Iraqis Drag 4 Bodies Through Streets

[usmc4669]

FALLUJAH, Iraq - In a scene reminiscent of Somalia, frenzied crowds dragged the burned, mutilated bodies of four American contractors through the streets of a town west of Baghdad on Wednesday and strung two of them up from a bridge after rebels ambushed their SUVs.

Five U.S. soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division also were killed when a bomb exploded under their M-113 armored personnel carrier north of Fallujah, making it the bloodiest day for Americans in Iraq since Jan. 8.

The four contract workers were killed in Fallujah, a Sunni Triangle city about 35 miles west of Baghdad and scene of some of the worst violence on both sides of the conflict since the beginning of the American occupation a year ago.

Chanting "Fallujah is the graveyard of Americans," residents cheered after the grisly assault on two four-wheel-drive civilian vehicles left both SUVs in flames.

Residents in Fallujah said insurgents attacked the contractors with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. After the attack, a jubilant crowd of civilians, none of whom appeared to be armed, gathered to celebrate, dragging the bodies through the street and hanging two of them from the bridge. Many of those in the crowd were excited young boys who shouted slogans in front of television cameras.

Associated Press Television News pictures showed one man beating a charred corpse with a metal pole. Others tied a yellow rope to a body, hooked it to a car and dragged it down the main street of town. Two blackened and mangled corpses were hung from the green, iron bridge spanning the Euphrates River.

"The people of Fallujah hung some of the bodies on the old bridge like slaughtered sheep," resident Abdul Aziz Mohammed said. Some corpses were dismembered, he said.

The White House blamed terrorists and remnants of Saddam Hussein's former regime for the "horrific attacks" on the American contractors.

"It is offensive, it is despicable the way these individuals have been treated," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.

Referring to the planned June 30 transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis, McClellan said "the best way to honor those that lost their lives" is to continue with efforts to bring democracy to Iraq.

State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said the contractors, all men, "were trying to make a difference and to help others."

U.S. officials did not identify the dead or the nature of their work because the next of kin had not yet been notified.

However, early evidence indicated they worked for Blackwater Security Consulting, a company based in Moyock, N.C., the company said in a statement. The security firm hires former military members from the United States and other countries to provide security training and guard services. In Iraq, the company was hired by the Pentagon to provide security for convoys that delivered food in the Fallujah area, the company statement said.

I think that it is time to start getting down to business in Iraq, we need to level Fallujah, if we kill everyone in that city so be it. From watching the news about what happen there looks like no one would help us, then I say they are all the enemy and should be treated the same. Looking at the picture that you enclosed, this young boy will one day kill American service personnel (if he hasn't already) given the chance, put a bullet between his eyes before he does that to one of our troops, burn his body if front of the leaders in Fallujah so that all can see. I say burn the damn city to the ground and tell them that we will not pay to rebuild their city.Take all American out and let them starve, do not fix their water supply, electrical system, surround the city and if anyone tried to leave shoot the bastard, unless they bring out the ones that are responsible for what happen there.
Gunny

[locobrujo]

Surround the city, give 48 hours for friendlies to leave, search every friendly as they leave, everyone left in the city after that is a target. Spend the next few months searching the entire city and nuetralizing the unfriendlies (as stated before, anyone who didn't leave when they had the chance is considered an unfriendly), then allow the friendly population back into the city and search them (and register them) as they enter.
Or we can just pull out our people from the city limits and then level the city.
Either way...

[thedrifter]

More on the subject that has been talked about in another thread

http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/sh...threadid=13614


Ellie

[namgrunt]

I would like to see each and every man, woman, and child, who were videotaped dancing at the death of Americans, taken into custody. For that matter, take everyone in Fallujah into custody, and tow them out to sea aboard a garbage scow. Leave them adrift in shark infested waters, and form a ring of warships around the scow at four miles radius.

Back ashore, level each and every structure in Fallujah, and turn it into the biggest non-weapons grade radiation hazard in the Middle East. When people see the glow in the middle of the darkest night, they will remember what happens to our enemies, and give all Americans a wide berth. It will serve as an example to the radical Islamic "fighters" what will happen to their hometowns and families if they mess with us.

It sounds harsh, but it leaves them alive, and able to comtemplate their own stupidity. Those folks who can swim, if they make it to the nearest warship, will be given one last chance to live in peace. After that, no mercy.

There has to be an impression made of the consequences of attacking Americans anywhere on the planet. We will be victorious, or we will live in fear of our own shadow. I vote for victory.

[25snakeman02]

Marines and Members, Remember there was video shot and pictures. If We are lucky, those are being viewed this very moment. I hope those babbling idiots are enjoying thier last moments of Life because the Marines are coming and they are coming for them. The part I like about the Iraqis, they have the responsibility of getting information out of them. What no ACLU over there, too bad for those rotten B__tards. Those 72 rotten Ho's are waiting for them in Hell! One more thought on this, somebody got lax. This is not Disney World, folks want you dead in the worst way over there. It is shame these Americans died, as in all accidents I sincerely hope the living will be better prepared.

Semper Fi

Snake out

[david43844]

I'm a man of few words "kill em all let Alah sort em out"

[charlie222]

Everytime there is crowds of these killers enjoying the work of "Allah", we should lock on to that location and send in ten or twenty 2,000 pounds of ordnances and set back and watch the power of revenge. charlie222 over & out.

[mrbsox]

I generally tend to lean towards a FIRM peace. PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER comes to mind.

I lean towards offering the Olive branch, and use the tree limb if they get hostile.

But if they want to start that 'Holy War Allah' chant crap, they need to remember that OUR HOLY WAR will be Old Testiment Proportions.

When God instructed 'his people' to go to war, it included TOTAL annihilation. TOTAL, as in kill the sheep and dogs and rats and... TOTAL. No stone shall stand upon another.

Be carefull what you wish for...
the MARINES are back.

Terry

[ivalis]

why doesn't anybody identify the "civilians" as mercenaries???

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by ivalis
why doesn't anybody identify the "civilians" as mercenaries???

It wasn't because they were "civilians” or "mercenaries" that they were killed, mutilated and dragged through the streets.

No it was because they were;



"AMERICANS"

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