US soldiers have appealed for local Iraqis to help them find the three missing soldiers
Posted on 05/14/2007 9:00:43 AM PDT by bedolido
An Iraqi group linked to al-Qaeda has said that three US troops which it claims to have captured will be safe only if the army calls off its search for the missing men.
The Islamic State of Iraq, which works closely with al-Qaeda, issued the taunt - to which US spokesmen have not publicly responded - in a statement posted on a website on Monday.
"Your soldiers are in our grip. If you want the safety of your soldiers then do not search for them," the statement said.
US soldiers have appealed for local Iraqis to help them find the three missing soldiers
(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...
Not exclusive to Al Jazeera by any means.
Translation ... you are getting close ... or ... we don't have them
Odd statement from AQ:”If you want the safety of your troops don’t search for them.....”I infer that were close to finding them and/or they’re in the general vicinity?I’m not military and don’t know procedure,but how bout a no enter,no leave security zone around the area,and search every god dam@ hovel in the area-level it if necessary.Any ideas?
Prayers for these missing soldiers and all of our soldiers. ~Pandora~
“..no leave security zone around the area,and search every god dam@ hovel in the area-level it if necessary.”
And what will be the next step when the soldiers’ bodies are found and everyone in the security zone claims to have no knowledge of what happened. This is where “friendly persuasion” would come in handy. Instead the troops are told to fight “fair”. What we need is a referee.
one wonders if al qaeda’s allies in the u.s. congress might be able to provide information as to the whereabouts of the missing american soldiers?
(democrats=irresponsible, adolescent, psychotic scu!bags....and the so-called “american electorate” voted for them.)
Good point.I forgot they’re the experts.Maybe we could send Teddy and Dianne(to Iraq)to speak to AQ in person?Or perhaps they could offer to take the place of the kidnapped soldiers?Just think of all the pr the dims could reap from that.
Time to show them what the US military is REALLY capable of.
I thought the Democrats had now told us that our soldiers would be treated nicely by those misunderstood Islamos because we were reforming GITMO. I guess the Al Q types just don’t want to be under SFNan’s ideology unless it absolutely defeats our military world wide and especially in Iraq and Afgh.
“Translation ... you are getting close ... or ... we don’t have them”
Exactly!
We can only hope & pray that we find them before it’s too late.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
I agree...for the umpteenth time...take off the gloves GW!!!
Even the Geneva conventions allow for the execution of POWs in retaliation for the enemy doing the same thing. If these three are harmed then 300 captured AQI should die, immediately.
I nominate Mike Savage as referee.
> Maybe we could send Teddy and Dianne(to Iraq)to speak to AQ in person?Or perhaps they could offer to take the place of the kidnapped soldiers?
And yes, Mr. Kennedy, we hear you know many things about driving across bridges! Could you demontrate while a few of us jump in the back?
POW/MIA count is now at five, including SGT Maupin, and Ahmed al-Taie, a 41-year-old linguist.
I’m still unclear if this second name is a translator, or an actual US Army soldier. I haven’t seen anything that states his rank. One story said officer, another notes he is a Specialist. He can’t be both at the same time.
I can not imagine needing to remain calm and collected while searching for these soldiers.
And why should our forces believe a pack of liers.
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