Four suspects have been arrested in the attack on an American installation in Iraq in which five Americans were murdered (and yes, it was, by all rules of war, murder).
Four suspects in the weekend attack in Karbala, Iraq — during which five U.S. troops were killed by gunmen disguised in American uniforms — have been arrested, officials said Wednesday.
According to a U.S. military spokesman, U.S. and Iraqi troops arrested the men in a house near where the suspected attackers abandoned several vehicles after the attack.
Five U.S. soldiers were killed and three wounded.
The suspects were caught by Iraqi troops, a special Iraqi police unit from Hillah and U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, officials said.
“The suspects are being held for further questioning,” a news release read.
I talked to my son last night and he mentioned the briefings he and the rest of the troops have had on this entire incident. There is a lot of speculation in the blogosphere that this was an Iranian operation. If it was, someone needs to pay for it. Severely. I have mentioned, repeatedly, that the troops over in Iraq know very well when an Iranian arms shipment has arrived. It needs to stop. And dumbass remarks by US Senators are not helping curb the ambitions of the mullahs or the seldom-bathed president of Iran.
Oh, and the guys they captured? If they turn out to have been involved: NOT prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. Illegal combatants – look it up. Subject to summary execution.
Via Michelle Malkin
I talked to my son last night and he mentioned the briefings he and the rest of the troops have had on this entire incident. There is a lot of speculation in the blogosphere that this was an Iranian operation. If it was, someone needs to pay for it. Severely. I have mentioned, repeatedly, that the troops over in Iraq know very well when an Iranian arms shipment has arrived. It needs to stop. And dumbass remarks by US Senators are not helping curb the ambitions of the mullahs or the seldom-bathed president of Iran.
Oh, and the guys they captured? If they turn out to have been involved: NOT prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. Illegal combatants – look it up. Subject to summary execution.
Via Michelle Malkin
