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Saturday, January 27, 2007

the truth came quickly this time

just a few days after the first story (or was it lie) was told. my hearts and prayers go out the the four soldiers who were kidnapped and killed and the fifth who was killed fighting the attackers.

(my heart and prayers go out to all of our troops)

UPDATE: Military Confirms AP's Claim of False Report on 4 Brutal Deaths in Iraq Last Week

BAGHDAD 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.In perhaps the boldest and most sophisticated attack in four years of warfare, gunmen speaking English, wearing U.S. military uniforms and carrying American weapons abducted the four U.S. soldiers last week at the provincial headquarters in Karbala and then shot them to death.The U.S. military confirmed a report earlier Friday by The Associated Press that three of the soldiers were dead and one was mortally wounded with a gunshot to the head when they were found in a neighboring province, about 25 miles from the compound where they were captured. A fifth soldier was killed in the initial attack on the compound.The new account contradicted a U.S. military statement on Jan. 20, the day of the raid on an Iraqi governor's office, that five soldiers were killed "repelling" the attack..........

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