Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Here is the article on the Iraqi soldiers killing our soldiers
Probe Finds Iraqi Troops Killed 2 American Soldiers
SAN FRANCISCO. June 20, 2006 - Two California soldiers shot to death in Iraq were murdered by Iraqi civil-defense officers patrolling with them, military investigators have found.
The deaths of Army Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr. and 1st Lt. Andre D. Tyson were originally attributed to an ambush during a patrol near Balad, Iraq, on June 22, 2004.
But the Army's Criminal Investigation Division found that one or more of the Iraqis attached to the American soldiers on patrol fired at them, a military official said Tuesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the military did not plan to release the report until Wednesday.
The families of McCaffrey and Tyson were to be briefed on the report's conclusions Tuesday and Wednesday by Brig. Gen. Oscar Hilman, the soldiers' commander at the time, and three other officers.
"When they come I have my list of questions ready, and I want these answers and I don't want lies," McCaffrey's mother, Nadia McCaffrey, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
Soldiers who witnessed the attack have told her that two Iraqi patrolmen opened fire on her son's unit. The witnesses also said a third gunman simultaneously drove up to the American unit in a van, climbed onto the vehicle and fired at the Americans, she said.
"Nothing is clear. Nothing is clear," she said. Her son was shot eight times by bullets of various calibers, some of which penetrated his body armor, she said. She believes he bled to death.
Nadia McCaffrey has become a vocal critic of the war in Iraq, and said her son had reservations about it, too, though he served well and was promoted posthumously to sergeant.
"I really want this story to come out; I want people to know what happened to my son," she said. "There is no doubt to me that this (ambushes by attached Iraqi units) is still happening to soldiers today, but our chain of command is awfully reckless; they don't seem to give a damn about what's happening to soldiers."
Patrick McCaffrey joined the National Guard the day after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, his mother said.
Tyson's family could not be located, and a message left with his former unit was not immediately returned.
McCaffrey, 34, and Tyson, 33, were members of the California National Guard. Both were assigned to the Army National Guard's 579th Engineer Battalion, based in Petaluma.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., pressed the Pentagon for answers about the case when Nadia McCaffrey was unsatisfied by explanations from the military.
"Mrs. McCaffrey is set to receive a briefing from Pentagon officials (Wednesday) afternoon in California, during which we hope they will provide her with a full report of the facts surrounding Sgt. McCaffrey's death," said Natalie Ravitz, a Boxer spokeswoman.
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The angle this is going to be played at is that their deaths are OUR fault, NOT THE ENEMIES' or that the guys deserved to be tortured, because we all know that ONLY Americans are morally responsible for our actions, not terrorists or 3rd worlders - nope, they're helpless marionettes forced, FORCED to be savages by our sinister foreign policy.
Not a peep of outrage from all the "human rights" organizations over these soldiers' brutal deaths. No - the outrage will be centered on the Army for "not protecting them" or for "covering up details" (as though the Army has a crystal ball to "replay" exactly what happens 24/7).
End result will be more anger and hatred towards America in general, the Army specifically and little or no anger at the "insurgents" and other thugs who routinely violate both the laws of honorable warfare (sneak attacks, hiding behind women and children, intentionally killing unarmed civilians or disarmed prisoners...)
Not a peep of outrage from all the "human rights" organizations over these soldiers' brutal deaths. No - the outrage will be centered on the Army for "not protecting them" or for "covering up details" (as though the Army has a crystal ball to "replay" exactly what happens 24/7).
End result will be more anger and hatred towards America in general, the Army specifically and little or no anger at the "insurgents" and other thugs who routinely violate both the laws of honorable warfare (sneak attacks, hiding behind women and children, intentionally killing unarmed civilians or disarmed prisoners...)
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: 6/21/2006 12:28:00 PM
: 6/21/2006 12:28:00 PM
WE'RE OCCUPYING IRAQ AND ARE THE OCCUPYING FORCE. WE ARE HATED. OPEN UP YOUR EYES. EVEN THE IRAQI POLICE HATES US.
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