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| Marines Halt Fallujah Aid After Interpreter Taken |
| 2004-06-06 |
| U.S. Marines suspended assistance and reconstruction projects in a suburb of the restive city of Fallujah on Sunday, after an interpreter working for the Marines was abducted. Three masked men seized the interpreter, Hassan Abdul-Hadi, when he went to a restaurant to buy tea for his comrades, Iraqi officer Ziad Abed said. A Marine quick response team cordoned the restaurant in Karma, about 40 miles west of the capital Baghdad, said Lt. Col. Brennan Byrne of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. A house-to-house search failed to find the translator. Byrne demanded Abdul-Hadi’s safe return in a meeting of local officials Sunday. "Hassan is a father of small children, he is not a member of the military but a civilian who is helping bridge the communication gap here," Byrne told the elders. All assistance and rebuilding projects will be "suspended indefinitely until Hassan is found," Byrne said. He urged the elders to "use their influence" to get the interpreter back. "Those who kidnapped Hassan represent the worst of this society," Byrne told the elders. "I need you to find him." |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #6 Your point would be well taken smn but for one thing, the ones who will get pissed off are not the "Brass" but rather the several battalions of Marines surrounding Fallujah. Marines do not take kindly to perverts kidnapping people attached to their units. An unsatisfactory resolution to this could lead to foreshortened lifespans for a number of thugs residing in Fallujah. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-06 8:55:50 PM |
| #5 Great Ideas guys; you all are hitting all three cherries today, however if we did nothing for the top officials for TGC when they were assassinated, the Brass won't get pissed off over 'just a local'! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-06-06 5:23:06 PM |
| #4 Helter skelter eyes, good one, #3! I'd like to embellish your ideas, if I may, by suggesting that Bremer's necklace be comprised of human ears interspersed with sow's ears and he should be carrying in one hand a dog leash with tufts of black stringy human hair stuck to it... |
| Posted by: rex 2004-06-06 1:36:47 PM |
| #3 you know this whole thing strikes me as a big psyops game. How about we get Bremer to show up with a necklace of human ears, go up to the elders and repeat the request for his return with a big helter skelter look in his eyes. |
| Posted by: flash91 2004-06-06 1:22:15 PM |
| #2 Sounds like something Al-Q would to to maintain tension in the area and interfere with the transistion. We need to work with the local fallujah forces to find him (isn't that what they are for?). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-06-06 12:40:18 PM |
| #1 "or we'll resume killing you" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-06 12:36:47 PM |