Gunman in Iraqi Army Uniform Kills Two U.S. Soldiers
- Posted on September 7, 2010 at 1:49pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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According to the Associated Press, two U.S. soldiers are dead after a gunman in an Iraqi army uniform opened fire in Northern Iraq. No other information is available at this time. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.
While it is unclear if the shooter was a legitimate Iraqi soldier, a similar event occurred in May 2009 near the Iraqi City of Mosul where the gunman was simply posing as an Iraqi soldier. Two soldiers were killed, as well as three others injured, during that attack.
UPDATE: Below is the latest information from the AP:
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says a gunman wearing an Iraqi army uniform has killed two American soldiers in northern Iraq.
A military statement says the Americans were among a group of U.S. soldiers meeting with Iraqi security forces Tuesday at an Iraqi army compound near the city of Tuz Khormato, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
They were the first U.S. military deaths since President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations on Aug.
UPDATE:
According to Yahoo news, the gunman was killed during the attack. BNO News is reporting that nine others were injured in the attack, although the AP is not reporting any other injuries.
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Corinthian in TN
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 1:12pmI’m waiting for GlennBeckIsADemagogue and Lingbags to explain to us that this is “Why the World Hates Us”….oh umm, I mean, “Why the World Hates Afganista…..”… we’ll, maybe not, since the Progressive Talking Points didn’t tell them that!!
Report Post »jessieH
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 11:57amTry changing armbands, constantly. If someone has the wrong armband, disarm him, till he is identified. Some may still get through, but most won’t know which armband is being used.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:17amGet our boys out of that dirty filthy country…….now
Report Post »missmarie
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 10:34pmAfter reading some of these very detailed and heartfelt posts, it is evident a lot of you are veterans and I just want to say, thank you. I don’t know if you hear that enough or if it is even possible to thank you enough. But I really, sincerely, appreciate your service.
Report Post »spangsteve
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 10:18pmI can‘t speak for Iraqi’s, but I have trained Afghans, and the most disappointing thing was their country was slowly being tugged from their grasp, and they just were not serious about saving it….Hmmn sounds familiar.
Report Post »JohnnyGalt
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 8:47pmAs a veteran of the Iraq campaign and having worked in some of the more high profile areas of Iraq, this is something that will happen regardless of any type of security force or outside occupation of the country. The asymmetrical war that we are currently fighting is guerilla warfare at its prime. These types of attacks are hard to counter or protect from without having a good network of intelligence in the area that you are operating in. Our redeployment of troops along with the Iraqi’s poor security forces are going to make attacks like this more and more common, especially once the last American boot is off the ground.
Report Post »MonteFromMaine
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 7:37pmI believe the Iraq campaign was a necessary endeavor for many reasons. 1. Establish a forward base for theater operations. 2. Remove an enemy of the United States from further non-compliance to resolutions of the United Nations, and 3.The enforcement of the Rules drawn up at the end of the “First Gulf War.”
Report Post »Saddam was in control of this outcome. This was not a sneak attack.
The time was ripe for a show of force after the attack on 9/11/2001; and the politics of terrorism have been trumped by military might. The fight continues… constantly… because the number of voices in opposition to the war exemplifies the enemy’s tactics.
The outcome is never certain, but our goal is.
Che
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 5:00pmWere they looking for WMD? Any luck with that? Bush lied, people died.
Report Post »CommonSenseJames
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:59pmUnfortunately; all of us as Americans are going to have to accept that many more soldiers are going to be injured and killed even though our President has announced, that “war time operations in Iraq have ended.” Why? Because the “enemy” has not made the “same end-of-war announcement”.
I wish it were not so, but, our military has decided to enforce “Rules of Engagement” that require our US troops to not “shoot first ask questions later”, which puts them at risk. I completely understand the argument that for the “longer term goals” of peace, then, the US military has to reduce civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanastan, to ensure that local people will stop “hating us” for each civilian death, and therefore, will stop supporting the enemy forces.
However, this “macro-goal” means that for the people on the ground, (aka The Troops), they will suffer injuries and even death, in order to hopefully achieve the “larger political goals”. I know this. I am glad that my children are “too young” to be sent into this type of “Catch -22″ situation. (note they are in Jr ROTC and respect all that the military stands for.)
We as a country should stop using our “military as police or nation-builders”. It is not “fair” to them, to ask them to “hold your fire”, in a war-zone, situation when, so few of the “political and executive class of this country” have their own children serviing in harm’s way. Do you really think if the bodies coming home in caskets, were from the “upper middle class” in this country, that these “soft rules of engagment” would be in place? I serious doubt it.
Each week, there is a “role call” of the killed that appears on the national news shows on Sunday morning. Take a look and you will see that the soldiers who are dying are mostly from the “small, patriotic little towns” of America, or sometimes the “inner city” poor. Look at the “Addresses and Towns” of the soldier’s who have died and really “think” about where these heroes came from.
The people fighting…(our troops)..are NOT the upper middle class kids going to college, with dad on Wall Street, and mom the Lawyer. Instead, they are “the other” America. The patriotic, small town, boy scouts, and girl scouts, who have watched the local “manufacturing plant” that dad worked at get “outsourced to China” 10 years ago, by some Wall Street person with an MBA from….(Fill in the Blank) who made “millions” from the “deal”, while dad got laid off. Of course not everyone is “poor”, but, to deny that the majority of soldiers came from small towns, lower-income and lower-opportunity areas, is to deny reality.
That is unfortunately, the “Real Story” of the continued Iraq, and Afghanastan conflicts. One small group of Americans doing all the fighting and dying, while the rest of America is basically “uneffected”, and is “heading to Starbucks for a Latte.”
Report Post »Phoenician
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:35pmGod bless our Troops! Obama is a LIAR.
I can‘t believe Fox News doesn’t have this at the top of it’s home page … instead it’s Daley and Rahm. grrrrrrr EXPOSE the liar-in-chief!
Report Post »Venom
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:28pmAt this point we should pull everyone out. We did all we can for them….leave mercenaries to do what is necessary.
Report Post »DanniDee
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:01pmOur troops have never been in more danger than now – because of the Kenyan Muslim in our White house. I tremble to think of the high profile defense secrets that are no longer secret by being in the hands of our worst enemies.
Report Post »ConservativeAtheist
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:52pmAnyone who thinks we have won this war in Iraq is sadly mistaken. The troops over there have done an amazing job and I am thankful for them every single day. They have done this amazing job not because of…but in SPITE of American policies of engagement. It is absolutely amazing to me that we and our allies seem to be the only ones who are held to such stringent combat restrictions. These restrictions have not only handcuffed our fine men and woment bearing arms in Iraq, but have emboldened our enemies. The “end to combat operations” has done nothing but given the insurgency the green light to step up their operations.
Since the day the U.S. made it public that we would end operations on a specific date and/or withdraw by a specific date from both Iraq and Afghanistan, our enemies have lied in wait, striking just enough to remind us they are still there. Once we are gone though, I promise you all hell will break loose.
This is a holy war, make no mistake about it. There is no possible way to win a holy war particularly when the societies we are trying to help base their whole existence on their religion.
Report Post »TheBlazenTruth
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 2:00pmDont blame religion because your an athiest. Religion is nothing more than a belief in something. Do you believe there is no God? Then that is your Religion or ‘Belief’. Whether you would got to blows over your belief is based on how much faith you have in your belief. The bottom line is we dont believe what they do so therefore you are an enemy and you must be killed. So its not Religion but glad to see your at least a Conservative.
Report Post »warriorcop
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:39pmOhBoy stated that Combat is over in Iraq. Someone should really send a copy of that memo to the Insurgency
Report Post »Country
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:47pmI think they got that memo, they get all the memos.
Report Post »LesterWillox
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:51pmYep, Wikileaks takes care of that. Can’t have uninformed insurgents now, can we?
Report Post »Ellie
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:35pmNo real surprise to anyone who has studied previous conflicts we have been involved in. The real question is, will this gunman (if he is caught) be treated as a terrorist, combatant, or prisoner of war. Or will he just be tunned over to the military and/or civilian courts in Iraq?
Report Post »Navyee
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:34pmLet everyone who posts first remember those soldiers and there familes. Only one post so far has said anything. I pray we will hold focus when we read these stories. Yes Obama is to blame for things and so are these muslims (no not all Muslims). But let us pray for those men and women over there, and pray and thank these two for paying the ultimate price for our freedom.
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 3:32pmIt is a given that we pray for the families. None of us here have anything but respect for them and sorrow for those who will have to live their lives without them. we are all diminished with their passing from our number. Great people have fallen and many more may follow them. it is our place to Raise hell here and change things so that their sacrifice will not be forgotten or derided by little people with no humanity left.
Report Post »jwilder
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:33pmDon’t you love when the end of combat happens, it helps when the enemy knows it’s the end of combat too.
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:32pmAnother chance for the nutless wonder boy in the whitehouse to apologize for. Fight back Obama. War is dirty as hell and people get killed. Try to make it pretty and civil and you will have a new one every day. The only problem is that the supposed moral high ground he desires is a tool they use to kill you. Stop patting your self on the back and kill some frekin terrorists already.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:27pmwhat if we pull every soldier Home, and build mega-bases in every single state of the US, and have our soldiers, like the Roman Army soldiers did in Britain, build a Hadrian’s Wall along the Southern border. and like China did in the distant mists of Time. frightened “Americans” wanted HOPE & CHANGE, well, we’re PROUD CHRISTIAN AMERICANS, we rush out and save the world over and over again, no one ever helpos us. we rush out feed everyone else globally while our own jobless people can’t get food stamps here. and we can finally QUIT THE WORLD, we should just let it go to Hell UNLESS IT HELPS US, and we can take care of ONLY OURSELVES for a change. we are not the world’s birth control police, doctors or policemen. so the world crumbles and starves, so what. the ancients built their Great Wall of China and Hadrian’s Wall without backhoes and bulldozers and cranes like we have today. with the Right PRESIDENT in our nation we can seal that border and RESTORE AMERICA FIRST.
Report Post »ConstitutionalPatriot
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 3:02pmThat is an interesting statement, but Roman didn’t have Planes, Missiles and Nuclear bomb’s to worry about. Also Ancient civilizations didn‘t turn out almost all of it’s manufacturing. Close off the world would mean no trade. No Trade would mean no manufactured goods. It will not succeed. They tried before WW1.
We need to protect ourselves first. As our founders told us, stay out of other countries affairs. Be neutral. But when we cannot be neutral we must not give the enemy our exit plans.
Being a former Marine, it saddens me that these two soldiers have been killed and nine comrades wounded. I pray the Lord our God watches over America’s service members in harms way. I also pray that the government of the United States of America learns from the past and stop’s giving away information that will harm our military.
To my fallen friends: May St Peter welcome you at the gates and may the Marine guards have a toast ready for your arrival. Peace be with you now and forever.
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 3:36pmOOH RAH and God Bless ya’ll. Love the part about the walls. Some think we cannot secure our southern border but you did point out ancients had the ability. The Israels have done the same thing on there borders. Nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it. Many Americans for decades have wanted to be isolationist. The fact is we have been attacked for years by RADICAL ISLAM JIHADIST. The first war America fought was in 1805 and we have to remember this time they attacked OUR homeland and are plotting more attacks. The information comment was right on and the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT are killing OUR brother and sisters as well!! POLITICALLY CORRECT WARFARE is just PROLONGING this thing!!!
Report Post »LesterWillox
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 6:43pmPolitically correct warfare is also the thing that separates our armies from the burned earth tactics of Russia and Nazi Germany in WW2.
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 4:01pmLMAO!!! We killed more Japanese civilians in the firing bombing capaigns than BOTH nukes combined. It was are heavy bombing that destroyed German cities and it was my G-Pa that went over at the end of WWII to rebuild the German railroads!!!!
Report Post »missmarie
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:16pmLord, I pray for the families and friends of these fallen soldiers. May they look to you for guidance, rest in you as they grieve, and could you provide comforting people to surround them. I pray they feel the love of many prayers during this difficult time. I know of hundreds who are praying for them right now – her our prayers Lord, pass them on. God Bless Them
Report Post »wmwest
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:30pmThank you for this post. The response I see is the “seeing the forest, but not the trees.” Yes, the death of my fellow soldiers is just a symptom of the larger events and the cultural mindest of some in Iraq. None the less, two of our heroes have fallen. Your thoughts and prayers for them and those that loved them are spot on target.
Iraq will not change because of a deadline or a piece of paper. Iraq will only change when the people begin to understand that they have more to live for than to die for. When life has hope, true hope, of a greater future we will see a glorious day in all of Iraq and the Middle East.
Report Post »Navyee
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:35pmthank you both, true God fearing Americans.
Report Post »missmarie
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:08pmI misspelled the word “hear” in the last sentence. God already knows I’m a bad speller. He overlooks such things because He knows my heart. I just thought I should admit it to all of you! Our prayer chain is strong today for these soldiers – if you don’t belong to one, you should – very satisfying.
Report Post »plunderpower
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:08pmAfter Obama’s announcement about pulling out of Afghanistan July 2011 this is what would happen. The bounty on soldiers and trucks is keeping the Taliban fighters from splitting. Obama put our trrops in harm’s way, not a little church in Florida. But now the left has its scapegoat doesn’t it?
Report Post »plunderpower
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:52pmSoldiers in Forward Operating Bases in Afghanistan have been busy digging deep trenches around their bases and fortifying them. Helicopters have been flying 24/7…Ever since Obama made his big announcement. These soldiers have said they could care less about a Quran burning by a little church in FL. They say its why they are there..Freedom. It went hot because of Obama. Petraeus is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is covering Obama’s hind end for him. The Left has found its scapegoat and will have a hey day with it. As a friend in Afghanistan said, “Don’t worry about us. This ain’t our first rodeo.”
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:02pmno matter how kind America has been to them, all they know is murdering Americans. they have leaders who said that America will be destroyed, and that ” America says it is for Freedom and Liberty. But there is no such thing as Liberty in Iraq, Obedience is only to Allah.” we should have nuked it & Afghanistan back to the dusty sandy Stone Age (they are just short of it anyway) in 2003 and just saved ourselves 4200 American soldiers and the money.
Report Post »baldwin4freedom
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 1:58pmIf we are going to honor our fallen we must expect to stay in Iraq for many years to come.
When you are dealing with tribal mentality it will take decades for them to learn that tribalism only maintains poverty. Tribalism is, in my opinion, very much like socialism.
Report Post »tepartyblogdotinfo
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:55pmThey should learn it at their own expense not at the cost of American lives. As a vet I have to say it bothers me that we would leave something unfinished but we need to take care of America first and stop spending our money, time and effort over seas on ungrateful people. We cant give people freedom they have to fight for it. They lived under tyrant that they did not oppose and will again; until they are ready to make the same sacrifices we did.
Report Post »danglingbags
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 9:03pmI HOPE THAT THIS IS NOT LINKED TO THE PLANNED KORAN BURNING. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
MAY THE MILITARY FAMILIES THAT LOST THEIR BRAVE CHILDREN FIND STRENGTH TO CARRY ON.
ALL AMERICANS THANK YOU