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Schadow
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:23 pm    Post subject: Pray for our latest MIAs Reply with quote

It's Sunday. It's Father's Day. Somewhere, two families will have been notified that their son or daughter or spouse is missing in action, taken by terrorists. I expect Al Jazeera is already preparing the video. This could be a rough one.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sad news this morning. Reports are that two bodies of missing soldiers found. Signs of torture. AND Murtha still screams GET OUT! His crowd doesn't have a clue.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In a demonstration of his new position, al-Zarqawi's successor, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, needed to prove that he can be as nasty and cruel as al-Zarqawi was.
Sadly, the two bodies recovered show signs of having been tortured and were apparently beheaded.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/20/D8IC0FBO0.html
al-Muhajer needs killing !!!
I hope that there is a fresh $25 million reward for this bast@rd's demise.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

An uncle of Pfc Menchaca, one of the two killed, appears to be a rising star in the image of Sheehan. (Emphasis mine.)

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"The news is going to be heartbreaking for my family," Menchaca's uncle, Ken MacKenzie, told NBC's "Today" show.

He said the United States should have paid a ransom for the two soldiers from money seized from Saddam Hussein.

"I think the U.S. was too slow to react to this," MacKenzie said. "Because the U.S. did not have a plan in place, my nephew has paid with his life."

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All the right talking points. Kerry and Murtha will toast this soon.

But for now, the words of a hymn sung by the Cadet Glee Club of the USMA, West Point, at Ronald Reagan's funeral services seem more appropriate:

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To fallen soldiers let us sing,
Where no rockets fly and no bullets wing.
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the mansions of the Lord.

No more bleeding, no more fight,
No prayers pleading through the night.
Just divine embrace, eternal light
In the mansions of the Lord.

Where no mothers cry and no children weep,
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep.
And through the ages safely keep
The mansions of the Lord.


Rest in peace, brothers.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am utterly broken-hearted at this news. Their poor families - it's so much more difficult when someone you love has had a violent, criminal death - they must be in agony. I'm so sorry.

I pray that their suffering was short and their entrance into the presence of God swift.

Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May the love of God and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ bless us and console us and gently wipe every tear from our eyes: in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.




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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The evil of the enemy not withstanding....some nuances.

Under the SOP of the animals, the captivity of the soldiers would have been drug out for weeks for the propoganda effect. They must be on the run because they dispatched the two fairly quickly. It will be interesting to see if there is any video. If not I'm going to believe they died in a way that will not benefit the animals to publicize....no cowering, no pleading, no submission but with honor and defiance.

God Bless our Heros and curse the fools who excuse this animal behavior or try to justify it as being a reaction to our actions.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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To fallen soldiers let us sing,
Where no rockets fly and no bullets wing.
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the mansions of the Lord.

No more bleeding, no more fight,
No prayers pleading through the night.
Just divine embrace, eternal light
In the mansions of the Lord.

Where no mothers cry and no children weep,
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep.
And through the ages safely keep
The mansions of the Lord.


That's beautiful.
Vengence belongs to the Lord but the responsibility to keep evil at bay as long as we're here belongs to us. I sure hope they find the scum who perpertrated this. And THIS is what's called an atrocity.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Media Falls for Apparent Al-Qaida Hoax Message
By Evan Kohlmann

Check out the Counterterroismblog for the most up-to-date information from open source reporting concerning all aspects of terror. It's worth a read every day! This short article has to do with the killings of the two troops that were kidnapped.

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/06/media_falls_for_apparent_alqai.php
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a great link thanks.

I pray for the families of these two brave soldiers. I hope they gave the ******** hell to the end.
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