Posted on 09/28/2010 5:53:10 AM PDT by raybbr
A U.S. soldier is in custody in connection with the shooting deaths of two other service members and the injury of a third in Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
Spc. Neftaly Platero is in pre-trial confinement, the military said.
Platero is suspected in the deaths of Spc. John Carrillo Jr., 20, of Stockton, Calif., and Pfc. Gebrah P. Noonan, 26, of Watertown, Conn.
Carrillo and Noonan died Friday from injuries sustained in a "non-combat" incident that occurred a day earlier, the U.S. Department of Defense said.
They were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
The incident remains under investigation.
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Hispanic.
Neftaly is a variant of the Hebrew name Naphtali.............
it sounds similar to Naphtali...in much the same way that Suleiman sounds similar to Solomon and Ibrahim sounds similar to Abraham...
but I have no actual knowledge of the name’s origin...
The boy’s name Neftaly \n(e)-fta-li, nef-tali\ is a variant of Naftali (Hebrew), and the meaning of Neftali is “struggling”.
The baby name Neftali sounds like Nefthali and Nephtali. Other similar baby names are Nephthali, Naphtali, Natal, Nataly, Natalio and Natale.
Neftali is an uncommon first name for men and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)
Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy name Neftali.
Compare Neftali with its source form and related boy names.
Not Hispanic.
Sounds like a combination of Middle Eastern and maybe Greek?
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
No cigar this time, Muslims.
> Any ideas as to the origins of the name “Neftaly Platero”?
I’m going to guess Indonesian.
And I’ll go out on a limb and venture that the perp is a Mohammedan and his act was Jihad.
Hey, I could be wrong.
Whatdya bet the two guys were “interested” in the same girl? Whose name is Gebrah?!?!
did the guy convert to Islam or something?
Two of our soldiers, who had enough daily threats to deal with, get cut down by their supposed brother in arms. Two families are left with a gaping hole in their lives and the added burden of knowing that these soldiers did not die in combat, but were murdered. A third soldier is maimed.
We just lost the service of three brave Americans, and their valuable contribution to the cause. Now our force is weaker by three and three soldiers will be put in their place.
Platero- Little donkey in spanish
Ditto. Bringing him here and allowing him and his "lawyer" to put on a show only denigrates the soldiers he killed.
Maybe . . . if he's done hard time in a penitentiary. The only people that "convert" to Islam are men who've done prison time.
Naphtali was one of the sons of Jacob and one of the 12 tribes of Israel. Was there an Arab equivalent?
A lot of Hebrew-Aramaic-Arabic names are interchangeable with just a slight spell change.............
the guy up above says “little donkey”
Well, imagine that.... (rolls eyes)
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