November 29, 2005
Iraq – a Baghdad-based presence since October 2002. Team members accompanied the Iraqi people through the U.S.-led 2003 war and continue during the post-war occupation to expose abusive acts by U.S. Armed Forces and support Iraqis committed to nonviolent resistance.
This organization went into Iraq while Saddam Hussein was still in power.
Yet, I still hope for the hostages safe release.
UPDATE: Geez, 18 comments on this post and no one noticed that I spelled "history" as "hisory." With friends like you, who needs enemas?
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Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at November 29, 2005 06:58 PM (8e/V4)
The war on terror is a battle between civilization and chaos. And civilized people tolerate idiots.
Posted by: Marvin at November 29, 2005 07:17 PM (UXH11)
Posted by: Jane at November 29, 2005 08:50 PM (M7kiy)
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at November 29, 2005 08:50 PM (8e/V4)
Posted by: Jane at November 29, 2005 08:55 PM (M7kiy)
I think what Greg is doing is a violation of criminal law. He is making a demand for money, and I think extortion laws would apply in this case.
I think you should seriously consider turning his posts over to the Prosecuting Attorney for investigation of violation of the United States Code. There may also be state statutes in your own state that apply to extortion, which in many cases make it easier to prosecute.
Posted by: jesusland joe at November 29, 2005 08:55 PM (rUyw4)
Posted by: Jane at November 29, 2005 08:57 PM (M7kiy)
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at November 29, 2005 09:01 PM (8e/V4)
He lives in Austin, and I wouldn't doubt that he may be doing this with computers at the University of Texas. I think you should tell the Prosecuter that he may be using computers at UT-Austin and perhaps they can check with UT in an attempt to find out.
Posted by: jesusland joe at November 29, 2005 09:02 PM (rUyw4)
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at November 29, 2005 09:13 PM (8e/V4)
Listen -I hope they return alive but I'm not going to waste a lot of time or words on them.
Posted by: hondo at November 29, 2005 09:23 PM (Jvmry)
These people put themselves in this position - naive, stupid or whatever - does it really matter?
Let it play out - and lets move on.
Posted by: hondo at November 29, 2005 09:29 PM (Jvmry)
Posted by: john ryan at November 29, 2005 09:34 PM (ads7K)
How bout a dead pool on which hostage gets sliced first. I'm thinking the hippy looking guy on the right gets it first. Jihadis don't like hippies. Something about them being morally degenerate.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at November 29, 2005 09:44 PM (8e/V4)
However, to address your insinuation directly, if I thought that they were pro-Saddam, or approved of his regime, I would have written This group was clearly pro-Saddam, and approved of his regime!
Posted by: Vinnie at November 29, 2005 10:13 PM (Kr6/f)
Posted by: jesusland joe at November 29, 2005 10:18 PM (rUyw4)
I do live in the hill country, and I thought I remember him telling me we were neighbors. I could be wrong though.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at November 29, 2005 10:22 PM (8e/V4)
My dad's family is from Kerrville, and I was traveling from Abilene to Kerrville and asked Greg to meet me in Austin for a beer. IM told me Greg lived in Austin, and Greg confirmed it, although he might have lied, who knows? He refused to meet me for the beer however, because I wasn't too happy with him at the time, but really, I wouldn't have kicked his ass, even though I felt like it.
Posted by: jesusland joe at November 29, 2005 10:31 PM (rUyw4)
You can find thousands of them on pages to do with Internet anonymity, just a simple reconfiguration of a browser, or sometimes you just post in the URL and it will bring you here through their server.
If that's the case, it's a pretty simple, much like greg.
Posted by: dave at November 29, 2005 10:34 PM (CcXvt)
C'mon, this off-topic stuff is interfering with my ability to order 200 cases of Viagra at the discounted price, dudes.
Posted by: Vinnie at November 29, 2005 10:57 PM (Kr6/f)
X@N@X, V1AGR4 and R3AL F4K3 R0L3X W4TCH!
spammers find the most annoying way to spell / write everything to get around baysian filters, it's got so bad some of them you can't even understand what they're selling!
Posted by: dave at November 29, 2005 11:03 PM (CcXvt)
And I keep my filters at a minimum, so I don't miss the ads for hot lesbo midget porn.
Posted by: Vinnie at November 29, 2005 11:06 PM (Kr6/f)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 29, 2005 11:18 PM (0yYS2)
But trust me Im not realy nutso. You had to be there.
Posted by: Jane at November 29, 2005 11:27 PM (M7kiy)
Posted by: Cybrludite at November 30, 2005 01:47 AM (XFoEH)
Posted by: SonOfTheGodfather at November 30, 2005 03:35 AM (maXzk)
Posted by: Graeme at November 30, 2005 05:01 AM (tzkhu)
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Joe, I would have met greg for a beer just out of morbid curiosity.
Jane, until I read further on, I was beginning to worry about you. Gotta admit, it sounded a bit weird.
Posted by: Oyster at November 30, 2005 05:54 AM (YudAC)
if they are released - it is because of their successful dialogue with the insurgents in showing its Bush/US fault
if they are rescued - its Bush/US fault for preventing the above
if they are beheaded - its Bush/US fault
It is a no-win situation but it is also a no-important situation.
Notice how much coverage this gets by the MSM (and us at the moment too no less!) compared to the general lack of coverage of anything positive (military, Iraqi Gov etc).
This story is important to them, the lib/left & MSM. I wish them no harm but it is not important to me.
Posted by: hondo at November 30, 2005 06:02 AM (Jvmry)
Posted by: Agent Smith at November 30, 2005 06:05 AM (N6ptp)
Posted by: hondo at November 30, 2005 06:08 AM (Jvmry)
Menonites have a very long history of challenging authority using non-violence and they are also prepared to accept martyrdom for their actions. My guess is they are relying on prayer for comfort. May God protect and comfort them.
I hope that son of dogs, Zarquawi doesn't execute them. Especially on camera.
Posted by: Jeff at November 30, 2005 08:11 AM (/P1rH)
Posted by: carin at November 30, 2005 08:16 AM (grn7M)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 30, 2005 10:19 AM (0yYS2)
Posted by: jesusland joe at November 30, 2005 10:39 AM (rUyw4)
Notice they didn't go into Iraq to document Saddam's killing of hundreds of thousands, even though their group has been in existence since 1986(?). They only cared when an organized effort was put together to stop him. Not one word on their site is used to condemn all the atrocities committed in Iraq for decades. Only a constant condemnation of those who fight back.
They think the Iraqis should have kept offering their throats. And, AND, they argue on behalf of those who have killed women, children, the old, the weak.
"Oh, innocent people are being tortured, gassed, raped, dismembered and murdered? Ho hum. Wait! They're fighting? Well, we can't have THAT!"
How sick is that?
Posted by: Oyster at November 30, 2005 03:13 PM (fl6E1)
Search for "Bush," on the other hand, and you'll only find 19 pages of links. Narrow the search to "+Bush +Iraq" and you'll find only 14 pages of links.
Sorry, but your math simply doesn't add up. Overall, the balance of CPT's reporting in Iraq seems pretty even-handed. If anything, Bush seems to fare significantly better than Saddam.
In other words, if there's anything sick in this whole debate, it's the degree to which you have been willing to stretch the facts in the name of your own assumptions and beliefs.
Please, if you want to debate the fervors and follies of pacifism as a viable philosophy, by all means do so. But when it comes to making slanderous assertions about the 4 men currently being held hostage and the organization for which they work, check your assumptions at the door and do your research first.
Posted by: Rob at December 02, 2005 01:12 AM (Wl7Nx)
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