Secret clearance and friends who were there are enough, Helen.

Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: Soldiers Killed in Iraq


> Paul wrote:
> >As I said, Helen, the incident happened as I described it.  That's all I
can
> >tell you.
>
> Helen says:
> Paul, this has gotten so far afield of the original post that I can't even
> recall what you said happened.  <smile>  But I told you earlier that
> evidently you have some knowledge of it that the rest of us aren't privy
> to.....and so it seems you do.  You must have a very high security
> clearance to have that kind of information.  <smile>
> Helen
>
>
> >Paul
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:31 PM
> >Subject: Re: Soldiers Killed in Iraq
> >
> >
> > > Hey, Paul,
> > >
> > > Even though I said I was going to end my part in this discussion, here
is
> > > more.  <smile>
> > > I just received this in an email alert from a list I'm on:
> > >
> > > Hearts and Mindlessness - The Battle Continues
> > > The New York Times reported that earlier stories were incorrect in
> >claiming
> > > that two American soldiers who died in Mosul this week were mutilated.
In
> > > the revised account, the military spokesman said the victims, both of
the
> > > 101st Airborne Division, were not set upon by a mob but were shot by
> > > unidentified gunmen who stopped their car in front of the Americans'
car,
> > > forcing it to halt. The bodies were dragged from the car and
ransacked.
> >The
> > > Americans who were killed were traveling in an unarmored sport utility
> > > vehicle without an escort. This was contrary to Army policy that
requires
> > > travel in the Mosul region in armed convoys.  "There is no excuse,"
the
> > > military official said.
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:10 AM 11/26/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Hey, Helen
> > > >
> > > >We can certainly agree that we're all opposed to war, though
sometimes
> >it's
> > > >a necessary evil.  Even the folks giving their lives for them will
agree
> >to
> > > >that.
> > > >
> > > >Paul