Posted on 09/10/2005 3:45:25 AM PDT by shrinkermd
...What continues to be whispered, and what I have reported here once or twice, is the claim that the Iraqi Army is killing hundreds of the terrorists whom they do arrest. No trials. No niceties. Just a quick shot in the head. I can neither confirm nor refute this persistent report. But, I hear it so often that I do tend to believe something along those lines is happening. The victims of the Army killings (if they are happening) are the former Saddam loyalists who form the core of the terrorist groups.
Between us killing them and the Iraqis killing them, maybe they're starting to realize jihad isn't so glorious after all.
No problem.
The Iraqi may be following the example of Saudi Arabia. How many terrorists have the Saudis captured in the numerous encounters with the terrorists?
pre-ping
Because the Rumors are so persistent..........There must be something there? Logic? Reasoning? I think not. Sounds like someone should do some investigative journalism before the spout off.
and this would be bad because?
This is war, the "insurgents" chose the time and place, our side has chosen the format. These are combat deaths of out-of-uniform combatants. If they are getting a quick bullet to the head, they are lucky. There was a time when they would have been afforded a good look at their internal organs and a few minutes to contemplate the sight.
To fight an animal, sometimes, you have to become an animal....
To fight an animal, sometimes, you have to become an animal....
That the kind of justice they dish out so I'm sure the terrorist RESPECT that like wish is OK to be given to them.
Let's just hope the Iraq ACLU doesn't find out about this.
As of today, 9/10, there have been just 7 US deaths in Iraq due to hostile fire and 11 total from all causes. Hopefully, the MSM will keep Iraq out of the news a bit longer. The big anti-war demonstration later this month in DC will increase the enemy's incentive to inflict American casualties, but so far so good.
Sounds too good to be true. Keep the stinking journalists away from them so they can get the job done.
The quicker the Iraqi militas can get trained and effective in the field the better for us.
TALL AFAR, Iraq, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. soldiers sensed something wasn't quite right when an ambulance carrying two dead bodies arrived Thursday morning at a checkpoint for people evacuating this city under siege.
Hanging off the sides of the vehicle were three young men who said they were escorting the remains of family members killed in the previous night's bombardment to a local hospital. But when an Iraqi policeman looked them over, he pointed to a man who wore white sweatpants and a white shirt and appeared to be in his early twenties. "I know him. He must be detained," the officer said. "He murdered a policeman."
The interrogation by American soldiers initially went nowhere. The man insisted he spoke Turkish, not Arabic, and therefore could not communicate with the Americans' interpreters. Asked his name, he kept alternating between "Habib" and "Faris." < snip > But everything changed when exasperated soldiers said they had no choice but to turn him over to the Iraqis, who were anxious to take him into custody.
"Yes, I am a terrorist, yes," the man said in perfect Arabic < snip >. "I would rather you shoot me in the head than give me to them."
< snip >
The man who was plucked from the ambulance and interrogated Thursday appeared genuinely frightened of facing the Iraqi police. "Please no," he repeated several times. Once soldiers realized they had a lever to extract information, they called for Iraqi policemen to sit in on the questioning. The officers said the man was involved in a gruesome killing of a local policeman who was beheaded, his corpse placed on the street with a bomb lodged inside of it that exploded when a dog began sniffing at the body.
When the policemen first entered the room, the man turned to face the corner, refusing to look at them. After a series of increasingly pointed questions shouted at him, he became defiant.
"No matter what you say, I am a holy warrior. I am going to paradise," he told the interrogators, referring to the belief cited by many insurgent fighters that those who die for their cause have a special place in the afterlife. "The rest of you are infidels who will go to hell."
(I had to heavily edit the story due to copyright restrictions. The whole article is well worth reading.)
"Perhaps this is one reason Iraq is quieter than usual. Alternatively, the cameras are off so the the terrorism is off."
Thank you, thank you, thank you. The nail head cant get hit any better than that. Your point illustrates the media's complicity in the violence.
Some people do understand how to deal with terrorist...
"Deal with terrorist as you see fit..."
"Sure saves a lot of time and headache for later on..."
"Won't have to worry about this terrorist- later..."
This terrorist will not terrorize anyone else..."
Iraqis realize that you just can't rehab them...
I think you're on to something. TV cameras encourage terrorist acts.
Or, what goes around comes around......
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