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
> >