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| American Special Forces Commando Beheaded: Taleban |
| 2005-07-10 |
| Taleban militants in Afghanistan yesterday claimed to have beheaded a US special forces soldier they had held hostage since last week, but the US military said there was no proof the soldier had been killed. Taleban spokesman Mulla Abdul Latif Hakimi told AFP the soldier was killed yesterday and his body was left on a mountainside in the northeastern province of Kunar. An American Navy SEAL has been missing in Kunar after the rescue attempt of a four-man team ended in the downing of a US military helicopter on June 28, killing 16 people. One soldier was rescued but the other two are dead. "This morning at 11:00 a.m. (0630 GMT) in Shagal district in Kunar province, the Taleban killed the American soldier and cut his head off," Hakimi told AFP. "We left the body on a mountainside in the area ... so the Afghan or US soldiers there can find it," the spokesman said, declining to give any details about the victim. "We cannot give more information, after the US finds the body and announces it that will be the proof of our claim," he said. The report could not be verified from independent sources and Hakimi has previously made inflated or untrue claims about clashes in Afghanistan between the Taleban and coalition forces. A US military spokesman here said there was no proof that the soldier was dead and that the massive search for him was continuing. "Our service member is still missing, and search operations are ongoing. We have no proof that what the Taleban claim has happened," spokesman Lt. Col. Jerry O'Hara said. The US has said more than 300 US soldiers backed by military aircraft were searching the wooded mountains to locate the missing commando. It has disputed previous claims that he was being held by the Taleban. The four Navy SEALs were on a reconnaissance mission when they came under attack by a large force of militants. After calling for support, the Chinook helicopter was shot down in the coalition's biggest single loss of life since toppling the fundamentalist Taleban regime in late 2001. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Saddam did not control people like this. He employed them. There is plenty of evidence at the Salaam Pak (spelling?) terrorist/Republican Guard training camps and in various Ba'athist department files showing the vast numbers of terror groups, hard boyz and outright criminal gangs Saddam Hussein either hired, financed or subcontracted to. There is plenty of evidence in the way of broken bodies and missing people, too. Saddam Hussein did not manage a peaceful society; he and his cadres imposed a reign of terror on every decent and semi-decent person resident within his borders. No, the Taliban and their ilk cannot be negotiated with, and pussy-footing around their peculiarities will not appease them. But hearkening back to Saddam's "control" is much of a piece as remembering wistfully how Hitler made the trains run on time. /end rant |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-10 22:32 |
| #12 When are we going to realize that the ONLY thing these bastards understand is brutal, ruthless force and that the sooner we go full Roman on them, the sooner they will come to heel? |
| Posted by: mac 2005-07-10 20:59 |
| #11 This can't be true -- why that would be against the Geneva Convention (which the Taliban *did* sign). If true watch the MSM and LLL ignore it while ranting and raving that some fattened prisoner at Gitmo might be in a non-air-conditioned room.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-07-10 17:32 |
| #10 Kill all of the Taleban. Kill them all. |
| Posted by: bgrebel9 2005-07-10 13:43 |
| #9 Wow,Grom.We ounce discussed poetry here,now I know what you guys meant. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-07-10 07:19 |
| #8 I like it. Drop the poem with the bodies. |
| Posted by: Sokedai 2005-07-10 06:08 |
| #7 The Grave of the Hundered Head |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-07-10 04:19 |
| #6 For every captured soldier killed by these Islamic pukes, we should take 100 of their prisoners out of prison, kill them and drop their dead corpses on their hideouts. 100/1 odds they'll have to reckon with. Should make them think twice about killing our captives. It's time to fight fire with fire!!! You can't pussy-foot with these ass holes and you cannot negoitiate with them. The only thing they understand is force! That's why Saddam was able to control them, through Fear. |
| Posted by: Sokedai 2005-07-10 03:55 |
| #5 Can someone explain why this Hakimi is still sucking air? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-07-10 02:08 |
| #4 I've seen this report about 30x over the past few days. I will believe it when (if) the body is discovered. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-07-10 02:07 |
| #3 ..and very hard feeling, .50 cal. hard. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-07-10 00:37 |
| #2 Hakimi's a lying coward - time to spread the ill will to his hometown/family |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-10 00:22 |
| #1 I feel sick I know guys are still searching for him, and I pray they find him soon. Meanwhile it's hard to hear this kind of accusation. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-07-10 00:18 |