US Marines rescue the five POWs from the 507th Maintenance Company, as well as two pilots who were captured in March after their helicopter crashed near Karbala, Iraq. Your soldiers are in our hands. I also think that it is funny that most people who have opinions like this have never even served in the military and only know whats on a piece of paper and what statistics say. As the senior soldier present, it was he who ordered the surrender. Iraqi insurgents released images of the Common Access Cards of two of the soldiers in early June 2007[1][2], The May 2007 abduction of U.S. soldiers in Iraq occurred when Iraqi insurgents attacked a military outpost in Qarghouli, Iraq, west of Yusufiyah and south of Baghdad, killing four U.S. Army soldiers and an Iraqi soldier before capturing Specialist Alex Ramon Jimenez, Private First Class Joseph John Anzack and Private Byron Wayne Fouty on May 12, 2007. I would like to dedicate my next few blog posts to these articles, and in the following posts I will try to reformulate and answer these questions. (Soldiers who are missing in action are considered in service until known otherwise, and are promoted depending on their level of education and training in the armed forces. [5], The four U.S. Army soldiers were killed in the incident were:[citation needed], At the time, the capture represented the second-largest capture of American soldiers in the war, the worst since the March 23, 2003 capture of Jessica Lynch and five other soldiers. - Page 10 - The Moscow Expat Forums, Lot O’ Links for Female Soldiers and Veterans. Perhaps these kinds of troops have the potential to be more productive and coherent than an all male, or mixed gender troop. Two Humvees, each carrying four soldiers from 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division were sitting on a road along the Euphrates River several miles west of Mahmudiyahwhen the insurgents, who had been observing them for two nights, attacked. [8] I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm home,'" Johnson said.[2]. They fired guns and hurled grenades into the vehicles, killing the four Americans and an Iraqi soldier; they then set the vehicles on fire with extra fuel and took the three captured soldiers with them. "That was the first thing I asked when they captured me: 'Are All rights reserved. On May 19 U.S. forces stormed a facility in Al-A'amiriya and detained nine occupants, on a tip that they were related to the capture. [11] The body had two bullet holes in the head and one in the chest. ; showers) for more than 7 days. The Iraqi parliament has summoned the interior and defence ministers to answer questions tomorrow about the "deteriorating security situation" and apparent failure of the government's plan to curb violence. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. A majority of the prisoners of war were captured from the ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company. Four others were detained by Apache Company 1st Battalion 501st Infantry Regiment and then released, in Jurf al-Sakhr. First published on Wed 12 Jul 2006 18.59 EDT. [10][12] Hell some patrol missions last longer than that. The prisoners were taken to Baghdad, where they were isolated in separate prison cells. On May 23, military officials informed the family of Joseph Anzack that a commanding officer had visually identified his body as being one pulled from the Euphrates River by Iraqi patrol boats, although DNA tests were still pending. • Ahmed Kousay Altaie - A U.S. Army soldier who was captured by Iraqi insurgents and executed Take them to the rubbish heap or the latrine ditch and pitch them in like the rubbish/crap that they are… and let them rot like the rubbish they are. Ahmed K. Altaie is kidnapped after leaving the Green Zone in Baghdad. 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Given dirty prison clothes and fed little food, the prisoners lost a lot of weight and with their garb, and beards they looked like Iraqis. ; showers) for more than 7 days. US investigators have maintained there is no evidence of a connection between the two cases. A Marine battalion was sent to check on the intelligence and found the seven POWs with a confused Iraqi guard unit, whose officers had fled. The DOD announces that a body found in Iraq has been positively identified as Anzack. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. "We present this production, of the remains of the bodies of the two American soldiers kidnapped near Yusufiya, as revenge for our sister whose honour was violated by a soldier from the same regiment," the Mujahideen Shura Council said in a statement accompanying the video. Several articles have come out recently about the prevalence of male on female rape that is occurring among troop units fighting in Iraq. Their remains were flown to the U.S.[7] [15] The Defense Department released a statement to the public on July 11, 2008. and also shows credit cards and other personal items of them, while a voice says: "They were alive and then dead". His body was later dragged through the streets of Ash Shatrah and hung in the town square. The group issued a statement, saying "What you are doing in searching for your soldiers will lead to nothing but exhaustion and headaches. [13]), On July 9, 2008,[14] the bodies of Jimenez and Fouty were found in Jurf a Sakhr, Babil Province, part of an area south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death". They fired guns and hurled grenades into the vehicles, killing the four Americans and an Iraqi soldier; they then set the vehicles on fire with extra fuel and took the three captured soldiers with them. As it became clear that the war was over for the Iraqis, some of their captors approached a Marine unit from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Delta Co., 3rd Platoon which was a part of Task Force Tripoli that had been pushing up toward Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown. A U.S. contractor and her dog search for Specialist Alex Ramon Jimenez, Private First Class John Anzack, Private Byron Wayne and Sergeant Anthony J. Schober after their abduction. Shoshana Johnson remembers that, "they didn't realize I was American. 2007, the new Iraqi governments, installed in June 2004 and May 2006 and supported by U.S. and British forces, were still facing strong domestic and terrorist opposition, from groups whose identity was not always certain. See CNN's Bowe Bergdahl Fast Facts for details about his captivity and rescue. Wed 12 Jul 2006 18.59 EDT The four U.S. Army soldie… As an a vet ( former infantrymen) I would just like to say that women do not face the same dangers that many men face on a daily basis in a combat zone. The video shows the photos of the military identification cards of Jimenez and Fouty, with above the photos written in Arabic: "Bush is the reason for the loss of your prisoners",[11] "bring order to parts of that country that remain[ed] dangerous", Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, American POWs in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, June 2006 abduction of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, "Troops find missing U.S. soldiers' ID cards - CNN.com", "ID cards of missing soldiers shown on insurgent Web site - CNN.com", "Fort Drum recalls missing, dead soldiers", "Search for U.S. soldiers, answers after May attack", "Search for U.S. soldiers targets 9-mile radius", ‘Family fears son knew real horror of war’, ABC News: 2 of 3 Missing U.S. See CNN's Jessica Lynch Fast Facts for details about her captivity and rescue. The first is an article that I found online at Salon.com, and the second was the cover story of the New York Times Magazine two weeks ago. It is even in regulation that women cannot be in the field (without access to certain facilities i.e. The official AFMES autopsy reports of Byron W. Fouty, issued September 2008, suggest that Fouty had been tortured over a period of four months, from May to September 2007, before being killed.[7]. The unit was ambushed and Sapper Luke Allsopp and Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth became separated from the rest. January 17, 1991 - During the first night of Operation Desert Storm, Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. As American troops got closer, the soldiers were shuffled from building to building. A group linked to al-Qaida has released a gruesome video purporting to show the bodies of two US soldiers who were captured and killed in Iraq. His body was discovered by U.S. forces on April 10. "[2], Soon after their capture, Jessica Lynch was taken to an Iraqi hospital due to her serious injuries. Eight soldiers are killed and six are captured. That being said I do think that some women could very well do my job just as well, a few maybe better but not the majority. [9] The Iraqi Army arrested more than 250 people suspected of ties to the attack.[10]. [10] On May 21, another 14 people were arrested within a 9-mile radius of the original site of the kidnapping. Shot three times, twice in the ribs and once in the upper left buttocks. On May 20, American forces drained a canal along the Euphrates after local villagers reported seeing body parts floating, but had no success. Even in 2006 and Filed under female soldiers, Iraq War, New York Times, rape, U.S. Military, women in the military, Pingback: When will this barbarism end? Insurgents attack a military observation post south of Baghdad. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Soldiers May Be Alive, "ID cards of missing soldiers shown on insurgent Web site", "4,000 troops broaden hunt for captured U.S. soldiers", "Troops find missing U.S. soldiers' ID cards", "Video: Missing soldiers killed; search to continue", "U.S. files complaint against suspects in '07 Iraq ambush", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=May_2007_abduction_of_U.S._soldiers_in_Iraq&oldid=964986090, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. They told their stories to two reporters accompanying them on the flight. [7], On 4 June 2007, Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) posted a 10-minute video on Internet. They also claimed that they would not give the bodies of the two soldiers to their families and that the two men were buried. The Mujahideen Shura Council said it issued the video as revenge for the rape and killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, allegedly by American troops from the same regiment as the dead soldiers. They don't bother me, I don't bother them."[3]. ( Log Out / Do that a few times and the problem will stop. Hell some patrol missions last longer than that. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraqi Saddam Fedayeen irregular forces were involved in executing several Coalition prisoners of war. Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was a Sunni Islamic militant group that in 2003–2004, under an earlier name, had chosen as killing targets Shia Islamic mosques and civilians, Iraqi government institutions, and the U.S.-led Multi-National Force in Iraq. On June 4, the Islamic State of Iraq declared in a video posted on the Internet than Fouty and Jimenez were killed because the U.S refused to stop searching for them.
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