50 Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death

[Bronco_Beerslug]

The reason this is happening, that Iraqis are killing their own?
I do know how it is happening. We can't police that country with the number of troops their now and it's being reported that insurgents have infiltrated the Iraqi security forces in great numbers.

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By The Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The bodies of about 50 unarmed Iraqi soldiers — many killed execution-style with gunshots to the back of the head — were found on a remote road in eastern Iraq (news - web sites), victims of an ambush as they were heading home on leave after basic training, Iraqi authorities said Sunday.

Also, a State Department security officer was killed during a mortar or rocket attack at a U.S. base near the Baghdad airport.

The nature of the attack on the soldiers suggested an increased boldness and organization by insurgents, who, until now, have mainly used roadside bombs and suicide car bombs in their attacks on the Iraqi military and police.
Interior Ministry spokesman Adnan Abdul-Rahman said the victims were believed to have been killed about sundown Saturday on a road about 95 miles east of Baghdad near the Iranian border.

Police offered varying accounts of the incident, with one source saying all the victims were shot in the back of the head. Some of the victims had their hands crossed behind their heads, said Lt. Ali Jawad Kadhim from the nearby Mandali police station.

Photos from the site showed the outstretched bodies laid out in formation, some charred, others bloodied. Many had their arms at their sides.
There were conflicting reports on the exact number of dead, whether they were members of the Iraqi army or the Iraqi National Guard and whether they were all killed execution-style.

An Associated Press reporter on the scene reported seeing the burned frames of two minibuses. Bloodstains were visible on the ground, along with human remains. Witnesses said the attackers stole some buses. Police said they had found 51 bodies from the attack place.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20041024/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Gee, where are the Smirk supporters assuring us that GeeDubya is doing a great job in his handling of Iraq?

[Spock]

You can't go to war to win over the people when you're worse than the threat posed by the ousted government.

Kirk: Spock as usual you don't see the peoples emotions and their desire have their own government.

I thought people go through more stress when change comes about and are treated like pawns.

Kirk: The United States will give the Iraqi's a government by the people.

A government that the United States chooses. This is another example of the weak human race Captain.

Kirk: I'll show you who's weak Spock when I go "West Side Story" on your ass.

[Crushaholic]

I've got three words to respond to this: WAR IS HELL

[Bronco_Beerslug]

This country is in the midst of a civil war and we're right in the middle.

Militants Slaughter 11 Iraqi Soldiers
By MARIAM FAM, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents slaughtered 11 Iraqi soldiers, beheading one, then shooting the others execution-style, and declared on an Islamic militant Web site Thursday that Iraqi fighters will avenge "the blood" of women and children killed in U.S. strikes on the guerrilla stronghold of Fallujah.
The wave of foreigner kidnappings claimed another victim — a Polish woman in her 60s who is married to an Iraqi. Her captors demanded that Poland withdraw its 2,400 soldiers and that the U.S.-led coalition free all Iraqi women held at Abu Ghraib prison.

The killing of the 11 Iraqi National Guardsmen was claimed by the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, which posted a videotape of their brutal deaths on its Web site Thursday along with a warning for all Iraqi police and soldiers to desert or face death. The militants said earlier the soldiers were abducted this week on the road between Baghdad and Hillah, 60 miles to the south.

After forcing each of the soldiers to state his name and unit, the militants forced one of them to the ground and sawed off his head. The others were forced to kneel with their hands bound as a gunman fired shots into the back of their heads.

A voice on the videotape warned all Iraqi soldiers and police to "repent to God, abandon your weapons, go home and beware of supporting the apostate Crusaders or their followers, the Iraqi government, or else you will only find death."

"We will not forget the blood of our elderly, our women and our children that is shed daily in Fallujah, Samarra, Ramadi and elsewhere," a statement on the Web site said.
The al-Sunnah movement has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks and hostage takings, including the slaying of 12 Nepalese hostages in August.

Elsewhere, two more American soldiers were killed — one in a car bombing in Baghdad and the other in an ambush near Balad, 40 miles north of the capital. At least 1,109 U.S. service members have died since President Bush (news - web sites) launched the Iraq (news - web sites) war in March 2003.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041028/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=1480

[Hotrod]

Its only going to get worse leading up to tuesday. They know if Bush is reelected they will eventually get put to death. They need kerry to win and run.

[watermock]

Animals.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Its only going to get worse leading up to tuesday. They know if Bush is reelected they will eventually get put to death. They need kerry to win and run.
It doesn't matter who wins Tues. As long as we have a presence there these religious fanatic pieces of crap will continue this.

[watermock]

I get so damn pissed my jaw quivers and hands shake. They are killing their own policemen. False checkpoint right out of the Godfather when they got Sonny.

[Hotrod]

It doesn't matter who wins Tues. As long as we have a presence there these religious fanatic pieces of crap will continue this.

Thats true except I think they want Bush to lose because the feel that kerry will eventually cut/run.

[bendog]

so, BushII will stay if a majority want a shia theocracy and the sunnis and the kurds try to split off?

btw, ****e. And lancet's a pretty mainstream pub.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&e=3&u=/afp/20041028/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_toll_civilians_041028173149