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Severed fingers of 5 hostages delivered to U.S. officials in Iraq
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo ^ | 3-12-08 | Hannah Allam

Posted on 03/12/2008 4:02:15 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy

Edited on 03/12/2008 6:13:07 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

BAGHDAD _U.S. authorities in Baghdad have received five severed fingers belonging to four Americans and an Austrian who were taken hostage more than a year ago in Iraq , U.S. officials said Wednesday.

The FBI is investigating the grisly development, and the families of the five kidnapped contractors have been notified, American officials said on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the case publicly.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: austria; barbarians; defensecontractors; eyeforaneye; genevaconventions; hostages; iraq; islam; mutilation; prisonerabuse; rop; savages; torture; wakeup; wot
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To: atomic conspiracy

We need to clone General Patton. He would go through them like Democrats through a goose.


61 posted on 03/12/2008 6:58:27 PM PDT by Sender (Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.)
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To: mvpel

It just kills me that all these peacenik meatheads are constantly calling the US the lone torturer of the world, and yet they cannot show one instance where we cut off fingers of prisoners, or, God forbid, cut off heads. Show me anyone who ever died from waterboarding. We don’t line them up and shoot them or feed them into wood chippers. We make sure they get Halal food and have their personal Qur’an and visits from lawyers. But yet, we are the torturers of the world. There is a very real enemy here within the US, and the media is their best friend.


62 posted on 03/12/2008 7:02:57 PM PDT by Sender (Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.)
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To: Lumper20; YOUGOTIT; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; ...

Right with you.


63 posted on 03/12/2008 7:18:09 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Cousin, Mom and FRiend)
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To: atomic conspiracy

Sick and evil.


64 posted on 03/12/2008 7:23:53 PM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: grey_whiskers

So this is Bush’s fault??? What a load of crap!


65 posted on 03/12/2008 7:26:39 PM PDT by Merlinator (Stop the Obamination!)
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To: Faith; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; eaglesnest1

Thank you, Faith. What I was thinking would have had me banned from my beloved FR! To your prayer, I say, Amen in Jesus Name. Please note my tagline, Steve was kidnapped by Muslim rebels and his family and friends prayerfully wait.
1CM-68 , Thank you for the ping to pray!

en1, Agree in His Name! I have to go take my BP meds!!! I am so mad!


66 posted on 03/12/2008 7:30:11 PM PDT by tajgirvan (Please Pray for Steve Godbold, Christian Missionary Kidnapped in Chad, Africa. 10/11/07)
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To: Merlinator

Maybe not, but he could be a little tougher.


67 posted on 03/12/2008 7:34:19 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
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To: tajgirvan

Thank you for reminding us of Steve. May the Lord give him strength and comfort as he waits for His hand to move.


68 posted on 03/12/2008 7:38:28 PM PDT by Faith
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To: Faith; tajgirvan; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Amen to your prayer for Steve. Lord God be with all those who are hostage. Speak to them in their difficult circumstances. Give them hope. Remind them of specific passages in Your Word which give comfort only You can provide. Be with their families.

Lord God, You use all things for Your purposes. Give these hostages Kingdom-purposes in their captivity.

Lord God, if we as Your children are angry at this, then we know You in Your righteousness are angry, too.

Rise up and DO something God. You are more powerful than the god of these infidels. Show Yourself for who You are: Sovereign and Supreme! There is NO God besides You. Show it! We stand in agreement in prayer before You. Two or more ARE gathered. Answer our prayers and fulfill Your promises! We will stand before Your throne as Elijah stood before the altar with the bull on it, waiting for Your power to descend and burn up the offering. We wait for You to move in a way which sets these captives free. We will not tell you HOW to do this. You are God; we are not. However, we will remember to You Your promises and remember to You who we know YOu to be through Your Word...And we TRUST in You alone - even when what we see doesn’t make sense...We CHOOSE to Trust and we rely on Your promise that You will indeed use ALL things for good in the lives of those who serve You when considered in light of eternity.

You are our King. We bow to You and wait for Word of Your answer. We trust; we bow. We submit to Your will, knowing we have been heard. In Jesus’ name, Amen


69 posted on 03/12/2008 7:54:06 PM PDT by eaglesnest1 (there has always been a price for freedom and we are GRATEFUL to those who sacrifice so much for us)
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To: atomic conspiracy

Devils walk the Earth, and the sanctimonious tools of the “peace movement” want to hand Iraq back to them.

1 posted on 03/12/2008 4:02:16 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy

Not only that but they want the sobs over here.

They would rather have the muslims over here than the Christians.


70 posted on 03/12/2008 8:01:33 PM PDT by sport
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To: Faith

And Amen


71 posted on 03/12/2008 8:01:39 PM PDT by skr (How majestic is Thy Name, O Lord, and how mighty are Thy Works!)
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To: rdl6989

Ever time I tell someone words to that effect I get hit with,”You are just a bigot, I know ______ who is a muslim and they are just as nice as they can be.”

So I stopped saying anything. They will learn for themselves soon enough.


72 posted on 03/12/2008 8:05:29 PM PDT by sport
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To: Merlinator
So this is Bush’s fault??? What a load of crap!

I believed the President when shortly after 9-11 he said that anyone harboring terrorists or working with them would be treated the same.

But now look...Iran has been supplying expertise and men (and the advanced IEDs) to the anti-US forces in Iraq; they are in a fair way to develop nuclear warheads *and* the medium-range missiles to attack Israel and other Mid-East countries, or even Europe. They took Brit sailors hostage; and tried bluffing our navy (remember Fred Thompson's line in the debate about 'one more step and they'd meet those 72 virgins they keep talking about' ?) ...And the best we've actually done in response is...what?

To quote National Review's Michael Ledeen: "Faster, please!"

Cheers!

73 posted on 03/12/2008 8:23:12 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; atomic conspiracy; eaglesnest1; Faith
That is absolutely Horrific. :( Thank you for the Ping, 1COUNTER-MORTER-68, and Amen to your Prayers, Faith and eaglesnest1.

Our Loving Savior,

We Earnestly Interceed for these Men, our Gracious Lord. Please Rescue them, my King and my God; Please Send them Divine Aid. May Your Wrath Fall Upon their Tormentors, and Your Fear. We Ask that You will Bare Your Holy Arm. Please Sustain the Families of the Captive Men. May their Loved Ones be Sent Your Power and Your Peace.

Thank You for Hearing our Prayers, Sovereign God. In Jesus' Name, for the Glory of Heaven's King, amen.

74 posted on 03/12/2008 8:31:16 PM PDT by Kitty Mittens (To God Be All Excellent Praise!!)
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To: grey_whiskers
When I cheered on the ousting of Saddam Hussein, it was with the idea that Baghdad would be a glass parking lot. We should have stayed out of Iraq if we were not willing to go in and kill every MF savage over there, and destroy every semblance of civilization they have.

Obviously, at this point, we don't have the balls nor the opportunity to do what should have been done in 2003, and would have blown over by the 2004 elections. In that case, we will see the various factions of ragheads (who are now stockpiling weaponry) kill each other off after the next president gets us out. At least if its Obama, that will happen sooner rather than later.

No war, unless it's all out. And Iraq should have been all out.

75 posted on 03/12/2008 8:32:23 PM PDT by hunter112 (The 'straight talk express' gets the straight finger express from me.)
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To: Faith

I agree with Faith in prayer. O Holy God, you are holy and deserve all praise and glory. These infidels mock you and stain the human race with their demonic actions. Please bring them down and destroy them for their inhumanity, for treating people like objects. We can’t prevail if you don’t help us, dear Lord. Please intervene in the situation and have mercy on these captives. We ask that you shine a spotlight on both captives and captors. Please bring the captives home safely. Somehow let your glory show in this, dear God. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.


76 posted on 03/12/2008 8:34:41 PM PDT by rimtop56
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To: College Repub

Couldn’t leave it be, even in this thread, could you? Sad.


77 posted on 03/12/2008 8:37:00 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: atomic conspiracy

Barak wants to negotiate with them.....for what, the other four fingers?


78 posted on 03/12/2008 8:39:56 PM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
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To: Rome2000; All
"In addition to waterboarding, the field manual prohibits hooding prisoners or putting duct tape across their eyes; stripping prisoners naked; and forcing prisoners to perform or mimic sexual acts. It also prohibits beating, burning or physically hurting prisoners in other ways; subjecting them to hypothermia or mock executions. It does not allow food, water and medical treatment to be withheld. Dogs may not be used in any aspect of interrogation."

20 questions

79 posted on 03/12/2008 8:40:41 PM PDT by musicman
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To: tajgirvan

O Lord, our God, we expand our prayers to include all captives everywhere in the world. Please shine a spotlight on the situations. We ask that you make a way of escape. Bring rescuers. Loosen the bonds that hold those in bondage. Blind the eyes of the captors. Confuse them and help them make stupid mistakes that call attention to themselves. Strengthen the captives and help them turn to you in their hour of need, we pray. Shake the illegal prisons like a blanket and restore the captives to their loved ones. You are great and greatly to be praised! There is no God like you! Halleluia! The Lord God Almighty reigns! Amen.


80 posted on 03/12/2008 8:44:06 PM PDT by rimtop56
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