US Army Investigators Question Why Ill-Fated Convoy Had Only Two Vehicles

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Arraf Reports: Anomaly Factor in Kidnapping?
US Army Investigators Question Why Ill-Fated Convoy Had Only Two Vehicles
By JANE ARRAF Posted 1 hr. 3 min. ago

Baghdad – The U.S. military investigation into the ambush near Baghdad which has left five dead and three U.S. soldiers missing includes the question of why there were apparently only two vehicles in what is known to be a dangerous area, U.S. officials here say.

Four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi Army interpreter were killed in the huge explosion which left the two Humvees in flames before dawn on Saturday. Three other U.S. soldiers, possibly wounded, are missing, prompting an ongoing search by thousands of troops. U.S. Troops on operations in the area south of Baghdad normally travel in convoys of at least three Humvees for security reasons.

Some U.S. military operations were suspended on Sunday as troops were diverted to the search for the missing soldiers.

U.S. military spokesman Major General William Caldwell said about 4,000 troops on the ground and in the air were searching the area near Mahmudiya, surrounded by dense palm groves. The area is known as an al-Qaeda stronghold.

An al-Qaeda-linked group, the Islamic State in Iraq, claims it is holding the missing soldiers but hasn’t offered proof.
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or said something that some higher-ups didn't like.

Bush's republicon cronies have lost truckloads of cash in Iraq before.

Maybe this was another shipment of CASH for the republicon cronies in Iraq?

Bribery is EXPENSIVE, as the republicons well know...

hell this war is being fought on the cheap, can't take anymore money from the richest 1% to fight this war properly of course. Some LTC. or below is going to swing for this of course, the higher ups will be spared.

That's my guess.

this whole latest catastrophe is his brainchild.