January 26, 2007

Blonde, English Speaking Terrorists Capture, Murder U.S. Soldiers

New details are arising from a case where terrorists in Iraq dressed in U.S. uniforms and driving an SUV common for U.S. officials attacked Karbala. It looks like the poor soldiers were first captured, and then murdured. The next time someone on the left complains about Geneva Convention violations, do us all a favor and kick them square in the nuts.

I'm not sure which part of the story is worse: the AP angle which seems to gloat over the fact that they caught the military "lying" (I'm sure the military's motives had nothing to do with trying to protect the families of the slain) or the fact that those responsible could be either Sunni or Shia, and that they might have been English speakers. A blond English speaker leading them, by some reports.

UPDATE: Could this have been an Iranian operation? Not a lot of blondes in Iran, but they are there. Remember, that "Iran" means "land of the Aryans".

Allah is thinking this is the work of a Shia group. Me? No idea. I want to guess al Qaeda, based on their past attacks in Karbala and on the sophistication of this attack, but if it was al Qaeda I would expect they'd claim it.

AP

Four American soldiers were abducted during a sophisticated sneak attack last week in the Shiite holy city of Karbala and their bodies were found up to 25 miles away, according to new information obtained by The Associated Press.

The brazen assault, 50 miles south of Baghdad on Jan. 20, was conducted by nine to 12 militants posing as an American security team. They traveled in black GMC Suburban vehicles _ the type used by U.S. government convoys _ had American weapons, wore new U.S. military combat fatigues, and spoke English.

In a written statement, the U.S. command reported at the time that five soldiers were killed while "repelling the attack." Now, two senior U.S. military officials as well as Iraqi officials say four of the five were captured and taken from the governor's compound alive. Three of them were found dead and one mortally wounded later that evening in locations as far as 25 miles east of the governor's office....

Iraqi officials said the approaching convoy of black GMC Suburbans was waved through an Iraqi checkpoint at the edge of Karbala. The Iraqi soldiers believed it to be American because of the type of vehicles, the distinctive camouflage American uniforms and the fact that they spoke English. One Iraqi official said the leader of the assault team was blond, but no other official confirmed that.

I may have some information that could be tangentially relevant here, but I've been asked to withhold it until next week. Stay tuned.