Posted on 09/27/2006 1:19:50 PM PDT by jmc1969
A dramatic home video obtained by ABC News shows U.S. troops apparently abandoned a truck convoy after it came under insurgent attack in Iraq last year.
Three unarmed Halliburton truck drivers were executed at point-blank range once the troops left, according to a surviving driver, Preston Wheeler, of Mena, Ark., who taped the scene.
"They was murdered. To me, they was murdered," Wheeler told ABC News in an exclusive interview to be broadcast Wednesday on World News and Nightline.
The tape shows an armored personnel carrier leading the trucks that Wheeler says was from the Virginia National Guard.
Once insurgents opened fire and disabled four trucks, the personnel carrier can be seen racing ahead.
"They left. They, I don't know where they went, they're nowhere to be seen," Wheeler said.
Wheeler says it was 45 minutes before a U.S. military force returned. By then, Wheeler says, he had seen two drivers shot at point-blank range. He identified them as Keven Dagit, of Jefferson, Iowa, and Sascha Greener-Case, of Sierra Vista, Ariz.
A Pentagon spokesman said the military had no immediate comment on the incident.
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Gee he had time and security to tape the whole incident, but can't speak English. HUMMMMM
..from last year?
Another pathetic try by the Bias media and Democrats to create a non story October Suprise. Did they not learn from the Exiled Dan Rather?
Fresh bovine poop!
LLS
Unarmed???
Every unarmed American contractor should refuse to work in the M.E. unless they are given the option to carry at least a sidearm.
Now just how fishy does this sound! He's under attack. Guys are getting shot, and he's taping it.
Standard convoy practice is to get OUT of the kill zone if possible. The longer you stay in the kill box, the greater changes you have of being killed.
Probably just a coincidence, but sheesh...
Did this grammar really come from a journalist?
The tape shows an armored personnel carrier leading the trucks that Wheeler says was were from the Virginia National Guard.
Nice job, ABC. Dispell the rumor that Journalism is the only major aside from education that a retarded person can get through.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
Since when is our military escorts for civilian contractors in Iraq
Uh...yeah...that would be another way of saying "executed at point-blank range"
Hey now.. a journalism degree nowadays means one is an expert on international relations, military strategy, science, theology, economics, psychology, and politics. You can hardly expect them to be concerned about something as mundane as 'grammar'.
And the MSM wonder why people accuse them of hating America more than the terrorists.
Where's this guy from again?
Is Preston Wheeler a pseudonym for Green Helmet Guy?
Absolutely. It is, at best, immoral for the US Government to insist these folks have no means of self-defense in an environment like Iraq (or anywhere else, IMHO).
Loren Bradshaw told CTV Newsnet late Thursday that while three of five gunner humvees sped away from the ambush, two of them travelling behind Wheeler's stalled truck stayed and fought. If they hadn't, Bradshaw said he believes all the drivers may have been killed.
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