Just in: US hostage in Saudi Arabia has been executed

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This thread has started to sound like a bunch of R Gruppe guys whining.

[techweenie]

Hey, the good news is they killed the top local al Quaeda guy and wounded/captured others in the act of dumping Johnson's body.

Tht should go a long way in a.) calming things down and b.) demonstrating swift retribution.

Unclear as of yet who did what, but it sounds like the Saudi police did it.

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Betcha Johnson is thrilled to know that!

[techweenie]

I betcha it's some comfort to some Johnsons back in the states.

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U.S. Missiles Kill 20 Fallujah Residents

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1107&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20040619%2F0844931913.htm&sc=1107&photoid=20040619BAG102

where's the outrage over this? and then you ask why the war in Iraq is a complete disaster. because every week something like this happens with no accountability.

[350HP930]

Wow, 20 innocent people killed because one bad guy MIGHT have been hanging out in their neighborhood.

How is it that we are better than the terrorists again?

[Pragmatique]

Well, we have to use those missles up somehow, after all, more need to be built to keep our economy moving. I wonder how many aircraft carriers are currently being built to fight terrorists? The US has invested billions, and continues to invest billions, in high-tec military ordinance, but the terrorists get by with box cutters, homemade bombs, and hand-me-down weapons. There's something wrong with this picture?

[350HP930]

Lets not forget the push to develop a national missle defense system.

Gosh, I hope those evil doers never figure out that they could just smuggle their nukes into our country to bypass this multitrillion dollar boondoggle.