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2005-07-31 Iraq-Jordan

Religious Leaders Say US Troops Mistreat Children

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2005-07-31 08:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 molesting Iraqi children and using them as human shields.

Methinks a wee bit 'o projection is going on here. Similar to how we reflexively assume that our opponets are sane and rational, even when they are demonstrably not.

Posted by N guard 2005-07-31 08:35|| 2005-07-31 08:35|| Front Page Top

#2 We saw the same crap in the Philippines. Every time the troops would go to an area some girl would cry that she was taken to the hotel by Marines and raped. After all the spin was over and many hours of investigation it would finally be revealed she was paid by the NPA to make the false claims. But by then the damage in public perception was done. I am sure there is a team of US officers investigating this and wasting their time.

Posted by 49 pan">49 pan 2005-07-31 09:07|| 2005-07-31 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Not just projections, Nguard.

The interactions between our troops in Iraq and the local populace - especially the kids - strikes at the heart of the jihadi and Ba'athist objectives. It connects ordinary Iraqis to US soldiers and Marines. Our troops hand out toys and food and school supplies. The kids see how it is possible to be a soldier and act humanely and as an ordinary person with compassion.

The jihadis and Ba'athists have to put a stop to that if they are to achieve their aims. And so they are putting out lies, painting the US with the actions of their own forces and attempting to convince parents to keep their kids away from our troops.

Posted by too true 2005-07-31 09:50|| 2005-07-31 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Is this the first time Jihad Unspun has reported such a claim? If so, this could be a sign that Al Qaeda is getting a tad desperate... a good thing, yes? Mike Sylwester, you've been willing to wade through their muck, what do you think, beyond the dubiousness of the claim?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-31 10:20|| 2005-07-31 10:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Posted by Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-07-31 10:28|| http://www.defence.gov.au/talisman_sabre/default.htm]">[http://www.defence.gov.au/talisman_sabre/default.htm] 2005-07-31 10:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Sink Trap

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-07-31 10:33|| 2005-07-31 10:33|| Front Page Top

#7 And with this post, Mikey completely blows past the theory I had.

Anyone have any ideas? The obvious ones are rather insulting, so I'm looking for the more subtle ones.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-31 11:46|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-31 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Agreed - Sink Trap.

Posted by Raj 2005-07-31 11:48|| 2005-07-31 11:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Methinks the real problem is that the "Lions of Islamâ¢" are taking heat for blowing up children eating Hershey bars. Human shields indeed. The LoIâ¢ should be boiled in lard.

Posted by RWV 2005-07-31 12:53|| 2005-07-31 12:53|| Front Page Top

#10 The kids want dollars and gum. The soldiers enjoy interaction with anyone not hocking a loogie in their direction. The human shield claim is laughable as I think any reasonable person can see that the Islamists seem to feel they get an extra virgin or two for booming some Shiite kids along with a GI. It's best if the kids stay away though.
As for the pedophelia charge, any soldier who did that would be highly likely to be executed on the spot by his squad. Pedophelia is usually perpetrated by lone wolf types. GI's operate in squads and certainly aren't being granted weekend passes in Bahgdad.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-07-31 14:23|| 2005-07-31 14:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Parents should be worried about the Imams, they are the ones sodomizing kids.

Sink trap.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-07-31 15:40|| 2005-07-31 15:40|| Front Page Top

#12 Lord Mike-Mike should never be sink trapped. He is under fierce pressure from the nuance bunnies.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-31 16:25|| 2005-07-31 16:25|| Front Page Top

#13 #9... Is "Lions of Islamâ¢" related to that other group that Zarqawi belongs to? "Kittens of the the Moon-godâ¢"??? I was jus wonderin..

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