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
From other sources
According to Col. Barry Johnson, a U.S. military spokesman, four troops serving in Fallujah were having an argument when Spc. Neftaly Platero “allegedly took his weapon and began shooting the other soldiers.” Spc. John Carrillo Jr., 20, of Stockton, Calif., and Pfc. Gebrah P. Noonan, 26, of Watertown, Conn., died from their injuries the next day. The name of the wounded soldier was not released.
Carrillo was a husband and the father of two sons, KCRA reported. He was serving on his first deployment to Iraq when the incident occurred. Noonan was described by friends as a seeker of knowledge who enjoyed making people laugh.
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“It was very devastating. To find out he was shot by a fellow soldier is unbelievable,” Desiree Carrillo (soldier’s Mom) told KCRA. “The military should be embarrassed.” (Should be ashamed, really)
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From the strange side of the blog-o-sphere:
Reports meeting news rooms today confirmed that Spc. Neftaly Platero an American solder simply lost control fatally shooting to death two American colleagues and injured another soldier in Iraq. Usually troops are scared of the opposition, but this is mutiny within the ranks.
Interestingly this is occurring in Iraq while president Obama expresses his fears about democrats eluding the 2nd November mid term elections treating it as if it were Obama’s elections. Similarly it is Obama who wants peace in Iraq. Soldiers are now shooting at each other even though there is no active war. There is mutiny within the ranks.