MSNBC reporter in Iraq reporting why no bodies of Iraqis are ever found...

[NNN0LHI]

...after firefights. The reason the reporter gave was that the Iraqis take the bodies with them and then sweep up all of their shell casings too. I swear the MSNBC reporter just said this. Them Iraqi's must be some clean rascals or something?

Don

[gWbush is Mabus]

1. i think muslims must bury the dead within 24 hours

not sure though.

[hlthe2b]

6. That is true.... They must honor the dead by burying within 24 hours.

[DrWeird]

9. That's what they said in Somalia.

After that firefight that allegedly killed 2,000 somali gunmen. But 2,000 dead gunmen is an awful big mess to clean up.

I suspect the estimates of enemy kills is at least bit exaggerated.

[NNN0LHI]

10. I do too

I just can't imagine that with us owning the skies and supposedly the country that the insurgents can find the time to stand around sweeping up shell casings and carrying bodies with them as they are running for their lives after attacking a convoy. I may be wrong, but I don't know...

Don

[hlthe2b]

13. I'm not defending the military's numbers nor claims.... just pointing out

where they are making (the perhaps rare) truthful statment. I don't know how often Iraqis CAN stop to remove/bury the dead and if this even makes sense from a practical point of view-- just that it is true that Islam expects that they will do so. As for the shell casings, that makes no sense at all.

[Loonman]

2. That's just what the VC used to do

Ironic, eh?

[GOPisEvil]

3. The reporter said this with a straight face?

Goodness gracious...some people wil believe anything.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. Implying that they control the ground after the attack

How else can they sweep up their shell casings?

[Elad]

5. I had heard

that they collected the casings because they melted them down and sold the metal. :shrug:

[niceypoo]

7. Or maybe the "Firefights" are against unarmed people?

The fun never ends with this bunch.

[mb7588a]

8. That was Kevin Sites

He used to be a freelance reporter who contributed to CNN, they told him to stop updating his blog at www.kevinsites.net, and he bolted. Or so I understand it.

[madrchsod]

11. the us forces hired

waste management corporation to clean up after a firefight. wm is
billing the new government of Iraq for refuse removal.

[Brian Sweat]

12. Is our military so incompetent that our enemies can loiter

over a battle field after having been completely vanquished long enough to collect their dead AND their shell casings?

[Bozita]

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... Publishers Clearinghouse.