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Three US soldiers missing in Iraq; five killed
May 12, 2007, 13:03 GMT
Cairo - Three US soldiers were reported missing following a Saturday attack west of Mahmoudiyah in which four servicemen and an Iraqi were killed, CNN said quoting a statement by the US military in Iraq.
According to the report, the early morning attack targeted a team of seven Americans and an Iraqi interpreter. An explosion was heard and 15 minutes later two burning vehicles were spotted, said the CNN report.
'Coalition forces are currently using every means at our disposal to find the missing soldiers, and we will continue these efforts until all are accounted for,' the US military statement read.
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Ever wonder why Bush even went into Iraq?
Think about it.
Bush is a career political animal. He had zero incentive to do this. Why, would he even consider it. Why would a Karl Rove greenlight this? Why would Cheney? All of them are career pols. They had to know the outcome. Anyone could see it.
Answer; Saddam was going to attack Israel. His support was failing at home. He demonstrated that he was willing to attack nations i.e. Iran, Kuwait.
The jews would retaliate with nuclear weapons. The mess would be enormous, Iran would crap their pants, the arab world would have it's excuse to do whaever....a mess.
Bush, having knowledge of this, had to have this as the most compelling reason. What other reason would suffice? He didn't need to to win support. His economy was racheting up.
Or it could have been about the oil.
To 'The American' (The first poster),
Great rationale! Blame another country for the mistakes of our country's leaders. It wasn't Israeli 'faulty intelligence' that made the case for going to war. It was good old American political B.S. Get it right,dummie.
The Rational American
Terrorists will unleash deadly biological weapons (small pox, anthrax, etc tec..) within US/UK cities. IF they feel their Religion is under threat. They'll have unconditional support from Russia and China who are their friends/allies and also have great interest in the M.E oil contracts.
'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' ?
Search google for : 'The ties that bind China, Russia and Iran'
The fact that Saddam launched scuds in 1991 to Tel-Aviv is one of the reasons Bush Sr. did not pursue regime change. It was a warning shot as if to say, 'Come any closer to Bagdad, and you don't know whats going to be in the next warhead!' This coming from a guy 2 years earlier was using Mustard gas against the Kurds and Iranians like a crop duster on a corn field.
As for being about the oil, Bush Jr. must be really dissapointed in this whole 'democracy' thing, because the democratically elected Iraqi leadership voted to nationalize all oil fields under a more socialist system than even Hugo Chavez in Venezuela!
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Thanks IsraelMay 12th, 2007 - 14:12:01
We would like to wholeheartedly thank Israel and all its apparatus in the U.S for conning our politicians and intelligence agencies into fighting this war in Iraq, with friends like you Israel who needs an enemy thanks a lot for all the mess you created .
The American
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