Body of local soldier missing in Iraq for more than a year is found
This must be a day of mixed emotions for the family of Spc Alex Jimenez of Lawrence, MA.
US soldiers ‘found dead in Iraq’
The bodies of two US soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, their families have told the Associated Press news agency. Spc Alex Jimenez and Pte Byron Fouty were seized in an ambush in May 2007 in an area south of Baghdad.
The body of a third soldier, Pte Joseph Anzack Jr, was found in the Euphrates river a short time after the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq, a group that includes al-Qaeda in Iraq, had released a video saying it killed all three men.
The parent’s of Spc Jimenez, 25, of Massachusetts, and Pte Fouty, 19, of Michigan, said uniformed military officials had visited their homes to inform them of their sons’ deaths.
Rest in Peace.
July 20th, 2008 at 9:54 am
lETS GET IT STRAIGHT FOR ONCE AND ALL..THIS AMERICAN HERO SOLDIER WAS KILLED BY JIHAADISTS. HE WAS IN THEIR CUSTODY AND THEY KILLED HIM! WHERE IS THE OUTCRY…IF GENEVA CONVENTIONS APPLY TO UNUNIFORMED MILITARY AS WELL AS THOSE IN UNIFORM…WE ARE STILL FORCED TO FIGHT WITH ONE AND SOME TIMES TWO ARMS TIED BEHIND OUR BACK … THERE HAS BEEN NO OUTCRY FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS FOLKS ABOUT HIS MURDER BY OUR ENEMIES…WHILE THE ALQUEDA AND TALIBANS FIGHTERS ARE AFFORDED RIGHTS UNDER THE US CONSTITUTION..THAT ARE RESERVED FOR CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY NOT AFGHANISTAN OR SAUDI ARABIA, …
I HOPE THE RED CROSS HAS VISITED OUR CAPTURED SOLDIERS….THEY SURE DID NOT REPORT ON DOING SO…WE MIGHT AS WELL DISARM OUR MILITARY AND SURRENDER AS OBAMA WISHES…WE SURE CANNOT AFFORD TO FIGHT A “DEMOCRAT” STYLE WAR WHERE OUR ENEMIES HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAT WE DO!
WAS HE GIVEN A BIBLE WHILE IN CAPTIVITY? WAS HE GIVEN “AMERICAN FOOD” …A CHANCE FOR RECREATION…DID HE GAIN WEIGHT AS ALL THE GITMO GUESTS HAVE? DID HE RECEIVE COMPLETE MEDICAL CARE..INCLUDING THINGS THAT WERE PROBLEMS BEFORE HE WAS CAPTURED? DID HE GET A LAWYER? DID THE ACLU SUPPORT HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE…GUESS NOT…
WAIT TILL THE ACLU AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS FOLKS WILL FACE WHEN WE SURRENDER..AND NO ONE WHO CAN SHOOT STRAIGHT WILL BE THERE TO SAVE THEM!