Soldier's Body ID'd, But Search Continues

Body Found South Of Baghdad Confirmed As Soldier Missing For Weeks, 2 More Still Missing

(CBS/AP)  Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops fanned out across the fields of southern Iraq in scorching temperatures Thursday as the military said it remained determined to find two missing U.S. soldiers after the body of a third was pulled from a river.

Also Thursday, a car bomb targeting a funeral procession in the turbulent city of Fallujah killed at least 26 people, police and medical officials said.

The military confirmed Thursday that the body found a day earlier in the Euphrates River south of Baghdad was that of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., who had been missing since militants ambushed his unit nearly two weeks ago.

A commanding officer identified the remains recovered from the river, but DNA tests were still pending, military officials told Anzack's family.

"They told us, 'We're sorry to inform you the body we found has been identified as Joe,"' the soldier's aunt, Debbie Anzack, said Wednesday. "I'm in disbelief."

Anzack, 20, vanished along with the two other soldiers after their combat team was ambushed May 12 about 20 miles outside Baghdad. Five others, including an Iraqi, were killed in the ambush, subsequently claimed by al Qaeda.

"We can confirm that we have recovered the remains of Pfc. Anzack," Lt. Col. Josslyn Aberle, a military spokeswoman, said Thursday.

The attack triggered a massive search operation in the area south of Baghdad known as the triangle of death for the insurgent activity there.

CBS News correspondent Mark Strassman reports the confirmation hits hard for U.S. soldiers conducting the search, and all the others in Iraq, who had held out hope that the search would somehow have a happy ending.

Their focusing now, Strassman says, not on grief, but on the fact that there are two more soldiers still out there, unaccounted for.

Thursday, they proceeded with their mission, despite Anzack's death. One unit searched chicken coops and trudged through mud, canals and tall reeds in the brutal heat.

"The search continues," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a U.S. military spokesman.

Members of Anzack's platoon choked back tears at news of his death and said they would not stop looking for the other two missing soldiers.

"We can't leave them behind. I just hope that they have enough faith to keep them going. What they're going through right now, I can't imagine," said Pfc. Sammy Rhodes, 25, of Albuquerque, N.M.

Spc. Daniel Seitz, 22, from Pensacola, Fla., said he was trying to stay strong and push ahead with the search.

"It just angers me that it's just another friend I've got to lose and deal with, because I've already lost 13 friends since I've been here and I don't know if I can take any more of this," he said.

Conflicting reports have emerged about the Iraqis possibly finding the body of more than one U.S. soldier Wednesday, reports Strassman. U.S. Military sources have insisted they received only one body — Anzack's, and no others.

Aberle denied the reports that a second body had been found and was being examined to determine if it was that of another of the missing soldiers. "The reports of a second set of remains being found is a false report," she said.

The U.S. military also announced Thursday that two U.S. soldiers were killed the day before while conducting combat operations in Iraq's volatile Anbar Province. Those deaths, along with the deaths of nine other troopers announced Wednesday, brought the American death toll for the month to at least 82. Last month, 104 U.S. troops were killed in Iraq.

In other developments:

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he expects the insurgents and terrorists in Iraq to accelerate their bombings and other attacks this summer before Gen. David Petraeus reports to Washington on whether he thinks the new U.S. strategy for securing Baghdad is working.

U.S. intelligence agencies warned senior members of the Bush administration in early 2003 that invading Iraq could create instability that would give Iran and al Qaeda new opportunities to expand their influence, according to an upcoming Senate report (read more).

Democratic presidential contenders on Capitol Hill will cast critical votes on the Iraq war this week, when lawmakers decide on a $120 billion bill to keep military operations afloat through September. The House planned to vote Thursday with the Senate to follow suit by week's end.

On the outskirts of Baghdad, gunmen ambushed a minibus near the Shiite-dominated district of al-Hussainya, killing 11 passengers, police said. The attackers then planted a bomb on the bus, which blew up when police arrived, injuring four of them, police said.

In Sulaiman Bek, 75 miles south of the northern city of Kirkuk, a roadside bomb an Iraqi police convoy killed six police officers Thursday morning, Iraqi police said.

Nationwide, at least 104 people were killed in sectarian violence or found dead Wednesday, including 32 who died in suicide bombings.

Insurgents in Baghdad attacked a convoy of U.S. diplomats and their military escort with small arms fire on Wednesday morning, the U.S. military said in a statement. Apache helicopters rushed to the scene and fired at several of the armed attackers, the military said. U.S. troops then arrived to secure the area and allow the convoy to leave, the military said.

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by starleo146 May 25, 2007 11:16 PM EDT

since I read this story about all these men it just had me so upset and my prayers were they would find the other 3 alive and it goes on but my sadness as bad as it is, is nothing compared to their buddies looking for them. I never heard why they were in the triangle of death with no backup and it took an hour for anyone to reach there humvee. Have any of you? My heart and prayers go to the families waiting to hear if they found them.

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by randalds May 25, 2007 4:35 AM EDT

Reading through the posts there is a element that is missing the remorse for this soldier and his loved ones.

Posted by radiob at 07:55 PM : May 24, 2007

No offense, but it's not missing from all of us.

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by radiob-2009 May 24, 2007 10:55 PM EDT

Reading through the posts there is a element that is missing the remorse for this soldier and his loved ones.Regardless of your position on the war the loss of this soldier is the loss of a loved one.Someones brother, someones nephew, someones son, someones best friend, etc. the loss of a life is not a trivial matter and respect should be given to his loved ones. The same respect should be given to the loss of innocent live lost in Iraq, the children, the brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, grandfathers, grandmothers etc. that have nothing to do with the war itself, just innnocent lives trying to make a life inside a nation that is ripped apart by war.Let "Our" thoughts be with the family of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. and every named and unnamed victim of this war.

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by jacksteen1 May 24, 2007 10:33 PM EDT

The ACLU 'quote below is pure, unadulterated Republishit Party bolierplate *********...and the poster will be reported and banned as of tonight.

Anyone immature and ignorant enough to believe a statement like this from an ignorant Cracker with a ZipCode from Mississippi should have their heads examined.

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by bluestardad May 24, 2007 6:17 PM EDT

BUSH HAS SOLD AMERICA OUT TO ISRAELI NEOCONS!

You can see by the AIPAC advertisement below this PAC is selling influence to American Elected officials. If you follow the money trail you will find that most of those elected officials who support the war in Iraq are under the influence of AIPAC.

http://www.aipac.org/forms/join_aipa
cClubs.htm

Here are a list of the Republican Senators up for Reelection in 08. Ask them how much AIPAC influences their vote on Iraq? Is their support for Israel more than their duty to the Americans living in their states?


Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)

Talk is cheap! Actions are what America needs. Remember America is still the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, the Statue of Liberty Stands in New York Harbor not in the Deserts of the Middle East!

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by lars008-2009 May 24, 2007 6:06 PM EDT

FASCIST NAZI ISLAM GLOBAL GANG RAPE EPIDEMIC!!!
Western Muslims' Racist Rape Spree
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20646
http://www.frontpagemag.com/ http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20646
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/12/immigrant-rape-wave-in-sweden.html
QURAN SANCTIONS RAPE http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/22787 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=MUSLIM+GANG RAPE
Pakistani Rape Victim http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Women_s_Issues/
Muslim Rape Epidemic
http://www.abrahamic-faith.com/Islam%20exposed/sweden-norway-rape.html
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/02/muslim-rape-epidemic-in-sweden-and.html
SYDNEY GANG RAPES
Three arrested over 2002 Sydney gang rape
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/three-arrested-over-2002-sydney-gang-rape/2005/06/28/1119724621945.html?oneclick=true
Sydney gang rapes, 2000, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Gang_Rapes
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Sydney_gang_rapes%2C_2000%2C_2002
Fourteenth century tribal savagery meets the modern world in Sydney: In the open: rapists%u2019 campaign of vicious assaults.
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16786
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aap/anzjc/2004/00000037/00000003/art00003
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3370/is_200412/ai_n13131358
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=70474
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,17260827-5001021,00.html

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by lars008-2009 May 24, 2007 5:50 PM EDT

Posted by Jingoism1 at 02:30 PM : May 24, 2007

COWARDLY SATANIC MUD MONSTERS
ONLY BRAVE WITH LITTLE GIRLS.....
Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported that in April 2005, a 9-year-old Pakistani girl was raped, beaten with a cricket bat, hanged upside down from the ceiling, had spoonfuls of chillies poured into her mouth, and repeatedly bashed while handcuffed. Her Muslim neighbours told her they were taking revenge for the American bombing of Iraqi children and informed her they were doing it because she was an %u201Cinfidel and a Christian.%u201D
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/12/immigrant-rape-wave-in-sweden.html
http://www.frontpagemag.com/
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20646
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=20552
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=121268
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=121131

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by jingoism1 May 24, 2007 5:30 PM EDT

Think of little Abeer and her family.
Each day the 15 year old girl passes the American checkpoint. The soldiers watch her. They hatch a plan. Next thing she knows, they are in her house. Her parents and siblings are in another room. Shots ring out, and she hears the bodies fall to the floor. Now it is her turn. terrified, she is thrown to the floor and lays there as one soldier, then another, take turns violating her young body. She is a virgin...Muslim girls are not allowed to have boyfriends, they are to save it for their husbands...a most un-Western concept. When the soldiers are finished with her, she stares with wide, terrified eyes as the rifle barks and her skull is shattered by the bullets. Her raped, shot, violated body is then set on fire in an attempt to conceal the crime.

I'm sorry for Anzack, and even more sorry for his buddies if they are still alive.

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by dblbar May 24, 2007 5:25 PM EDT

irishbitch11

My nephew is a Marine who has been there 3 times so far......we understand.....

God bless you and be with your son..

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by lars008-2009 May 24, 2007 5:13 PM EDT

the war is legal

the resumption of hostilities was only a matter of time since iraq broke the ceasefire agreement.....

blame saddam for iraq%u2026%u2026. Even clintoon and the dems wanted the resumption of hostilities back in 1998

Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/iraq/libact103198.pdf
http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/ILA.htm
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec98/cr100598.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Liberation_Act

"As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am keenly aware that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is an issue of grave importance to all nations. Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/priraq1.htm

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." - President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/04/us.un.iraq/

WASHINGTON (Feb. 18) -- In preparing the nation for a possible war with Iraq,
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/18/iraq.political.analysis/

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by jingoism1 May 24, 2007 5:12 PM EDT

To msldcs: Your comment
"I talked to a soldier who had been over there and he said they would smile and greet our soldiers, take treats and water from them and 5 minutes later set them up for an ambush. What kind of people is that to defend? Let them fight their own civil war and bring our soldiers home!
"
sounds eerily like what we encountered in Vietnam. The Vietnamese barber who grinned and cut your hair was laying booby traps for you at night, and calling you by name as he did it.

The people who you refer to as "insurgents" are fighting to keep an imperial power from illegally occupying their country and stealing their resources. Check out the oil law that the Bush administration is trying to get the Iraqi Parliament to pass, which would give control of Iraq's oil to foreign corporations for decades.

We left Vietnam after 55,000 American dead and over a million Vietnamese, and what happened?? Chaos??? No, on the contrary we are trading with them now. Iraq will rapidly stabilize once the invaders leave.

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by retiredinmex May 24, 2007 5:09 PM EDT

figuy30: Who are the "Iraqi insurgents?"

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by jingoism1 May 24, 2007 5:05 PM EDT

figuy30 says:
"swift retaliation will bring iraqui insurgents to their knees"

...maybe what you are seeing is swift retaliation for all of the blown up, murdered, Abu Ghraib'd, Guantanamo'd, raped at 15 years old and burned, and family killed in front of your eyes, shock and awed, illegally invaded and occupied Iraqis.

...or maybe you believe, in your hubris, that only Americans have a right to kill people after invading their countries in a bold-faced attempt to steal their oil.

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by lars008-2009 May 24, 2007 5:01 PM EDT

Appeal for Redress
Sign this Appeal.
This site is an Appeal For Redress in support of our mission in Iraq.
An Appeal For Redress is an authorized means for active duty military to submit a grievance to Congress. It can be signed by Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard military personnel.
It is authorized by DoD Directive 1325.6 and DoD Directive 7050.6.
The wording of the Appeal for Redress is:
As an American currently serving my nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to fully support our mission in Iraq and halt any calls for retreat. I also respectfully urge my political leaders to actively oppose media efforts which embolden my enemy while demoralizing American support at home. The War in Iraq is a necessary and just effort to bring freedom to the Middle East and protect America from further attack.
If you are active duty, reservist or national guard, please Sign this Appeal.
Most service members fully support the war in Iraq and feel calls to retreat by Congress and attacks by our media on our conduct and mission act to motivate our enemy while demoralizing our support at home, directly increasing the threat we face and resulting in greater American casualties. This Appeal for Redress provides a way in which individual service members can appeal to Congress to fully support us and actively oppose media attacks on our mission and our morale.
This Appeal will be delivered to members of Congress.
http://www.appealforcourage.org/

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by randalds May 24, 2007 4:41 PM EDT

RIP bro.

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by May 24, 2007 3:58 PM EDT

How long will the present conditions in Iraq continue without the people's intervention in the Bush Doctrine of STAY THE COURSE. Facts of the reasons for invasion of Iraq preclude President Bush's theory today on TV that "we are in Iraq at their invitation" - how numbskull can our leaders get in letting this misinformation get into the limelight of what he is attempting to promote. A review of investigations to come from the Majority Leader's schedule shows that the INVESTIGATION OF IRAQ is at the bottom of the pile. Bush%u2019s double talk which prevents benchmarks or timetable is circumvented by the REAL TIMETABLE : WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER UNTIL GENERAL PATRAEUS reports conditions. Again, Bush Doctrine - I RIGHT- YOU WRONG.

Scare tactics have to be put to rest. The %u201Cthey will come after us if we leave Iraq%u201D is complete nonsense and only shows the childish nature of his Chaos abounds at a very high peak now - the Iraqi people believe this would diminish - possiblly be eliminated - if U.S. would stop being occupiers. Attempting to install a democracy in a country that cannot condone the type of democracy Bush envisions, brings more chaos and distrust. Bush and crew were not invited to invade Iraq - experts relate to their attempts to dissuade the idea but there was a deep desire to invade - so Bush ignored the RESOLUTION LANGUAGE and went head on into the worst mistake in history.

It is time for Congress to stop being whinnies and CHANGE THE COURSE.

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by missmyhubby May 24, 2007 3:58 PM EDT

irishbitch11 --

My thoughts and prayers are with your family as well! We have to stick together....

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by seaslew May 24, 2007 3:41 PM EDT

to irishbitch11
Thank you for your son and all the efforts of our troops, its a shame they have to be there, God Bless God Speed to them all.

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by retiredinmex May 24, 2007 3:24 PM EDT

I'd like to see a poll of the parents of dead, injured or missing US military....do they support this illegal and immoral war in Iraq?

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by figuy30 May 24, 2007 1:35 PM EDT

swift retaliation will bring iraqui insurgents to their knees. no leader in history would put up with what we're going through in iraq. even good ol' abraham lincoln had innocent citizens picked at random and shot for terrorism during our own civil war(which ended the terrorist activity). this present day mr. nice guy stuff is not working. this is starting to look like a scheme. our treasury is being drained before our eyes. "by the people and for the people"(american), along with the word "impeachment" seem to be words we need to remember.

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[starleo146]

since I read this story about all these men it just had me so upset and my prayers were they would find the other 3 alive and it goes on but my sadness as bad as it is, is nothing compared to their buddies looking for them. I never heard why they were in the triangle of death with no backup and it took an hour for anyone to reach there humvee. Have any of you? My heart and prayers go to the families waiting to hear if they found them.

[randalds]

Reading through the posts there is a element that is missing the remorse for this soldier and his loved ones.

Posted by radiob at 07:55 PM : May 24, 2007

No offense, but it's not missing from all of us.

[radiob-2009]

Reading through the posts there is a element that is missing the remorse for this soldier and his loved ones.Regardless of your position on the war the loss of this soldier is the loss of a loved one.Someones brother, someones nephew, someones son, someones best friend, etc. the loss of a life is not a trivial matter and respect should be given to his loved ones. The same respect should be given to the loss of innocent live lost in Iraq, the children, the brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, grandfathers, grandmothers etc. that have nothing to do with the war itself, just innnocent lives trying to make a life inside a nation that is ripped apart by war.Let "Our" thoughts be with the family of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. and every named and unnamed victim of this war.

[jacksteen1]

The ACLU 'quote below is pure, unadulterated Republishit Party bolierplate *********...and the poster will be reported and banned as of tonight.

Anyone immature and ignorant enough to believe a statement like this from an ignorant Cracker with a ZipCode from Mississippi should have their heads examined.

[bluestardad]

BUSH HAS SOLD AMERICA OUT TO ISRAELI NEOCONS!

You can see by the AIPAC advertisement below this PAC is selling influence to American Elected officials. If you follow the money trail you will find that most of those elected officials who support the war in Iraq are under the influence of AIPAC.

http://www.aipac.org/forms/join_aipa
cClubs.htm

Here are a list of the Republican Senators up for Reelection in 08. Ask them how much AIPAC influences their vote on Iraq? Is their support for Israel more than their duty to the Americans living in their states?


Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)

Talk is cheap! Actions are what America needs. Remember America is still the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, the Statue of Liberty Stands in New York Harbor not in the Deserts of the Middle East!

[lars008-2009]

FASCIST NAZI ISLAM GLOBAL GANG RAPE EPIDEMIC!!!
Western Muslims' Racist Rape Spree
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20646
http://www.frontpagemag.com/ http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20646
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/12/immigrant-rape-wave-in-sweden.html
QURAN SANCTIONS RAPE http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/22787 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=MUSLIM+GANG RAPE
Pakistani Rape Victim http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Women_s_Issues/
Muslim Rape Epidemic
http://www.abrahamic-faith.com/Islam%20exposed/sweden-norway-rape.html
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/02/muslim-rape-epidemic-in-sweden-and.html
SYDNEY GANG RAPES
Three arrested over 2002 Sydney gang rape
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/three-arrested-over-2002-sydney-gang-rape/2005/06/28/1119724621945.html?oneclick=true
Sydney gang rapes, 2000, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Gang_Rapes
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Sydney_gang_rapes%2C_2000%2C_2002
Fourteenth century tribal savagery meets the modern world in Sydney: In the open: rapists%u2019 campaign of vicious assaults.
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=16786
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aap/anzjc/2004/00000037/00000003/art00003
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3370/is_200412/ai_n13131358
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=70474
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,17260827-5001021,00.html

[lars008-2009]

Posted by Jingoism1 at 02:30 PM : May 24, 2007

COWARDLY SATANIC MUD MONSTERS
ONLY BRAVE WITH LITTLE GIRLS.....
Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported that in April 2005, a 9-year-old Pakistani girl was raped, beaten with a cricket bat, hanged upside down from the ceiling, had spoonfuls of chillies poured into her mouth, and repeatedly bashed while handcuffed. Her Muslim neighbours told her they were taking revenge for the American bombing of Iraqi children and informed her they were doing it because she was an %u201Cinfidel and a Christian.%u201D
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/12/immigrant-rape-wave-in-sweden.html
http://www.frontpagemag.com/
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20646
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=20552
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=121268
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=121131

[jingoism1]

Think of little Abeer and her family.
Each day the 15 year old girl passes the American checkpoint. The soldiers watch her. They hatch a plan. Next thing she knows, they are in her house. Her parents and siblings are in another room. Shots ring out, and she hears the bodies fall to the floor. Now it is her turn. terrified, she is thrown to the floor and lays there as one soldier, then another, take turns violating her young body. She is a virgin...Muslim girls are not allowed to have boyfriends, they are to save it for their husbands...a most un-Western concept. When the soldiers are finished with her, she stares with wide, terrified eyes as the rifle barks and her skull is shattered by the bullets. Her raped, shot, violated body is then set on fire in an attempt to conceal the crime.

I'm sorry for Anzack, and even more sorry for his buddies if they are still alive.

[dblbar]

irishbitch11

My nephew is a Marine who has been there 3 times so far......we understand.....

God bless you and be with your son..

[lars008-2009]

the war is legal

the resumption of hostilities was only a matter of time since iraq broke the ceasefire agreement.....

blame saddam for iraq%u2026%u2026. Even clintoon and the dems wanted the resumption of hostilities back in 1998

Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/iraq/libact103198.pdf
http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/ILA.htm
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec98/cr100598.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Liberation_Act

"As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am keenly aware that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is an issue of grave importance to all nations. Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/priraq1.htm

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." - President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/04/us.un.iraq/

WASHINGTON (Feb. 18) -- In preparing the nation for a possible war with Iraq,
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/18/iraq.political.analysis/

[jingoism1]

To msldcs: Your comment
"I talked to a soldier who had been over there and he said they would smile and greet our soldiers, take treats and water from them and 5 minutes later set them up for an ambush. What kind of people is that to defend? Let them fight their own civil war and bring our soldiers home!
"
sounds eerily like what we encountered in Vietnam. The Vietnamese barber who grinned and cut your hair was laying booby traps for you at night, and calling you by name as he did it.

The people who you refer to as "insurgents" are fighting to keep an imperial power from illegally occupying their country and stealing their resources. Check out the oil law that the Bush administration is trying to get the Iraqi Parliament to pass, which would give control of Iraq's oil to foreign corporations for decades.

We left Vietnam after 55,000 American dead and over a million Vietnamese, and what happened?? Chaos??? No, on the contrary we are trading with them now. Iraq will rapidly stabilize once the invaders leave.

[retiredinmex]

figuy30: Who are the "Iraqi insurgents?"

[jingoism1]

figuy30 says:
"swift retaliation will bring iraqui insurgents to their knees"

...maybe what you are seeing is swift retaliation for all of the blown up, murdered, Abu Ghraib'd, Guantanamo'd, raped at 15 years old and burned, and family killed in front of your eyes, shock and awed, illegally invaded and occupied Iraqis.

...or maybe you believe, in your hubris, that only Americans have a right to kill people after invading their countries in a bold-faced attempt to steal their oil.

[lars008-2009]

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[randalds]

RIP bro.

How long will the present conditions in Iraq continue without the people's intervention in the Bush Doctrine of STAY THE COURSE. Facts of the reasons for invasion of Iraq preclude President Bush's theory today on TV that "we are in Iraq at their invitation" - how numbskull can our leaders get in letting this misinformation get into the limelight of what he is attempting to promote. A review of investigations to come from the Majority Leader's schedule shows that the INVESTIGATION OF IRAQ is at the bottom of the pile. Bush%u2019s double talk which prevents benchmarks or timetable is circumvented by the REAL TIMETABLE : WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER UNTIL GENERAL PATRAEUS reports conditions. Again, Bush Doctrine - I RIGHT- YOU WRONG.

Scare tactics have to be put to rest. The %u201Cthey will come after us if we leave Iraq%u201D is complete nonsense and only shows the childish nature of his Chaos abounds at a very high peak now - the Iraqi people believe this would diminish - possiblly be eliminated - if U.S. would stop being occupiers. Attempting to install a democracy in a country that cannot condone the type of democracy Bush envisions, brings more chaos and distrust. Bush and crew were not invited to invade Iraq - experts relate to their attempts to dissuade the idea but there was a deep desire to invade - so Bush ignored the RESOLUTION LANGUAGE and went head on into the worst mistake in history.

It is time for Congress to stop being whinnies and CHANGE THE COURSE.

[missmyhubby]

irishbitch11 --

My thoughts and prayers are with your family as well! We have to stick together....

[seaslew]

to irishbitch11
Thank you for your son and all the efforts of our troops, its a shame they have to be there, God Bless God Speed to them all.

[retiredinmex]

I'd like to see a poll of the parents of dead, injured or missing US military....do they support this illegal and immoral war in Iraq?

[figuy30]

swift retaliation will bring iraqui insurgents to their knees. no leader in history would put up with what we're going through in iraq. even good ol' abraham lincoln had innocent citizens picked at random and shot for terrorism during our own civil war(which ended the terrorist activity). this present day mr. nice guy stuff is not working. this is starting to look like a scheme. our treasury is being drained before our eyes. "by the people and for the people"(american), along with the word "impeachment" seem to be words we need to remember.