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| Report: Iraqi Militants Kill U.S. Soldier |
| 2004-06-28 |
| Something for the Supreme Court to read in the Post tomorrow with their morning coffee... Iraqi militants killed an American soldier they have held hostage for nearly three months, saying the killing was because the U.S. government did not change its policy in Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported Tuesday. News of the killing of Spc. Keith M. Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, came hours after the United States returned sovereignty in Iraq to an interim government. The report did not say when Maupin was killed. Maupin was captured during an ambush on a convoy west of Baghdad on April 9. The Arab satellite station aired video showing a blindfolded man sitting on the ground. Al-Jazeera said that in the next scene, gunmen shoot the man in the back of the head, in front of a hole dug in the ground. It did not show the killing. Maj. Willie Harris, public affairs spokesman for the Army’s 88th Regional Readiness Command, said the videotape is being analyzed by the Department of Defense. "There is no confirmation at this time, that the tape contains footage of Matt Maupin or any other Army soldier," he said, adding that the Maupin family was briefed "as to the existence of a videotape." Al-Jazeera said a statement was issued with the video in the name of a group calling itself "The Sharp Sword against the Enemies of God and His Prophet." In the statement, the militants said they killed the soldier because the United States did not change its policies in Iraq and to avenge "martyrs" in iraq, Saudi Arabia and Algeria. Time to start creating more martyrs over there. Lots of them. Maupin was among nine Americans, seven of them contractors, who disappeared after the April 9 attack. The bodies of four civilian employees of Kellogg Brown & Root — a subsidiary of Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company Halliburton — were later found in a shallow grave near the site of the attack. The body of Sgt. Elmer Krause, of Greensboro, N.C. was later found. Thanks for mentioning that, as usual. One civilian driver, Thomas Hamill of Macon, Miss, was kidnapped but escaped from his captors nearly a month later. The others are missing. Maupin was promoted in absentia on May 1 from private first class to the rank of specialist, said Maj. Mark Magalski, a spokesman for the 633rd QM Ballation, based in Cincinnati. Hope they read the pricks their Miranda rights if they catch them. Wouldn’t want to piss off the Supremes. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 I wonder: is there anyone, after this recent display of butchery by terrorists, is still willing to wail over the actions of American personnel in the Abu Grabass affair? (hint: the Abu Grabass "victims" are still alive) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-28 11:57:02 PM |
| #6 Um... no problem? Seriously, though, when I first saw the story, what caught my eye was that the photo of the serviceman looked nothing like the guy kidnapped the other day, so I was wondering if I missed something... turns out this guy went missing back in April. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-28 9:36:37 PM |
| #5 Oops. Shows what I get for not reading carefully enough. Thanks for pointing out my idiocy, Chris. |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-28 9:30:49 PM |
| #4 No, Doc, this is a different guy. They have yet to do anything with the other, more recent hostage (the Muslim Marine). |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-28 9:29:30 PM |
| #3 The Marines are going to be mighty unhappy about this. And when a Marine gets unhappy in a combat situation, methinks, people tend to die. Although if the rumors about this guy being a Muslim are true, the jihadis might have just made an even bigger mistake . . . |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-28 9:26:43 PM |
| #2 ASSociated "Press" strikes again, good catch tu. What the holy hell does Halliburton have to do with (alleged, not yet confirmed) filmed executions of US soldiers? I hate to beat a dead horse, but this kind of cowardly, yellow, seditious, hateful, subversive and viel "journalism" would never have flown during WW2. Yet we keep seeing examples of it every single g-ddam day. Wherever they are, the Founders cry themselves to sleep at night. It sickens me to no end. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-28 9:20:05 PM |
| #1 Al-Jizz must have been saving this tape to play on the day of the transfer. Keep up the morale of the Mujahideen and all. |
| Posted by: TS(vice girl) 2004-06-28 8:30:08 PM |