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US Finds Terrorist Torture House - In Fallujah

From the Marine Corps Times:

Troops discover ‘torture house’

Wednesday Jan 24, 2007

Coalition forces discovered a building with blood-stained walls southeast of Fallujah, Iraq, late Monday night and rescued three Iraqis found shackled inside, the Army announced Wednesday.

The suspected “insurgent torture house” was destroyed after the bound hostages were rescued, according to a press release from Multi-National Corps-Iraq.

One of the victims was so badly beaten he had broken limbs, the press release said. He was examined and quickly evacuated by coalition forces to receive life-saving medical care.

“This is a perfect example of how information can save lives,” coalition spokesman Maj. Alan Crouch said in the release. “More often it’s the Iraqi army and police who use this information to help people, but the coalition forces will always be glad to use tips and information we receive to help civilians.”

During their patrol, soldiers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 136th Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard discovered multiple weapons caches in other nearby houses early Wednesday while conducting intelligence-driven searches.

The discovery included a mortar targeting system and a sniper rifle with scope, as well as a Bongo truck with a mounted anti-aircraft gun and another vehicle rigged as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.

The Minnesota soldiers also detained four suspected insurgents in one house and six in another house. All were moved to another location for questioning, the release said.

Of course there has been no mention of this in the mainstream press.

Though, to be fair, there is nothing new about the terrorists torturing people.

But that’s not why our media will ignore it.

(Thanks to Amber for the heads up.)

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6 Responses to “US Finds Terrorist Torture House - In Fallujah”

  1. amber

    GO RED BULLS!!

    This is the same division that brought us the beer and the mouse trap and the banner begging Kerry to save them, they are stuck. I am so proud of my husband.

  2. SG

    On this same subject.

    U.S. confirms troops’ kidnapping in Iraq

    By STEVEN R. HURST and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

    BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four American soldiers were abducted during a sophisticated sneak attack last week in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, the U.S. military confirmed Friday. It said three were shot to death and a fourth was mortally wounded with a gunshot to the head when they were found in a neighboring province, far from the compound where they were captured.

    Two of the four were handcuffed together in the back seat of an SUV near the southern Iraqi town of Mahawil. A third dead soldier was on the ground nearby. The fourth soldier died on the way to the hospital, the military said in a statement issued late Friday that confirmed details reported by The Associated Press earlier…

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200....._attack_13

    Yes, Karbala is such a holy city.

  3. wardmama4

    This isn’t even the first time for a story like this. Of course the media ignores it - it doesn’t re-enforce their ‘template’ on OIF.

    Such a shame that so many Americans seem invested in losing the GWOT, OIF and humilating (not to mention upping the death count) of our Military simply because they still can’t get over losing two elections.

  4. LuLu

    I just wonder what this does to the psyche of the soldiers who find these torture chambers….scary thought!

  5. DW

    I just wonder what this does to the psyche of the soldiers who find these torture chambers….scary thought!

    LuLu, what exactly is it that you find scary ?
    Do you believe the troops that see this sort of thing are going to snap ? Go looking for some “payback” ? Perhaps run amok in the general populace putting panties on peoples’ heads ?
    Or did you just watch the latest slander-fest out of Hollywood that makes dark suggestions of an underlying evil infecting the military ? You know: all those beer-swilling rednecks who listen to country music and are just looking for the slightest excuse to go massacre a village and rape anything that moves.

    What these troops will do, is what they always do when they see horrifying things -they’ll choke it down and do their jobs. And the reason they’ll do that is because they are professionals.
    Far too many people -and, judging from your comment on the other thread, I suspect you’re one of them- simply cannot wrap their heads around the concept of people in the military being “professionals”.
    I have some news for you: They are.

    It never fails; the rare time that we actually hear about some horror perpetrated by the Islamists, liberals like you erupt like a henhouse full of white leghorns screeching about Abu Ghraib. Leaving aside the fact that you can’t seem to see the difference between torture and humilation, you also forget that the Abu Ghraib soldiers were punished. They were unprofessional -so they’re gone.

    But going back to the “psyche” of the soldiers that have to deal with things like this, you can rest assured that it won’t be your worry.
    If some guys are affected by this -and some will be- it’ll be up to the wives and kids and parents to deal with it the best they can. The families will pick up the pieces, you can go catch the latest Michael Moore flick where he uses the troops to further his agenda -and all the while, you, me, Michael Moore and everyone else are being watched over by people you’ll never fully appreciate much less understand.
    Professionals.
    So try not to be scared. Really.

  6. wardmama4

    DW - bravo

    Actually I was taken back to those first soldiers at the Concentration Camps of WWII - those men were saviors to the people inside and those men confronted the horrors of evil here on Earth.

    Most people (and it seems most especially liberals) do not have to confront evil or it’s effects here on Earth - oh yes, they may read about it and distort a single bad situation (with many contortions) into evil - but since they didn’t enter the room, prison, crime scene themselves - they can merrily go on their way.

    And that is why liberals view the Armed Services as a bunch of uneducated, slobbering violent thugs on the verge of mayhem - just salivating for the next battle - willing to kill anyone and everyone (not to mention rape, pillage and burn to the ground every little hamlet they encounter). When in reality the Military is full of people (and their families) who are the best peace ‘niks’ going - as they know they are the ones whose lives will be on the line, in the line of fire. What is the cost to the anti-war mongers/liberals? A peace march or two? A sore throat? A few bucks out of their wallet?

    Words like love, duty, honor and sacrifice mean nothing to the people who would so distort and attempt to destroy their own (fill in the blank - Military, President, Country) that they can not understand the Pride, Dignity and yes, as DW said - Professionalism that the majority (97+%) of the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airman have for their families, service and Country.

    These people view these horrible examples of evil as justification that they are doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right place for all the right reasons. It makes the sacrifices they are making, the danger they are living in and the personal pain and grief that they are bearing - All. Worth.It.


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