Two of Seven Soldiers Who Wrote NYT Op-Ed Die In Iraq

Editor & Publisher:

The Op-Ed by seven active duty U.S. soldiers in Iraq questioning the war drew international attention just three weeks ago. Now two of the seven are dead.

Sgt. Omar Mora and Sgt. Yance Gray died Monday in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad, two of seven U.S. troops killed in the incident which was reported just as Gen. David Petraeus was about to report to Congress on progress in the "surge." The names have just been released.

Gen. Petraeus was questioned about the message of the op-ed in testimony before a Senate committee yesterday.

Read the whole story: Editor & Publisher

Comments

[ggmome]

12:48 PM on 09/13/2007

I wonder if this was by 'FRIENDLY FIRE'? Never determined who was the 'friend' who 'fired' the shot...

[hsk01945]

11:23 AM on 09/13/2007

Especially puzzling: Yance Gray, was an Army veteran since he joined in 2000, had also served in Afghanistan, and re-enlisted for the second time just three months ago. He obviously had misgivings - why in heaven's name did he re-up?

[Warmglobe]

11:49 AM on 09/13/2007

Cheney and Halliburton paid him off silly.....Gray was also in Dallas in November of 1963...oops I wasn't supposed to let that out..now I am going to be rebuked by the Tri-Lateral Commission..forget I said anything ok pal?

[Warmglobe]

11:16 AM on 09/13/2007

Time for the tin foil hat crowd to rise up!

[Bontempo]

09:25 AM on 09/13/2007

Wow, if anyone saw Weeds last week it seems almost prescient. Not to mention Pat Tillman. I won't be surprised when we learn that the government killed those two soldiers.

[Captain EdwardGraham]

07:18 AM on 09/13/2007

Meanwhile, these US guys had the honour to die for Kick Ass Guy yesterday:

09/12/07 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 2)
Lance Cpl. Jon T. Hicks Jr., 20, of Atco, N.J...assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C...died Sept. 10 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province

09/12/07 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (part 1)
Cpl. Carlos E. Gilorozco, 23, of San Jose, Calif...assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C...died Sept. 10 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province

09/12/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Courtney Hollinsworth, 26, of Yonkers, N.Y., died Sept. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device and grenades. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment...

http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1020500&hid=2141213386 IED with bullet hole in windshield

http://www.vidilife.com/video_play_651919_ied_attack_filmed_from_us.htm My ears, get fluck out of here, $hit

[susang]

06:25 AM on 09/13/2007

This story should be on top of the HuffPo page, with that Ambassador Clown quote about Baghdad looking so good running right under it.

[WTFbush]

03:09 AM on 09/13/2007

fuck, fuck fuck, fuck, fuck, fucking, fucking asshole republican fucking, fucking,assholes.

Now I CAN NOT WAIT for your fucking puke fucking kids to get drafted and get FUCKED IN IRAQ

[ceasenake]

07:45 AM on 09/13/2007

Cheer up rainy face, there isn't going to be a draft. Despite what you've convinced yourself about it, plenty of people are volunteering.

[GhostintheMachine]

02:22 AM on 09/13/2007

Looks like some of Hufftards work.

Over the weekend, something happened here at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. Something destructive. Something dishonorable. Along the foot of the wall, covering a stretch almost two-thirds of the entire monument, an oily substance was spilled on the panels and paving stones that were built to pay tribute to those who gave their lives on the battlefield.

The National Park Service is investigating. Whatever the substance was, it was potent and corrosive. Huge swaths of the wall have been defaced. This is despicable desecration.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Founder and President Jan C. Scruggs said “While it is unclear what transpired, we are heartened by the response of the veterans’ community and the general public. After 25 years, their connection to The Wall remains as strong as ever, and we appreciate that.”

This vandalism comes on the eve of a massive anti-war protest by radicals who have threatened our national monuments before

[laocoon]

12:50 PM on 09/13/2007

So you think that discredits the entire idea of Peace? During Vietnam there were some who spit on soldiers. Most of us would tell them they were assholes and ought to find a therapist. Many of the people I knew who were antiwar had gotten that way because of a lost brother or friend and wanted to protect the men who were at risk from a war they felt was wrong.

[StillAmused]

12:59 AM on 09/13/2007

What a tragic punctuation mark to their eloquent statement.

The good die young.

Junior rides his bike.

[wars4profit]

12:28 AM on 09/13/2007

"As committed soldiers, we will see this mission through."


Above is a line from these guys' Times article. In my opinion, the military is going to have trouble instilling this kind of blind obedience in female troops. Women are too practical. How dumb is it to bomb, poison, imprison, rape, torture, maim and massacre innocent people just so that Halliburton, et al. can make a profit?

Male troops feel warring is a good way to "prove their manhood." Women do not have that peculiar motive or anything resembling it.

There has been a media blitz in the USA to make it seem like having girls and women carry out men's wars of aggression is "normal," yet in reality it's still experimental. Men have been causing wars for thousands of years. Forcing females to prosecute them is something new.

I doubt it will work in the long run.
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[ceasenake]

07:40 AM on 09/13/2007

Perhaps you didn't know that women demanded and begged to go into combat!

[Mutineer]

12:15 AM on 09/13/2007

So who do we listen to? The dead soldiers or the collaborators at the NYT?

[ViscountMontie]

11:27 PM on 09/12/2007

God Bless the remaining 4 1/2............hope they're watching that fucker Cheney closely.

[Qbear]

10:31 PM on 09/12/2007

dog and pony of the Apocolypse show

[bushmocker]

09:15 PM on 09/12/2007

In a normal situation the odds of these seven getting killed is about 300,000 to 1(our troops plus mercenaries we have there,now make it three out of seven the odds go way up,throw in being part of NYT Op/Ed and the odds come way down...... maybe 1 to 7 odds is a bit more accurate.They were speaking truth to power,I hope they didn't die in vain.

[laocoon]

07:54 PM on 09/12/2007

Somebody posted a "fuck our troops" post. someone is already fucking our troops-- George W. Bush and his gang. I am in favor of stopping that.

[grainger5]

08:15 PM on 09/12/2007

It was just the resident horseman of the apocalyse.