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U.S. troops captured at Nasiriya executed
CNN's reporting that some Americans were captured at Nasiriya, and were executed. They said video of the dead was shown on Nasiriya TV. No details yet.FOLLOWUP: Iraqi television showed film on Sunday of at least four bodies, said to be U.S. soldiers, and five prisoners who said they were American. Two of the prisoners, including a woman, appeared to be wounded. One was lying on the floor on a rug. They were the first U.S. prisoners known to have been taken by Iraq. The prisoners were questioned on air and gave their names, military identification numbers and home towns. The bodies and prisoners were shown on Iraqi television, relayed by Al-Jazeera. From Drudge... ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL, THERE ARE 11 SOLDIERS MISSING AND THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY THE IRAQIS. THESE WERE MAINTENANCE SOLDIERS, ABC NEWS REPORTED. THEY WERE OUT IN FRONT ON THEIR WAY TO REPAIR SOMETHING AND ACCORDING TO THE SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL, THEY TOOK A WRONG TURN. AGAIN, THEY BELIEVE THESE SOLDIERS WERE CAPTURED BY THE IRAQIS, 11 SOLDIERS. More followup: On CBS's "Face the Nation," Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said that if those are indeed coalition soldiers being shown on the Al-Jazeera TV footage, "those pictures are a violation of the Geneva Convention." Pardon me, sir, but screw the Geneva Convention at this point. Take Nasiriya and kill everyone associated with this act. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-23 |
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