Something Is Fishy Here
Al Qaeda Claims 'Barbaric' GI Killings
(I had to change that link because the original story has disappeared.)
On the 19th the Mujahedeen Shura Council mentioned the two US soldiers kidnapped near Youssifiyah--but contrary to reports in the US press has not said anything about killing them:
"Day by day people are surer of the weakness and the jumble of the American intelligence in Iraq. The last incident is a clear proof on that weakness where Mujahideen Shura Council of Iraq succeeded in kidnapping two American soldiers in a place near to al-Yosofiah area. The American army with its various armored vehicles attacked the areas near to the incident place searching for their two men but the 'strongest army in the world' returned empty-handed and humiliated, all praise and gratitude be to Allah. "
Mujahedeen Shura Council of Iraq-Press Releases 20-06-2006
On June 20 they claimed to have killed/destroyed two Iranians and their translator, a four-wheel drive GMC, a spy for the Americans in Baquba, three (maybe five) members of the Badr militia, a national guard armored vehicle, a Humvee in al-Mekdadeya, and one national guardsman in Baquba. Not a word about the two Americans.
It seems to me that it would be a great advantage to Bush etc. to pretend these two soldiers have been killed (and better yet, "brutally slaughtered and tortured") if they are still alive. First, it relieves them of pressure to negotiate for their release. Second, it further demonizes the resistance. And what use are black ops anyway, if they can't accomplish a simple deception like this?
Most people seem to accept the proposition that the Mujahideen Shura Council has a mysterious other website. If you have a link to it, please send it to me. Until that happens, I will continue to assume that it doesn't really exist.
(I had to change that link because the original story has disappeared.)
On the 19th the Mujahedeen Shura Council mentioned the two US soldiers kidnapped near Youssifiyah--but contrary to reports in the US press has not said anything about killing them:
"Day by day people are surer of the weakness and the jumble of the American intelligence in Iraq. The last incident is a clear proof on that weakness where Mujahideen Shura Council of Iraq succeeded in kidnapping two American soldiers in a place near to al-Yosofiah area. The American army with its various armored vehicles attacked the areas near to the incident place searching for their two men but the 'strongest army in the world' returned empty-handed and humiliated, all praise and gratitude be to Allah. "
Mujahedeen Shura Council of Iraq-Press Releases 20-06-2006
On June 20 they claimed to have killed/destroyed two Iranians and their translator, a four-wheel drive GMC, a spy for the Americans in Baquba, three (maybe five) members of the Badr militia, a national guard armored vehicle, a Humvee in al-Mekdadeya, and one national guardsman in Baquba. Not a word about the two Americans.
It seems to me that it would be a great advantage to Bush etc. to pretend these two soldiers have been killed (and better yet, "brutally slaughtered and tortured") if they are still alive. First, it relieves them of pressure to negotiate for their release. Second, it further demonizes the resistance. And what use are black ops anyway, if they can't accomplish a simple deception like this?
Most people seem to accept the proposition that the Mujahideen Shura Council has a mysterious other website. If you have a link to it, please send it to me. Until that happens, I will continue to assume that it doesn't really exist.
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