baggio202 Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 looks like an american soldier in the 101st airborne has been arrested for throwing 2 grenades into a leadership tent...atleast 6 were listed as serious..none are supposed to be life threatening...the soldier was arrested after a quick search....dana lewis , msnbc reporter who is with the unit on the kuwaiti -iraqi border said the soldier was disenchanted and was missing for 2 days before the attack.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 looks like an american soldier in the 101st airborne has been arrested for throwing 2 grenades into a leadership tent...atleast 6 were listed as serious..none are supposed to be life threatening...the soldier was arrested after a quick search....dana lewis , msnbc reporter who is with the unit on the kuwaiti -iraqi border said the soldier was disenchanted and was missing for 2 days before the attack.. shoot him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Showtime Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Interesting. The military is blaming terrorists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Interesting. The military is blaming terrorists. they were blaming 2 kuwaitis who were interpeters..report now are they let them go and arrested this soldier..remember the pentagon has said to go with the reporters in the field first because of the time delay in info getting to washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Showtime Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 they were blaming 2 kuwaitis who were interpeters..report now are they let them go and arrested this soldier..remember the pentagon has said to go with the reporters in the field first because of the time delay in info getting to washington I've got the news on now. Reporter with the 101st says the soldier was shot in the leg and is ofcourse surrounded by US Troops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Is there any link for this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 cbs reported it was a soldier arrested - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 msnbc is now saying it was a muslim american soldier who was on gaurd duty..they found him huddling in a bunker ..he was already shot in the leg....story is changing alot...lots of confusion right now..the story will probably keep changing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,276...,919832,00.html Missing journalists may have come under friendly fire and hit. According to the Guardian, "Ten US soldiers wounded in grenade attack. Ten US soldiers were wounded early on Sunday in a grenade attack on a rear base camp of the US 101st Airborne Division, a US military spokesman said. A spokesman for the division's home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, said that "one or more terrorists" had thrown hand grenades into a tent at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait near the Iraqi border. Six of the casualties sustained serious injuries in the attack, which also involved small arms, fire, US military officials said. The attack was the fourth against Americans in Kuwait since October." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 This is weird. I guess we got to wait till we know. He may of dressed up in a soldiers uniform. Still, very weird story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 This is weird. I guess we got to wait till we know. He may of dressed up in a soldiers uniform. Still, very weird story. the practice is called fragging and killing officers has been around for a long, long time - from all news reports thus far it appears it was one of our own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Been confirmed that it was a US soldier. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/03/22/usdead030321 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Interesting. The military is blaming terrorists. It was a terrorist..... a domestic terrorist. Scumbag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 pentagon has said to go with what the field reporters are saying on this incident....all the news channels arte reporting it is a amercan born muslim who was an american soldier....this is worst than if itr was a terrorist..any other american born muslims that are soldiers are going be looked at suspicously...very bad for morale... also heard a wierd story from skychannel out of britian...they said there are 13 muslim minister in the us army but 9 of them come from a radical muslem group that preaches US hatred....if thats true...wtf???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 cnn has confirmed that one soldier in the attack has now died.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 cnn has confirmed that one soldier in the attack has now died.... What a shame. They ought to string this guy up by his balls and let the 101st pummel him like a pinyata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Did they give a reason for why he did it yet? I read on Reuters that they said he was "disgruntled" but that wouldn't mean somebody would go toss grenades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Did they give a reason for why he did it yet? I read on Reuters that they said he was "disgruntled" but that wouldn't mean somebody would go toss grenades. this guy wasnt even part of the 101..he was an engineer in another unit...the officers he blew up wernt even in his chain of command...so this isnt like the fragging incidenst that were popularized in vietnam... dont know if it was religous , disgruntled , just a pyscho or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Did they give a reason for why he did it yet? I read on Reuters that they said he was "disgruntled" but that wouldn't mean somebody would go toss grenades. this guy wasnt even part of the 101..he was an engineer in another unit...the officers he blew up wernt even in his chain of command...so this isnt like the fragging incidenst that were popularized in vietnam... dont know if it was religous , disgruntled , just a pyscho or what A "TIME" reporter "entrenched" inside the camp is citing either "political or religious" motivations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Did they give a reason for why he did it yet? I read on Reuters that they said he was "disgruntled" but that wouldn't mean somebody would go toss grenades. this guy wasnt even part of the 101..he was an engineer in another unit...the officers he blew up wernt even in his chain of command...so this isnt like the fragging incidenst that were popularized in vietnam... dont know if it was religous , disgruntled , just a pyscho or what A "TIME" reporter "entrenched" inside the camp is citing either "political or religious" motivations. you guys remember when that happened there was a report of a patriot missile fired off and they were wondering if it was a coordinated attack?????..i guess because of all the confusion going with this dickhead somebody screwed up and that patriot may have shot a british jet out of the sky...they havent said for sure but the time when the patriot was fired and when the plane was supposed to return that is missing is the same.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 from today's NYTimes Grenade Attack Kills 1 By JIM DWYER CAMP NEW JERSEY, Kuwait, Sunday, March 23 — In an apparent fratricide attack, one soldier was killed and 13 others were wounded early this morning when grenades were thrown and shots were fired into a tent used by leaders of a brigade from the 101st Airborne Division, military officials said. "An American soldier is in custody," Maj. Trey Cate, a spokesman for the division. Major Cate did not identify the detained soldier or suggest a motive, but military sources described him a sergeant attached to an engineering unit, an American citizen, and a Muslim convert. He was found in a scud bunker when senior officers took a head count after the attack. The attack took place at 1:21 this morning in Camp Pennsylvania, where soldiers from the First Brigade were sleeping. The tent was in a "command and control area" for the brigade, which was poised to move later today into Iraq as part of the second wave of ground troops from the 101st, according to Major Cate. One soldier died from injuries suffered in the attack, two military officials said, on the condition that they not be identified. Major Cate said between one and four grenades were used in the attack. Shots were fired from a gun, another military source said. The explosions in the middle of the night, after two full days of scud alerts and attacks, created a chaotic scene of smoke, alarm, and cries for help. Jim Lacey, a correspondent for Time Magazine, told CNN that the attack had occurred in the tent immediately behind his at Camp Pennsylvania, and that the tents were still smoldering as medical personnel evacuated the wounded. "The people who did it ran off into the darkness," Mr. Lacey said. The injured were brought to two field hospitals that have been set up for battlefield casualties. The injuries "range from very serious, to scratches," Major Cate said. Col. Richard Thomas, the division's surgeon, said fragementation from the grenade explosion was responsible for most of the injuries. In addition, at least one soldier was treated for gunshot wounds. "Most of the soldiers are expected to recover," Colonel Thomas said, "but several of the injuries were very serious." Immediately after the attack, two Kuwaiti men who worked at the camp as contractors were seized. Within an hour, attention turned to the American soldier who is suspected of carrying out the attack. "A criminal investigation is under way," Major Cate said. American military forces have been under high security here ever since last fall, when the first of a series of terrorist attacks was mounted against soldiers preparing for the invasion of Iraq. The military encampments are set in vast spaces of desert, with only unmarked and makeshift roads leading into them, and are heavily fortified. Shortly after the grenade attack, a Patriot missile was launched from this camp, about five miles south of Camp Pennsylvania. Sirens roared the alarm, and a mid-air explosion was seen overhead as the Patriot intercepted a missile. It was not immediately clear what kind of missile was shot down, or where it had been fired from. The military uses the term "fratricide" to describe both intentional and accidental attacks by American soldiers on each. Indeed, a key focus of this campaign was the avoidance of casualties from "friendly fire," which by some counts, caused the majority of injuries and deaths during the ground campaign in the 1991 Persian Gulf war. The concern over an intentional attack by one American soldier on others was far more muted, although once ammunition arrived in large quantities, morale officers urged vigilance among soldiers who might have personal problems and do harm to themselves. Many soldiers said that today's incident cut deeper than an enemy attack. "I was really shocked when I found out that a service member was suspect in this," Staff Sgt. Mark Swart said. "I know the people who were in there, and they are really great guys — it's amazing that anyone would strike at them." The 101st Airborne is a rapid deployment group that primarily conducts helicopter gunships attacks against enemy armor. Roughly 18,000 members of the 101st are in Iraq and Kuwait. They are preparing to use hellfire missiles, fired from Apache helicopters, against the armored Iraqi Republican Guard brigades that ring Baghdad. Ground forces from the 101st are preparing staging areas that would allow the helicopters to refuel without leaving Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 He is a piece of garbage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Reports that 6 more Marines are dead taking a bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Reports that 6 more Marines are dead taking a bridge. we lost some army forces moving north too...had some soldiers captured...in nasariyah...we are getting into the area where addam's best republican gaurd troops are hunkered down..probably get nastier before it gets better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I'd agree. I wish everyone the best out there and hopefully this can happen with as few fatalities as possible. Either way I still hope this is for the big picture and i truly believe it is. For the first time in a long time, I don't think this is going to be a short term thing where the US and just ditches when the war is over. Its going to take a long time to finish this whole thing and I continue to believe that the war is the rather easy part, minus the deaths, something you never like to see. I just hope that we don't find out that these people died for nothing, but instead died so Iraq can be free and everyone else in the world could be a little safer, knowing that one of the few countries that could possibly attack with weapons of mass destruction no longer has them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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