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"I just read that Marine forces on the eastern edge of town were ordered to pull back when this mutilation crap was going down (AP)."

Why in the hell were they ordered back!? Why didn't they move into the city and capture or kill these guys and stop this from happening? I don't understand why our troops weren't sent in to get these corpses as soon as we knew about the attack so we could have prevented this. The stories I keep reading say no Iraqi police or U.S. troops have been in the area since the attack. I assume we have the bodies in our possession now, right? Who got them and when did they get them?

I was expecting more news of Marines carrying out tougher measures but everything seems quite there. It's disappointing because there should be something big and dramatic coming from us in response to this. Does anyone have any updated stories on what our Marines are doing over there today?

I read the "Marines ordered to pull back" story on the Associated Press wire off of Drudge.

What angers me is that the mutilations seemed to take a while (hours?). One US aircraft scattered the crowd, then the mob was right back at it.