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2007-05-17 Iraq

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Posted by Sherry 2007-05-17 15:40|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 and more details

Baghdad, Iraq The military said Wednesday that it had detained people believed to be directly linked to a weekend assault in which attackers ambushed two Humvees and killed four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi translator. Three others went missing in the attack and were presumed captured.

The commander of the region where the attack occurred, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, offered details of the ambush Wednesday, portraying the attackers as coordinated, swift and brutally effective.

Lynch said two Humvees were attacked after they had set up position, guarded by rolls of razor wire, near a crater caused by previous bombs. The blast site, on a road about 12 miles west of Mahmoudiya, had become a favorite spot for insurgents to plant new bombs.

There were additional soldiers at a patrol base about 1,500 feet to the north, Lynch said.

Evidence indicated that the attackers used hand grenades and other hand-held explosives, and converged from several directions, he said.

Drag marks leading to tire tracks on the ground showed that the missing men were pulled from the area of the Humvees to vehicles about 45 feet away.

Among the questions the military was looking to answer was whether two Humvees were sufficient to guarantee the troops' protection and whether the patrol had taken necessary precautions.

Lt. Col. Randy A. Martin, a military spokesman, did not disclose the number of detainees suspected of having links to the attack, saying they were among 679 people being held for questioning.

At a news conference on the base Wednesday, Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, a division spokesman, said searchers were operating under the presumption that the missing were alive, and are either under the control of extremists or, possibly, may be attempting to evade. Either way, our premise is that we assume they are alive unless proven otherwise.

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2007-05-17 15:55|| 2007-05-17 15:55|| Front Page Top

#2 pliars and blowtorches - find them any way necessary

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-17 16:19|| 2007-05-17 16:19|| Front Page Top

#3 declined to describe the recovered equipment or quantify the number of detainees who had admitted to involvement in the ambush on Saturday.

Anyone willing to bet that "equipment" doesn't have Iranian trademarks on it?

[crickets]

I'm still hoping they can get our troops back alive and in one piece.

If not, one word: Medieval.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-17 17:28|| 2007-05-17 17:28|| Front Page Top

#4 ... tire tracks on the ground...

Forensics of the tire tracks might lead to the type of vehicle. If the tires had any distinguishing features such as cuts or damage, unique wear patterns, etc. this might lead to a specific vehicle.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-17 18:16|| 2007-05-17 18:16|| Front Page Top

#5 No fooling. Go Medieval on their goat-buggering a$$es. Do what they did in Vietnam: take a chopper and hover it at 1000 feet. Figure out who knows the least and start asking questions, and kicking them out 1 by one. I really don;t care what the arab street or the nytlatcbsabcpeolosimurtha consortium thinks; those 3 are US soldiers and there is no limit to what we should do to find them. period.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-05-17 18:24|| 2007-05-17 18:24|| Front Page Top

#6 The world is watching. The USA must never use torture or actions outside the GC as this will only lead to a deterioration of the standards our enemies use in the detention of our soldiers.

Listen to me. Our boys will be treated in exactly the same way we treat our prisoners.

If we torture they will only tell us what we they thing we want to hear. It about us. Don't you get it.

BTW, I'd like your vote in the upcoming primary. I'll run this war the way it should be run.

Posted by John McCain 2007-05-17 20:39|| 2007-05-17 20:39|| Front Page Top

#7 fuck the bullshit, it's time too il all these muthherfuckers

Posted by sinse 2007-05-17 21:29|| 2007-05-17 21:29|| Front Page Top

#8 This makes my heart sick. If the men were alive they would be on TV by now. The insurgents have had a history of killing and holding the bodies, dumping them after the press dies down. We should blow up one Iranian military post for each man killed. We know Iran trained the terrorists and probably helped execute it.

Posted by 49 Pan 2007-05-17 23:53|| 2007-05-17 23:53|| Front Page Top

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