Captured US soldier shown on film

[JCMach1]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D45F6A81-D357-4BF6-97D7-2F7C517B0007.htm

Saturday 17 April 2004, 3:00 Makka Time, 0:00 GMT

The prisoner has identified himself as Keith Mathew Maupin


Aljazeera has aired videotape showing an American soldier held prisoner by an armed Iraqi group.

A spokesperson for the unidentified Iraqi resistance group said on the tape that the soldier was being "treated according to the Islamic way of treating prisoners of war".

He added that the group had arrested the soldiers in order to swap him with some of its hostages being held by the American occupying forces.

The videotape, received late on Friday, showed the captive dressed in US army uniform and surrounded by armed masked men. On the tape, the soldier identifies himself as Keith Mathew...

[Room101]

1. FUCKING BUSH - I hope he makes it alive

BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS BUSH

[TheWraith]

2. The situation could be worse...

I think this guy has a very good chance of making it home alive. The invocation of Islamic law re: treatment of prisoners is a very specific and calculated move. It says that they have the same respect for the Geneva Conventions as BushCo does, but that they will play nice because it is in their rules, not ours. They aren't threatening him, and they are seeking prisoner exchange. I think this guy's chances of living are VERY good, though he may not be released for quite a while--weeks or even months.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. The same respect for the Geneva Conventions as BushCo?

You mean, us? The United States?

The same army who locked dozens of Afghanis in a cargo container with no water or bathroom and left in the sun for a day or two? The same army that puts black hoods over prisoner's heads? How are we treating Iraqi soldiers who are captured?

Easy, they get a dose of acute lead posioning... about 125gr or so at 2250fps in the back of the head.

BushCo has shown extreme contempt for the Geneva Convention in the past 2 years, it shows great class if the Iraquis can do better.

[saigon68]

5. A BAG ON HEAD FOR FREEDOM COLLECTION

A BAG ON HEAD FOR FREEDOM COLLECTION

By Ralph Rumsfelt Fashion Wear
Created by Chief Designer Wolfman Wolfowitz
Produced by HALLIBURTON HOMEWEAR --A division of (ETR) Exorbitant Tax Ripoffs LLC






This Iraqi man is wearing the latest in Ralph Rumsfelt Fashion Wear.

It's from the "I'M WEARING A BAG ON MY HEAD FOR FREEDOM COLLECTION"

Said Wolfman Wolfowitz chief designer of the collection. "Our work is meant to inspire Co-
Operation on the part of the wearer". He continued, "Sometimes a good swift ass kicking gets
them in a proper frame of mind to wear and model our creations."

Next up US govt approved chromed and plated testicle crushers !!!!




Wearing the latest fashion in wear for captured Iraqis is Saddam Al Masser of Fallujah. In a
Wolfman Wolfowitz inspired creation, made especially for Iraq-Nam II. Mr. Masser models a not
too tight Designer white Head Bag. When asked how it felt Mr. Masser commented "MH$#)(*&%$$"

This creation is produced and marketed by HALLIBURTON HOMEWEAR –A division of
(ETR) Exorbitant Tax Ripoffs LLC








SOMETIMES IN AN EMERGENCY A PLASTIC SANDBAG HAS TO SUFFICE.



SOMETIMES NEEDING ENCOURAGEMENT

Note the Smiling guard’s admiring Stare at the soon to be covered model’s face. A bit of
coaxing and encouragement is sometimes needed before the model humbly accepts the new
“look” in Fashion wear






The Plane ride sponsored by Myers Airways (Your best friend in the Air)

[TheWraith]

8. Exactly...

They're claiming the moral high ground, while at the same time throwing a jab at the U.S., and building more support among fence-sitting Iraqis and Mid-Easterners. That's why I say it's calculated.

Another reason to hope this guy makes it--if he dies after the tape was made, the Army is going to go even more bat-shit than it did after the four mercs in Falluja got it. They would probably invade Najaf, which would unleash the rest of Sadr's Mahdi Army, and then we reach a whole new order of magnitude of FUBAR.

[Bozita]

4. He worked at Sam's Club (Walmart)

Just heard on KIRO while listening to Mike Webb.

[yelladawg]

6. At least we know he is alive

The tape will keep him alive.

[saigon68]

7. Got that right

The tape will keep him alive---- I praying the (AIC) assholes in charge figure out some way to exchange him.

We can't have it both ways. Either we have to treat them with respect of forfeit the moral high ground.

Oh--I'm sorry we never had the moral high ground