Posted on 06/18/2005 1:40:41 PM PDT by saquin
KARABILA, Iraq (CNN) -- The joint U.S.-Iraqi Operation Spear continued Saturday as Marines, sailors and Iraqi security forces fought insurgents in Karabila, near the Syrian border. The most intense fighting was concentrated in the center of town, where enemy fighters were holed up in a bunker complex.
Marines also found four people who appeared to have been taken captive and beaten.
Jane Arraf, CNN's senior Baghdad correspondent, is embedded with U.S. troops taking part in the mission. She spoke with CNN anchor Betty Nguyen by phone during the pitched battle.
ARRAF: What I see in front of me is absolutely heartbreaking. It's two of four hostages who are being taken away, rescued. They were rescued this morning. They're Iraqi, and they were found in this complex that Marines first thought was a car-bomb factory. In fact, they did find what they believe was a potential car bomb or suicide car bomb.
But inside this complex, they found something even more sinister -- four Iraqis who were handcuffed, their hands and feet bound with steel cuffs. They're now being taken away for medical treatment, one being borne away on a stretcher.
The man in intense pain that they're trying to get into a vehicle, has been tortured, he says, and has all the marks of being tortured with electricity. His back is crisscrossed with welts. The other man is even ... in worse shape. Their crime was to be part of the border police.
The Marines came in here this morning, rescued them. The battle is still raging around us. I don't know if you can hear the gunfire, but this is a major offensive to get rid of insurgents and foreign fighters in this city near the Syrian border....
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What? The Marines LIBERATED GITMO! /sarcasm
I can see where a successful rescue would be heartbraking to these Socialists.
Well this article can't be true. I'm sure the MSM will retitle it shortly to read "US Marines involved in Iraqi torture operation."
Iraq news (Operation Spear) ping
But was the temperature ok?
Send all the lawyers at Gitmo over to represent these hostages. This is a bonafide case, unlike Gitmo.
No mention of oversized panties, human pyramids, or Christina Aguilara...must not have been MUCH torture, then.
Nope. Not good enough. Where are the panties.?
50 seconds...you beat me... :-)
I think we should Freep CNN and give credit to this reporter! She is describing how brave our miltary is, how hideous the terrorist torturers are and goes into emphasis on how these terrorists come from Syria and terrorize the Iraquis. Its one of the best articles I've seen come out of CNN.
I might be willing to do that.
Durbin, Nasty International and ACLU state that this incident hardly rises to the level of the tortuous indignities heaped upon the religion-of-peaceniks on Gitmo. This is not news.
Senator Durbin, asked to comment on the terrorist torture of the Iraqi patriots, commented: "Boys will be boys."
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You would believe it was the Nazis , or the Soviet Gulag...........Pol Pot................"
You might be doing other things so...pingie dingie. Maybe it's pingy..dingy
The marines didn't desecrate any qurans, did they?
Well it is supposed to be about 117 degreeds today in Baghdad, so CNN reporter needs to report that besides being tortured by electrical wires, whips, etc. it's also damned HOT!!!(Don't worry your pretty little a@@ about the Marines - if it's not already HOT, they'll heat it up!
"But inside this complex, they found something even more sinister -- four Iraqis who were handcuffed, their hands and feet bound with steel cuffs. They're now being taken away for medical treatment, one being borne away on a stretcher.
The man in intense pain that they're trying to get into a vehicle, has been tortured, he says, and has all the marks of being tortured with electricity. His back is crisscrossed with welts. The other man is even ... in worse shape. Their crime was to be part of the border police. "
So where are all the Dem Senators and Congressmen, people like Durbin, and Amnesty International and other so-called humanitarian organizations NOW????
When terrorists torture people, then we rescue them, we don't hear anything for all those so concerned about human rights.
OMG!
The Dick finally found the smoking gun at GITMO.
OH NO!!!
Wait...
Never mind.
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