Lebanese-American Marine reported as beheaded

[streetsoldier]

This from Reuters and AP; a group calling itself Sunne al-Ansar has claimed that the a Marine has been beheaded, and "you wil all see it on tape soon". No confirmation from the Pentagon as yet.

[Lindaloo]

Savages! That is the only words I can use for them right now.

[furluvcats]

Ditto Linda...when will this disgrace stop?

[stormie_skies]

Thats awful to hear...... That Marine was a Muslim too, wasn't he?

[Brent]

[Lindaloo]

Thats awful to hear...... That Marine was a Muslim too, wasn't he?

Yes! Seems they are now picking and choosing who they want to kill in their fight or so called fight. They need to remove the masks and quit being cowards!!

[Rainband]

Very sad news. When will this end

[streetsoldier]

Unconfirmed reports state that this Marine was "overcome" by seeing his sergeant killed in a mortar attack, and that he was trying to get to family members in Lebanon...of course, those who offered to "help" turned him over to "al-whatever-their-name-is-today" for capture and execution.

THESE PEOPLE ARE MURDERERS...nothing more, and nothing less. They don't care about race, sex, creed, color, sexual preference or national origin...they are "equal opportunity" killers. Any pretense otherwise is just rhetoric.

[Rainband]

THESE PEOPLE ARE MURDERERS...nothing more, and nothing less. They don't care about race, sex, creed, color, sexual preference or national origin...they are "equal opportunity" killers. Any pretense otherwise is just rhetoric.

I agree

[BEER980]

Let me guess that he is wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and the walls are painted yellow.

[streetsoldier]

As of this time, the promised videotape hasn't been aired.

[rainstorm]

Very sad news. When will this end

it is horrible. it also shows how weak the terrorists are. they are losing. i look at it this way. they cant launch a major attack any longer in their home land. they are reduced to being thugs. while this is terrible, lets put it in perspective. a man killed six at a workplace in the states yesterday.
there is no reason for hysteria

[rainstorm]

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Saturday, July 3, 2004 9:55 p.m. EDT
Al Jazeera Praises Beheadings

The al Jazeera television network praised the practice of beheading captives as an effective wartime tactic on Saturday, hours after reports surfaced that a U.S. Marine had been decapitated, saying the atrocity "has earned insurgents their greatest success" in Iraq.

"Nothing succeeds like success and so long as the acts continue to put pressure on enemy governments there is little incentive for the perpetrators to stop," reported the terrorist friendly network, quoting a British trauma expert.

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In a report headlined "Decapitation: Execrable but effective," al Jazeera called the practice "a morale booster for the perpetrators," and said that beheading "has the converse effect on their opponents."
"In war, ascendancy in the horror stakes can be a major battlefield gain," the network contended.

But it's on a political level, al Jazeera said, that beheadings have worked best for terrorists.

"While big exchange demands such as the cancellation of troop deployments or mass prisoner releases have been rejected, more modest aims have been realised."

The network cited a Turkish company's promise not to work with U.S. forces after two kidnapped Turkish workers were freed, the exodus of foreign workers from Saudi Arabia and demonstrations in South Korea against deploying troops in Iraq prompted by the beheading last week of Kim Sun-il.

[vbhoutex]

Sorry, I refuse to call them anything except FREAKING COWARDS!!!

I still say a few/several well placed MOAB's would do a great job of slowing or stopping this practice, especially if it is made clear that from that point on it will be one MOAB for each incident.

They are now denying the reports as reported on local news just now.