Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraqi City of Mosul [Throats Cut]

Reuters ^ | Sun November 23, 2003 05:18 AM ET | Reuters Staff

[Dog Anchor]

Oh, but let's not fire off any pistols near their heads...
nooooooooooo...

[sandmanbr]

It's time for the US to get mean. Those ragheads understand only one thing.....fear!

[section9]

And there will be more days like this that make both of us angry, but it is a price that our nation must, at times, pay. Prayers must go out to their families, but before the terrorist viper is trod unto the earth, there will be more of our dead.

Why didn't those soldiers use their sidearms? Did they have them? I'm not sure that they did. This is a classic Colonel Jeff Cooper situation, and I believe that the soldiers in question allowed themselves to be caught off guard. I have the suspicion that these deaths were avoidable. I would imagine that any subscriber to the BANG list would tell you that this may have been a case of poor situational awareness.

As to the Iraqis taking objects from our dead? Why should anyone be surprised? I am reminded of Peter O'Toole's famous line from Lawrence of Arabia. He was speaking to Omar Sharif, who played the Hashemite sheik. He maintained that if the Arabs failed to unite, they would remain "a little people, a silly people: greedy, barbarous, and cruel."

The Arab will remain as thus in either event. No veneer of civilization can change the nomadic, raiding nature of that culture.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[TrueBeliever9]

X this was a sacrifice and I have a strong feeling that the soldiers knew the men; thus, their guard was not up. I keep praying for all them to ask the Lord for the Spirit of Discernment.

[contessa machiaveli]

reminds me of mogadishu.

i am seriously angry that our men ride around in open cars where these savages are able to commit what is basically a ritual murder.

in fact,i'm getting angrier by the minute.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Oh, Lord. I'm sorry, archy.

This isn't going to turn our troops away in fear, is it? It's going to anger even war critics. Is that the purpose? To get us to react with excessive force? Or is it just plain cruelty from a desperate enemy, or paid assassin?

Our troops are going to be furious, aren't they?

[Lijahsbubbe]

I was thinking of the Ramallah lynching also as I read this.

I pray for our troops and their families as we try to gain control of the scourge that is trying to overtake the world.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Attackers slit the throats of two U.S. soldiers while their vehicle was stopped in traffic on Sunday in the center of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul...

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Prayers going out for our 101st Airborne heroes,
their loved ones, friends, our troops and civilian allies in harm's way.

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[MEG33]

Amen to prayers.Vigilance..always vigilance.

[verity]

It's time for the US to get mean. Those ragheads understand only one thing.....fear!

Except for 'suicide bombers'?

[TheBattman]

Any bets that the perps are found??? God help 'em when they are...................

Why would God need to help 'em? Our rules of this fight obviously do not include anything ugly. If our own commanders cannot protect their troops by squeezing info from those captured.

As far as I'm concerned, the recent court marshall activity in Iraq has convinced me that we need 100% pull out of Iraq immediately. If oru boys cannot protect themselves and each other, they are nothing but sitting ducks.

US authorities either need to grow some gonads and treat this like the WAR that it is, or get the heck out....

[mdmathis6]

Colonel West understood the nature of the people over-there, but the PC Clintonite officer cadre are going to try to crucify that guy...for not being softee feelie enough.

[Savage Beast]

"Attackers slit the throats of two U.S. soldiers while their vehicle was stopped in traffic"

Yes. They claim to be cutthroats in the service of God.

These devil worshippers know very well just what this "god" is that they are serving. Satan is pleased, but they had better not expect any special treatment from him (or it). He will drag their souls into the hottest part of hell, his laughter ringing in the ears.

"Evil is the ultimate stupidity," and these murderous satanic extremists are extremely stupid.

[txhurl]

In one of the latest threats, 'cutting of heads' was mentioned along with fire, etc.

Moab N - O - W.

[verity]

poor situational awareness

I suspect you are correct. Most of the old-timers from RVN would admit to being hypervigilant even weeks after returning to CONUS.

[Bon mots]

Time to apply the Carthage solution to Tikrit and Mosul.

[petercooper]

filthy rag wearing bastards

[Indie]

Our government may be PC, but wait until the other shoe drops and these freekin' devils get what they deserve from us, the people...the few who aren't sheeple.

This has been a redneck Republic of Texas coded message (a la osama bin drinkin') to all of the faithful Islamofascist jihadists out there that you are about to meet your virgins.

Remember Daniel Pearl. Feel free to see how they killed him here (left column and scroll down.

[wizardoz]

You know, I think the time has come to ramp up this war just a bit more. Let's see, we have a good foothold in Afghanistan and Iraq. What country is right in between those two places and is sending fighters in to kill our troops?

In other words, I think it's time to attack Iran.

[wizardoz]

[Those ragheads understand only one thing.....fear!] Except for 'suicide bombers'?

Even they fear something. It's just a matter of finding out what.