I know you're addressing this to Phil, Paul, but I pray it is not true, for
the sake of the loved ones who have grief enough just with the soldiers'
dying......but to know that they had their throats slit, and their heads
bashed in by some teenage boys, would make their sorrow double, at
least.  I pray the story is false, and that the report of it will be
retracted by the media.
Helen

At 07:46 PM 11/25/03 -0500, you wrote:
>The story is true, Phil.
>
>Paul
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:02 PM
>Subject: Re: Soldiers Killed in Iraq
>
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > I heard a report yesterday, I think it was, that the story of the two men
> > dragged from their vehicle and stoned was untrue.  Yes they were killed
>but
> > their bodies were not mutilated as reported.  According to what I heard,
>the
> > Pentagon has been trying to get major news agencies to retract this one
>but
> > so far the story has been left as is.  I have no idea if what I heard was
> > true or not, of course, but remembering them all in prayer is most
>certainly
> > our responsibility.  My web master was there for several months.  He is 22
> > years old and is in the guards.  Maybe, Paul, you have a way of
>confirmming
> > that story so let us know if you find anything out about it.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ariel" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 2:57 PM
> > Subject: Soldiers Killed in Iraq
> >
> >
> > > Please continue to pray for the strength of soldiers all over the world,
> > but
> > > especially in Iraq, during the holidays.  You may have heard about the
> > > soldiers who were attacked in Iraq, then dragged from their disabled
> > > vehicles, had their throats slit and their heads bashed in with cement
> > > blocks.  All by Iraqi teenagers.  You can imagine what that does to
>other
> > > soldiers in the unit having to deal with Iraqi people every day,
>including
> > > teenagers.  (It's the same type of thing that happened in Viet Nam where
> > the
> > > very children soldiers were feeding and playing with were those who
> > attacked
> > > and killed them in a few hours.)  Alot of stress for soldiers who want
>to
> > be
> > > home with their own children.  So please keep them in prayer, including
> > the
> > > chaplains who must bear the brunt of soldiers' stress as well as their
> > own.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >

Far too many people spend their lives reading the menu instead of enjoying
the banquet.