must say Jamil is correct.
And people want a good reason not to let women join the ranks...
By the way, we have killed numerous innocent women and children invading and attacking Iraq. Try to understand both sides of the conflict, all these rebels want us to do is get the hell out of their country, they really just want to live in peace. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Maby America shouldn't have gone into Iraq in the first place, but this is DEFINATELY not the stopgap solution. You made your bed, now you better well lie in it, or your gonna be sitting in another hornets nest in 3 years. The last thing America, or the world needs is another extreamist Islamic government in the Middle East.
I think we can <b>all</b> agree to that one. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
If we leave we <b>will</b> have another Taliban like government in the Middle East, except this time they will be in control of some much more valuable land.
We can't leave now, whether you agree with the reasons for the war or not.
That’s the main reason these anti-war arguments **** me off so much, it's not that they aren't right, allot of times they are, it's just that it doesn’t matter at all.
Were there, if we leave things will only get much worse.
By the way, we have killed numerous innocent women and children invading and attacking Iraq. Try to understand both sides of the conflict, all these rebels want us to do is get the hell out of their country, they really just want to live in peace. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
i don't get the part where you "live in peace" by systematically murdering groups of your people.
maybe the kurds can explain it to me. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh noes, we kill 1000, it wasn't worth trying to save another 100000 from being gassed/tortured/murdered. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
If America was to kill a puppy dog it would be an undeniable tragedy
If a dictator was to kill 1,000,000 puppies it would be a statistic.
Indeed, of course the point is to demonstrate that it is something I've always found incredibly dumb with the anti-war crowd myself. That they don't care for thousands of people dying, if their government may be responsible for even 1 death in saving thousands and potentially giving millions a better life.
To me, those numbers work out.
To me, those numbers work out. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Good point lets hope Iraq works out to prove that correct.
However I still think Stalin is rolling in his grave at the use of his quote. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
To me, those numbers work out. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Good point lets hope Iraq works out to prove that correct.
However I still think Stalin is rolling in his grave at the use of his quote. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not even sure he even said it to be honest. There are so many variations on it, it genuinely makes me wonder if it really is correctly attributed to him. Who knows though, history is after all written by the winner.
How many people have been killed in the WTC? 3000? And how many people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq by Us troops only? 20000? Does it equal out or not?
Is this really a basis to debate about war? Is the counting of deaths a qustification for anything? And how exactly can you define <i>whose</i> life is more worthy? Whose life is to be sacrificed in order to safe other human beings?
Don't you realize that we're talking about <i>Human Beings</i> and not about some game. We're talking about people who have mothers, fathers, children, friends. How can you say that it's horrible that they're killed by Saddam Hussein, yet if they're killed by US troops it's fine because they're going to safe the lifes of other people?
How can one talk about human lifes in such a horrible way? It's war, and some of you are pecking like vultures, just to find a justification for their ideology.