"Contrary to U.S. military statements, four U.S. soldiers did not die repelling a sneak attack at the governor's office in the Shiite holy city of Karbala last week. New information obtained by The Associated Press shows they were abducted and found dead or dying as far as 25 miles away.
The brazen assault 50 miles south of Baghdad was launched Jan. 20 by a group of nine to 12 militants. They traveled in black GMC Suburban vehicles - the type used by U.S. government convoys, had American weapons, wore new U.S. military combat fatigues and spoke English.
In a written statement, the U.S. command reported at the time that five soldiers were killed while "repelling the attack." Two senior U.S. military officials as well as Iraqi officials now say three of them were found dead and one mortally wounded in locations as far as 25 miles east of the governor's office."
I knew something smelled fishy with this story.
Are We Leveling Civilian High Rises in Baghdad?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/24/Iraq.main/index.html
"Iraqi and U.S. troops battling militants along Baghdad's volatile Haifa Street on Wednesday killed at least 30 insurgents and detained 35, according to an Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman.The battle on Haifa Street went on for eight hours, as U.S. and Iraqi forces fought to regain control of the mainly Sunni area, which Iraqi officials have described in the past as full of "terrorist hideouts."
I watched the Arwa Damon "embedded" report on CNN Wednesday showing a civilian high rise apartment building on Haifa street used as a hiding spot for insurgents battling U.S. forces first engaged in an hours-long firefight with troops and Apache helicopters, then being leveled to rubble by a missile. I never heard or saw another thing about the story. Watch the video. I think we are toppling towers to get to snipers.
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