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2004-04-11 Iraq-Jordan

Iraq Insurgents Threaten to Kill American

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Posted by Steve White 2004-04-11 12:26:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This sucks, but sometimes you're in the wrong place at the wrong time... other times you ask for it - and don't get it, so you get a pass. We don't know how he was caught, nor can we alter the plan to wipe out the asshats in the SunTri to maybe save one guy. I've been in a variation of his shoes - and there's just not much to say. You check your vehicle carefully, vary your route, change where you shop and where you eat, keep your eyes peeled for the unusual, carry a weapon (should've been an M-16 & .45 Cal ACP for him, it was a simple hickory axe handle for me - from Saco Hardware) in your car, not travel alone if you can help it - basically just keep your head out of your ass - that's about all you can do. KBR should be doing one hell of a security reassessment right about now.

If our guys think they know where he is and can reasonably take a shot at getting him out, rock on. If not, then that is how it goes - the odds always level out eventually. But the entire Iraq situation does not hinge upon one man - or 100 men.

Posted by .com 2004-04-11 2:01:52 AM|| 2004-04-11 2:01:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 He is not allowed to have a weapon. His security is the military, KBR is a direct contractor to the military, and they provide convoy escort. You do remeber the convoy that was hit the other day?

Posted by kbr 2004-04-11 4:43:30 AM|| 2004-04-11 4:43:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Soldiers lost in firefights are one thing. Killing captives and especially mutilating them should result in one less Shiite mosque. Break the rules, lose a mosque. When we run out of Shiite mosques, maybe then it will be necessary to rethink our drink. I think these maggots would reassess their game plan in a hurry when they got down to the last few most precious sites they have. Of course, we should save Karbala's Tomb of El-Hussein for last. Pack it with phosphorous and powdered metals, just for the visual effects.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-11 5:04:44 AM|| 2004-04-11 5:04:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 This is probably not the Shia, but al-Zarqawi's group. He gave orders to kidnap Americans some time ago and a recent al-Qaeda tape reiterated the strategy.

Posted by rkb 2004-04-11 7:03:02 AM|| 2004-04-11 7:03:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The MEDIA getting all hyperbollic and teary-eyed and upset and outraged about four bodies being burned and otherwise shit on gave the Jihadi wannabe fuckwads IDEAS. Now, they KNOW they are going to make the NEWS by fiddle fucking around with HOSTAGES and CORPSES. The best attitude to have is NOT TO GIVE A SHIT one way or the other what the Islamo-fuckers do to big boys and big girls who KNEW what they were getting into a shit stew when they went to IRAQ, or joined the US MILITARY. Try the old STIFF UPPER LIP, comrade Americans. AND we need to stop allowing the MEDIA to portray AMERICANS as a gaggle of gawddamned PUSSIES.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-04-11 3:45:09 PM|| 2004-04-11 3:45:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 kbr - Yes, I heard that he was part of a fuel truck convoy this AM on Fox. You're saying they had a US military escort? Not very effective, was it? I haven't heard a peep about this aspect - if you have details, please post what you feel comfortable posting - a no-names version, I guess.

If I was in Iraq as a contractor, I would not take assignments in injun country unarmed, period. In fact, given the Sadr shit, everywhere but Kurdistan qualifies at the moment. One week after the Blackwater guys and within spitting distance of where it happened? Not a chance. Whomever is supervising KBR people in this zone had better wire his/her shit a bit tighter and fight for better protection for his/her people - or he/she will find himself/herself all alone. Q.E.D.

Posted by .com 2004-04-11 3:59:17 PM|| 2004-04-11 3:59:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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