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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:00 AM Original message |
U.S. service member kills 4 fellow troops in Iraq |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. BIAP is a heavily populated base |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed.... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Element of surprise? |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. He's dead. |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
45. follow the link to this----------------------> ---> ---> ---> |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Thanks. CNN just corrected their report after I posted that. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That is a very good point |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yeah I skimmed the article. Missed that he killed himself. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I don't really understand the mindset |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Maybe some people are afraid to "go" on their own? I don't really understand it either. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. inflicting the most damage to others make them justify their suicide |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. " NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reported the assailant took his own life after the violent outburst." n/t |
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CherokeeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. This Has To Stop... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I agree... |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It is likely the transportation units will be the last ones there |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. We can't get out as quickly as we got in. |
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snowdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. Suicide rates continue to rise --and now this. How horrible for the families. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. A stressed-out soldier in Iraq? Come on, seriously? |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. they need to come home. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. if we just had better gun control laws... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Please. Not the time. Not the place. n/t |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. yeah, you are right |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I know you probaly know this |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. hence the sarcasm smiley |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I agree and immediately got the irony/sarcasm but this is 4 dead soldiers slain by one of their own. |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Kudos for admitting, and also for your explanation for posting something in questionable taste. |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Hiccup. |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
49. Agree. n/t |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Huh? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. its not about gun control |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. +1. Mental Health system (or lack their of is normally the root problem) |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. But Dick Cheney said |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. Bring the troops home. There is no Osama. The Taliban is not Al Qaida |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. MSNBC says conflicting reports whether or not he actually killed himself |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. BBC: US troops 'killed by colleague' |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. Soldier now in custody, according to ABC |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. CNN now saying some of the 5 may be civilians. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. What's going on? Conflicting reports going every direction |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The AP is trying to imply that five soldiers were killed by an insurgent attack |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. This isn't the time to laugh but I lol'd over that |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. My memory might be off |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Which is why AP's take on the story just doesn't make sense |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Theoretically it could be an interperter who stole a weapon. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Your unit left weapons in vehicles? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. You going to walk through the PX with .50cal M2 too? |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. In that scenario we would leave someone behind for weapons guard |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I didn't know you left a guard |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. np. in hindsight I wasn't very clear but yes we always left a guard. n/t |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
34. Wonder how many tours he was forced to serve. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Ditto...n/t |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
40. I just called my daughter |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
43. Obama's timetable for pulling us "out" of Iraq really needs to be sped up |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. US Soldier Kills Fellow Troops In Iraq |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Oh, my God...this is too awful, I have no words. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. CBS link: |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. AP: US soldier guns down 5 fellow soldiers in Iraq |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Very sad. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. k&r, time to end the occupation, time to fund mental health care for military&vets. eom |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Damn, just damn. |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Better make that TSD |
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KathieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Horrible. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Horrible |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. That is so sad. |
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