Iraqis Apprehend US Soldiers Dressed as Arabs Trying to Detonate a car Bomb

Originally posted by Bikereddie

I had to laugh at the professional manner in how they described the Iraqi Police:lol

One of the reasons i didnt reply to thsi thread when i saw it.. it didnt seme worth the time...

Originally posted by Heartagram
Eventhough as much as I hate to say it, the report about the U.S Troops in the article is false.

Why would you hate to say it? Any decent man would hope something like this was not true, But seeing as the way you made that comment it only suggests you wish it was true so you could have some ammo, kinda sad actualy...

Arch Angel, Ive still yet to meet anyone who ever knew those brits got caught..

Cole... maybe because people are sick of being ANTIAMERICAN or BUSHBASHING with the current facts at hand regarding americas occupation.

maybe catching some ameicans in the act would result in some people ACTUALLY Realising the truth.. instead of labeling people.

Originally posted by C0le

Originally posted by Heartagram
Eventhough as much as I hate to say it, the report about the U.S Troops in the article is false.

Why would you hate to say it? Any decent man would hope something like this was not true, But seeing as the way you made that comment it only suggests you wish it was true so you could have some ammo, kinda sad actualy...

The quote made by Heartagram, i think, was made to say that he totally disbelieves the story. I don't think that he would hope it was true. Its just his style of wording that tends to make you maybe think that.

Originally posted by Bikereddie

The quote made by Heartagram, i think, was made to say that he totally disbelieves the story. I don't think that he would hope it was true. Its just his style of wording that tends to make you maybe think that.

Im sure he disbelieves it, However I dont believe his wording or meaning was anything less then what I implied, Read his posts/threads..

[edit on 14-10-2005 by C0le]

Originally posted by Agit8dChop
Arch Angel, Ive still yet to meet anyone who ever knew those brits got caught..

Now ya have

My sons mate is with the Coldstream Guards based in Basrah at the moment. It was his unit that did the assault on the premises where the Two British soldiers were being held.

Ya never know, he might have some pics of the event. He is back from tour at the end of the month, so i will ask him.

Originally posted by C0le

Originally posted by Bikereddie

The quote made by Heartagram, i think, was made to say that he totally disbelieves the story. I don't think that he would hope it was true. Its just his style of wording that tends to make you maybe think that.

Sim sure he disbelives it, however i dont believe his wording or meaning was anything less then what i implied, read his posts/threads..

Just my opinion on what he quoted. I don't think i have read his thread/postings before, but i will have a look.

Originally posted by ArchAngel

Al-Jazeera, the Arab TV network, does not have a news web site.

Its likely that you have been looking at the one run by westerners.

It is a propaganda site.....

I'm sure that later today, or tommorow there will be others with this information.

Not ever will it be anyone that you would consider 'reliable' because none of the western neo-con media sources would ever tell the truth to you about such things.

They will either ignore it, or paint it over as the BBC did when the Brits got caught.

You've got to be kidding me. The media in the US is more liberal and generally love to show things that would make Bush look worse. It's a well known fact that Al-Jazeera which is based in Qatar is trying to expand to draw in a western audience along with their large audience already in the middle east so it makes sense that they would add a web page in english. I'm also curious. Are you mis-informed or just lying?

[edit on 14-10-2005 by USAF6933]

I still have yet to see anything resembling the slightest SHRED of proof that these were US soldiers, if it even happened. Which leads me to believe that you are trying to inflame people and create controversy with the title of this thread. American does NOT automatically mean soldier.

As with the Brit story, the same applies here: till better mainstream news media sourcing or presnted to collaborate this obvious slanted and biased so-called news article, it is unconfirmed and having little to no validity.






seekerof

Originally posted by Bikereddie
My sons mate is with the Coldstream Guards

Ain't that one of Cromwell's units? Sweet. Does he get to wear those big bearskin hats?

zaphod
I still have yet to see anything resembling the slightest SHRED of proof that these were US soldiers, if it even happened.

There is nothing to show that the event happened at all in fact. Its not unthinkable, it would be pretty horrible if it did happen, but it looks like the website reporting it is just a propaganda site. Looks like a socialist site too no?

seekerof
As with the Brit story, the same applies here: till better mainstream news media

THe british one was confirmed by the brits, what wasn't confirmed was what they were doing there. This story looks like they are just trying to put out some propaganda based on the basrah incident.

[edit on 14-10-2005 by Nygdan]

Originally posted by ArchAngel

A number of Iraqis apprehended two Americans disguised in Arab dress as they tried to blow up a booby-trapped car in the middle of a residential area in western Baghdad on Tuesday.

Residents of western Baghdad’s al-Ghazaliyah district told Quds Press that the people had apprehended the Americans as they left their Caprice car near a residential neighborhood in al-Ghazaliyah on Tuesday afternoon (11 October 2005). Local people found they looked suspicious so they detained the men before they could get away. That was when they discovered that they were Americans and called the Iraqi puppet police.

Five minutes after the arrival of the Iraqi puppet police on the scene a large force of US troops showed up and surrounded the area. They put the two Americans in one of their Humvees and drove away at high speed to the astonishment of the residents of the area.

Continued....

It seems like yesterday when the Brits were caught doing just this.

The attempts by the occupation of instigating a civil war may backfire on them.

They may be able to control the media back home, but not everywhere else in the world.

I expect this to be reported in many Arab sources with the next day so keep a look out.

[edit on 13-10-2005 by ArchAngel]

This source is clearly unbiased...........

Originally posted by Nygdan

Originally posted by Bikereddie
My sons mate is with the Coldstream Guards

Ain't that one of Cromwell's units? Sweet. Does he get to wear those big bearskin hats?

Sweet? is that some kind of put down?
But, er yeah, they do wear 'bearskins' but not in battle. Only on civic duty, ie, outside Buckingham Palace.
Ya might have seen them?

Check out the History of the Coldstream Guards, ya might be surprised at what you find.

Put down? Heck no. Those guys are awesome:
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Its great how you britishers keep people in a regiment for a long time and have all that great history and espirite d'corps for the units. They shuffle guys around alot in the US.

[edit on 14-10-2005 by Nygdan]

Originally posted by ArchAngel

Al-Jazeera, the Arab TV network, does not have a news web site.

sure they do. right here ---->english.aljazeera.net...

Its likely that you have been looking at the one run by westerners.

i look all kinds but at least trustful not propaganda.

Not ever will it be anyone that you would consider 'reliable' because none of the western neo-con media sources would ever tell the truth to you about such things.

ABCnews, CBSnews, NBC5 news are neocon? thats something to dink about.

Originally posted by USAF6933
You've got to be kidding me. The media in the US is more liberal and generally love to show things that would make Bush look worse. It's a well known fact that Al-Jazeera which is based in Qatar is trying to expand to draw in a western audience along with their large audience already in the middle east so it makes sense that they would add a web page in english. I'm also curious. Are you mis-informed or just lying?

[edit on 14-10-2005 by USAF6933]

Not to mention that they just hired a former Marine who will be based in Washington D.C. to report for Al-Jazeera.

Here is the link for the article: Marine joins Al-Jazeera

Originally posted by ArchAngel
Al-Jazeera, the Arab TV network, does not have a news web site.

You are incorrect.

This is the real Al-Jazeera news web site, in english:
english.aljazeera.net...

This is the site that is not actually affiliated:
www.aljazeera.com...

Originally posted by Nygdan
Put down? Heck no. Those guys are awesome:
external image


Its great how you britishers keep people in a regiment for a long time and have all that great history and espirite d'corps for the units. They shuffle guys around alot in the US.

[edit on 14-10-2005 by Nygdan]

Thanks for that. No offence taken mate My missunderstanding.....

Doesn't anyone think it's odd that ordinary Iraqi citizens would try to detain a car bomber? Or a suspected American? It's not something that they do, not even the Iraqi police.

I suspect all Westerners are Americans to them, it certainly seems that way by looking at who they kidnap. Oh wait, they kidnap everyone except the guy that's helping them kidnap. Nevermind.

Note: Delta Force in Somalia had members out on the street collecting intelligence all the time. Dressed like locals, and making contact with locals that are helping them. It is part of their operating procedure. It's even in the movie. Certainly was in the book.

One probability is that undercover soldiers bought explosives on the black market. It is known that explosives are available in the Basra area, perhaps from Iran, and the sources needed to be found.

And I pretty much don't believe the bomb story at all. If there was one, we'd have seen a zillion pictures of the car and it's bomb. More likely it was a trunk full of whiskey. Something embarrasing, that we won't ever hear about.

Originally posted by ArchAngel
A number of Iraqis apprehended two Americans disguised in Arab dress as they tried to blow up a booby-trapped car in the middle of a residential area in western Baghdad on Tuesday. .

they were blowing up a booby trapped car?

sounds like they were detonating a car wired to explode.

does that not sound moronic?




[edit on 14-10-2005 by Crakeur]