Spooky story of 16 troops committing suicide

[barack the house]

This has got to stop people we got to get Democrats elected we'll work out the details once they are in office. Check out this story.....


http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68821§ionid=351020201

The troops' motivations for suicide are not known but according to Iraqi sources the servicemen belonged to the 57th Unit of the US Airborne Division that was behind the massacre of several Iraqi families-- mostly women and children-- in northern Baghdad, said Ali al-Baghdadi an Iraqi security official.

The suicides took place in the soldiers' dormitory after the dinner time.
"The bodies of the US troops became misshapen such a way that they looked like 5000-year mummies," said a witness.

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Even if we might consider it exaggeration of the body description. The rate of suicides is a worry on its own. This is a sign something is very wrong whichever way you look at it. Email this article to as many people as you know.

[K Gardner]

1. Good GOD !! Will our MSM report this ? Unbelievable...

[onenote]

19. when something seems unbelievable -- it usually is...

the posters who accepted at face value this story should be embarassed for themselves.

[cali]

20. Unbelievable is the right word. I mean c'mon, please try applying

some critical thinking skills instead of just swallowing something because it's something that fits into your world view.

[YOY]

21. No. It's BS. The Iranian press?

Military suicides are believable this is someone else's propaganda. It's like when people use Pravda here and expect anything more than complete acceptance of it.

If you want press coverage the ME world try Al Jazeera
.

[goldcanyonaz]

2. Is there any other source for this?

I can't find any confirmation other than on propaganda websites with topic titles such as this "16 US Terrorist Troops Commit Suicide In Iraq".

[barack the house]

7. I just heard it on malloy searched it posted it here. It correlates with outher suicide stories ->

reported on liberal radio.

[WritersBlock]

15. I sent the link to the BBC and asked that they check it and cover the story if it's true.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2804227.stm

[Ganja Ninja]

3. A total of 21 tried and five are in still in critical condition.

"Security officials said they used potent narcotics to kill themselves.'

I wonder if it really was suicide or if they were poisoned? Did they get the drugs from Cheney's KBR?

[eridani]

4. Single source

Wait to see if it's reported somewhere else, obviously not in the US.

[barack the house]

6. There a lot of articles of stories of increasing sucide rates out there. Malloy mentioned it first.

[Marrah_G]

18. There is a difference between a skyrocketing suicide rate and a mass suicide

The first is easily hidden. The second is not.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

5. At a time when the GOP is reporting that we won the war and they'll....

start bringing our troops home, maybe it's as simple as a cover up of an escalation of violence in Iraq. ...I don't think suicides are counted as a combat death.

[druidity33]

8. doesn't pass the smell test... nt

[barack the house]

10. Depends how you use smell really.

[barack the house]

9. Another story on suicides here...

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-04-voa51.cfm

[FreepFryer]

11. With no insult intended, I'll need to see this in a news report from OTHER than Iran. (n/t)

[nc4bo]

12. Bad war. Not that there's such a thing as a good war but at least the intentions

would be good.

This is a bad war on so many levels.

Please DIGG the article so it gets some notice. Go here: http://digg.com/world_news/Press_TV_16_US_troops_commit_suicide_in_Iraq

[unhappycamper]

13. That sounds consistent with everything I've seen on the military rags

The VA admits that 18 veterans a day are offing themselves. Drug, alcohol and mysterious deaths abound. Every time I see one of these I think of PTSD.

[Marrah_G]

17. 16 funerals from the same company, the same community, dying on the same day...could not be hidden

The only way it could would be a cover story of a big attack or accident. But there has been no such story.

This is coming from Iran- The Articles also call the soldiers terrorists. It is just propaganda.

[YOY]

14. Brought to you by the same idiots that think Pravda is a reliable source of info

I'd like to think DU isn't cramed full of f***ing idiots.

Yes, the suicides are real. The mummy part? Oh f***ing come on!

[Marrah_G]

16. This is from an Iranian source and is total Bullshit.

Think about it people. It makes no sense. They would not be able to hide 16 deaths from the same company, same community. 16 families, 16 funerals, there would be no hiding this.

This is Iranian Propaganda. (Yes they do it too)

Don't email this BS to anyone.

If this crap were to go viral and the kids of the member of that Company or the wives were to see it, you would be causing them a shitload of un-necessary heartbreak.

[Canuckistanian]

22. presstv? Isn't that the same outfit that brought us the "photoshopped missiles"?

I wouldn't trust them.