Posted on 06/23/2008 10:17:16 PM PDT by forkinsocket
BAGHDAD, June 23 -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed and three were wounded Monday when a council member opened fire on them after a meeting in a small town south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
An Iraqi interpreter also was wounded in the shooting in Salman Pak Nahia, which is about 20 miles south of Baghdad, said Capt. Charles Calio, a U.S. military spokesman.
Two Salman Pak residents identified the assailant, who was killed, as council member Raed Hmood Ajil.
Residents Rafi Suleiman, 39, and Abu Dawood said in phone interviews that Ajil, a Sunni tribal leader, opened fire on the soldiers without provocation.
Suleiman said the soldiers were in town for the opening of a park built with U.S. funds.
Also Monday, the U.S. military announced that a Canadian man working as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Iraq was sentenced to five months of confinement after pleading guilty in the stabbing of a colleague in February.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
May God look over those who sacrificed all and allow them into His Kingdom, and may He look over the families of those killed. Amen.
I imagine the DemocRAT buffoons in Congress will now demand one of their specialty “hearings” be conducted to see if Raed Hmood Ajil’s U.S. Constitutional rights were violated when he was killed.
Prayers for them and theirs.
Agreeing with you, in Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen
News from Iraq. It’s been a while.
Was his dumb ass killed in return?
Two Salman Pak residents identified the assailant, who was killed, as council member Raed Hmood Ajil.
MOAB his entire village.
I am so sick of this crap.
If they don't fear consequences for their cowardice and murders, then they will continue their terrorism.
That is the way Mohammed founded this cult, and that is the way it shall always be with these people.
Mohammedanism is rife with corruption, violence, theft, murder, rape and destruction.
Brute force is the only way to keep them under control.
Even Saddam Hussein knew that.
Ping.
Thanks. I made my comment before taking the time to read the whole depressing story.
I am curious about the council member motive. He had to know that his chances of survival were zero.
Joining you in that prayer. Amen.
Yes and shame on those who are going on repeating that this war was and is “UNNECESSARY” ie that these brave soldiers are useless and dying for nothing.
I would like to ask to a wanabe POTUS whose name begin with O what is, according to him, a “NECESSARY” war.
Looking for the votes of the anti-war crowds doesn’t justify such a treason
I’m thinking things didn’t go this guy’s way during the meeting. What a senseless way to blow off steam, or commit suicide.
My sympathies go out to the family and friends of these men.
I know some folks will say that a MOAB should be used on the perp’s family, but I think other Iraqis are probably upset about this also.
It’s just a senseless thing to do, take the lives of people who are trying to help build a better nation and community for your people.
Sudden jihad syndrome?
Oh yah! That’s the ticket!
I hate it when that happens!
“I am curious about the council member motive. He had to know that his chances of survival were zero.”
Current low U.S. troop death rate (God bless them) is the measure of our victory. Given this and the fact that killing U.S. troops has become so difficult, the demand for for it has gone way up and a move like this is the only way these worthless dogs can have any chance of slowing our success.
His entire village would include Rafi Suleiman, Abu Dawood, and a lot of people who are working side by side with us against terrorists and baathist hardliners. Wiping out his village would do us far more harm than it could ever do him.
It is and has always been the only way to deal with these savages, Any attempt at reconciliation is viewed as weakness and only drives them to further acts of violence.
Prayers for the soldiers and their families. This incident reminds us that there is still a war on, and that we must be vigilant.
What? The 3rd sentence? [/s]
His “motive” was to become a martyr and take “dirty Americans” with him, as he now enjoys 72 Virgins.
Rationalize with that thought.
It’s time to stop this insanity, world-wide.
Like she gives a “bleep”.
The press had to wait for something bad to happen.
Their culture teaches that life is meaningless, and has little worth, I guess.
Does any man over there NOT have a Napoleonic complex?
Jackasses.
Yep. We need to kill these demented, cowardly bastards in very large numbers.
She was just sad because it wasn't a bigger body count. These lefty media types are sickening in their pray for bad news because it sells attitude.
It’s a hundred virgins. Martyrs also enjoy the attentions of 28 prepubescent boys.
There really is no end to the evil of the Death-Cult. If Satan were to invent a religion, I cannot conceive a way in which Islam would differ from it.
Er, that would kill quite a lot of people who have nothing at all to do with terrorism. Personally, I’d rather not adopt such tactics in this war.
His mission was accomplished: another martyr for Islam. Sick.
“MOAB his entire village.”
Stupid comment of the day...
If you could have gotten as far as the third sentence, you could have saved yourself a post.
If that is the case, we should have kept saddam in power.
Could it come to...the media actually hiring “hit men” to kill American troops, just so they have “bad news” to publish? You really can’t misunderestimate how much the MSM hates the President and how deep they are in the pocket of the Socialist party and their candidate, Obama.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all to hear of a U.S. Military
investigation that reveals that a “journalist” was “involved” or “set up” or “cooperated” in the death of a member of the military. Really not too far from the post-Vietnam “journalism” discussion on public TV where an American journalist stated he would not warn Americans if they were walking into an ambush.
Good thing they got him before he was re-elected and given amnesty.
In the U.S. we call it suicide by cop.
Er, that would kill quite a lot of people who have nothing at all to do with terrorism
...thereby automatically creating more anti-American terrorist jihadists, probably out of people who had not seriously considered the option prior to the MOAB. Slippery slope, when you're trying to gain trust and rebuild a nation.
I Pray for the families and the salvation of our Soldiers.
Here’s the puzzling thing, and the contradiction in all of this...
If a woman “embarrasses or shames” her family, they stone and stab her to death, lest the family be stoned and stabbed, right?
Why don’t they do the same to men who murder, rape, and (by their culture/Religion) blasphemy Mohammad? Or, their families? Can men do no wrong by their Religion?
This is the big lie, the two faced hypocrisy, and outright fraud of what they are, who they are, and their so called “beliefs”.
If yours is a serious statement then you need serious help.
You are the one who called them savages, why in the hell should we risk our soldier’s lives for ungrateful savages?
“You are the one who called them savages, why in the hell should we risk our soldier’s lives for ungrateful savages?”
I called them savages because they are. The soldiers are risking their lives to stop them from killing all of US. That’s what the military does, it fights on behalf of US.
LOL, you probably think we shouldn’t have had our soldiers fight in WW2 either, right? After all the Japs tortured our troops didn’t they? Just when should our military be turned loose on an enemy, after we determine they are really NICE guys?
This seems not to be a terrorist attack. The W-Compost is leaving out the details. Ajil, a former high school principal, recently arrived from India where he earned a Masters Degree. Was friendly with U.S. troops and had no issues working with them. His family said he suffered from depression and epilepsy.
I agree that these people need to learn not to attack our people and should pay dearly for their attacks!
In Israel, I believe they level the home of the terrorist. This seems like a good idea.
AAT - Meeka is such a pain in the ass, I can’t even watch. Does she still interrupt opinions that she agrees with by making that annoying umhmmm umhmmm under her breath..damn thats annoying. Anybody remember Margaret Grey (Phil Hendrie) on the radio? Anyway, Margaret (Phil) did the same thing.
“Er, that would kill quite a lot of people who have nothing at all to do with terrorism. Personally, I’d rather not adopt such tactics in this war.”
Nothing to do with terrorism except that most of them buy into the same ideology because it’s what their religion teaches. There were plenty of clerks and other support personnel that worked for the nazis who didn’t engage in combat or killing. Many of them bought into the same ideology though and many of them paid the price for it. Half a million german civilians. I have to believe that at-least some of those germans did not buy into the nazi ideas but it was more beneficial to end the war as quickly as possible than to try to win over as many hearts and minds as possible.
“...thereby automatically creating more anti-American terrorist jihadists, probably out of people who had not seriously considered the option prior to the MOAB. Slippery slope, when you’re trying to gain trust and rebuild a nation.”
Yes, this is the lesson learned after we dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and created all those japanese terrorists who decided to hate us even more, even the ones that hadn’t considered the option prior to the A-bombs.
By your logic, we should never fight any wars at all, after-all, we might make people mad at us.
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