Tapsearch Com EditorU.S. Buried Iraqi Soldier Alive in first Gulf War
March 17th 2008 19:42
Bizarre Politics Reports:
The ugly truth behind the first Gulf War
The following poem is taken from The Catholic Worker March-April 1992 edtion- page 3, and from the Poetry Foundation archives id=180095.
It prompted us into a study of this horrific incident and you can do the same . We could include our study but it is better for all to search out the story themselves. You can search out the story with the names you find in the poem and the New York Times article.
News Report, September 1991
U.S. BURIED IRAQI SOLDIERS ALIVE IN GULF WAR
News Report, September 1991
by Denise Levertov
"What you saw was a
bunch of trenches with
arms sticking out."
"Plows mounted on
tanks. Combat
earthmovers."
"Defiant."
"Buried."
"Carefully planned and
rehearsed."
"When we
went through there wasn't
anybody left."
"Awarded
Silver Star."
"Reporters
banned."
"Not a single
American killed."
"Bodycount
impossible."
"For all I know,
thousands, said
Colonel Moreno."
"What you
saw was a bunch of
buried trenches
with people's
arms and things
sticking out."
"Secretary Cheney
made no mention."
"Every single American
was inside
the juggernaut
impervious
to small-arms
fire." "I know
burying people
like that sounds
pretty nasty, said
Colonel Maggart,
But . . . ."
"His force buried
about six hundred
and fifty
in a thinner line
of trenches."
"People's arms
sticking out."
"Every American
inside."
"The juggernaut."
"I'm not
going to sacrifice
the lives
of my soldiers,
Moreno said, it's not
cost-effective."
"The tactic was designed
to terrorize,
Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins
said, who helped
devise it."
"Schwartzkopf's staff
privately
estimated fifty to seventy
thousand killed in the trenches."
"Private Joe Queen was
awarded
a Bronze Star for burying
trenches with his
earthmover."
"Inside
the juggernaut."
"Impervious."
"A lot of the guys
were scared, he said,
but I
enjoyed it."
"A bunch of
trenches. People's
arms and things
sticking out."
"Cost-effective." [/I]
And here is a further account from the New York Times:
----------------------------- ----------------------------- --------------------- Search under
New York Times
September 15, 1991
U.S. Army Buried Iraqi Soldiers Alive in Gulf War
By ERIC SCHMITT,
"United States Army forces buried alive scores of Iraqi soldiers in their trenches in the early hours of the allied ground attack that ended the Persian Gulf war.
The disclosure of the live burials, which were first reported in Newsday this week, seems likely to add to the debate about how forthcoming the Pentagon has been in providing details about the toll suffered by the Iraqi Army at the hands of American forces.
The Pentagon has provided no official estimate of Iraq's overall casualties. The Defense Intelligence Agency issued a heavily qualified analysis in June estimating that 100,000 Iraqis had been killed and 300,000 wounded in the war but said the figures had a 50 percent margin of error". ( See full story under search terms above )
And today , the................
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan will feature testimony from U.S. veterans who served in those occupations, giving an accurate account of what is really ...
http://iwaw.org/wintersoldier ( Link may be too busy - you can search under the terms above to find out more )
It prompted us into a study of this horrific incident and you can do the same . We could include our study but it is better for all to search out the story themselves. You can search out the story with the names you find in the poem and the New York Times article.
News Report, September 1991
U.S. BURIED IRAQI SOLDIERS ALIVE IN GULF WAR
News Report, September 1991
Wars breed more wars and terrorism
by Denise Levertov
"What you saw was a
bunch of trenches with
arms sticking out."
"Plows mounted on
tanks. Combat
earthmovers."
"Defiant."
"Buried."
"Carefully planned and
rehearsed."
"When we
went through there wasn't
anybody left."
"Awarded
Silver Star."
"Reporters
banned."
"Not a single
American killed."
"Bodycount
impossible."
"For all I know,
thousands, said
Colonel Moreno."
"What you
saw was a bunch of
buried trenches
with people's
arms and things
sticking out."
"Secretary Cheney
made no mention."
"Every single American
was inside
the juggernaut
impervious
to small-arms
fire." "I know
burying people
like that sounds
pretty nasty, said
Colonel Maggart,
But . . . ."
"His force buried
about six hundred
and fifty
in a thinner line
of trenches."
"People's arms
sticking out."
"Every American
inside."
"The juggernaut."
"I'm not
going to sacrifice
the lives
of my soldiers,
Moreno said, it's not
cost-effective."
"The tactic was designed
to terrorize,
Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins
said, who helped
devise it."
"Schwartzkopf's staff
privately
estimated fifty to seventy
thousand killed in the trenches."
"Private Joe Queen was
awarded
a Bronze Star for burying
trenches with his
earthmover."
"Inside
the juggernaut."
"Impervious."
"A lot of the guys
were scared, he said,
but I
enjoyed it."
"A bunch of
trenches. People's
arms and things
sticking out."
"Cost-effective." [/I]
And here is a further account from the New York Times:
----------------------------- ----------------------------- --------------------- Search under
New York Times
September 15, 1991
U.S. Army Buried Iraqi Soldiers Alive in Gulf War
By ERIC SCHMITT,
"United States Army forces buried alive scores of Iraqi soldiers in their trenches in the early hours of the allied ground attack that ended the Persian Gulf war.
The disclosure of the live burials, which were first reported in Newsday this week, seems likely to add to the debate about how forthcoming the Pentagon has been in providing details about the toll suffered by the Iraqi Army at the hands of American forces.
The Pentagon has provided no official estimate of Iraq's overall casualties. The Defense Intelligence Agency issued a heavily qualified analysis in June estimating that 100,000 Iraqis had been killed and 300,000 wounded in the war but said the figures had a 50 percent margin of error". ( See full story under search terms above )
And today , the................
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan will feature testimony from U.S. veterans who served in those occupations, giving an accurate account of what is really ...
http://iwaw.org/wintersoldier ( Link may be too busy - you can search under the terms above to find out more )
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Comment by Damo
For the Sake of Argument
My Apologetics
I remember seeing this story some years ago.