Where's the Outrage Now?

U.S. Army pfc Thomas Lowell Tucker (L) and U.S. Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca (R)

COMMENTLINES
Conservatives quickly noticed the lack of outrage in the liberal community over the capture, torture, mutilation and killing of two US soldiers in Iraq.

At townhall.com, Jeff Emanuel said, "The tide has turned in the battle to win the peace in postwar Iraq, and those who have stood on the sidelines for the past three years—or, worse, who have actively worked against the cause of freedom and democracy in that nation—are dangerously close to being remembered (if they are remembered at all) not for their support of human rights, but for their self-righteous fight against them—all in the name of their hatred of America, and of George W. Bush."

None of the groups that purport to stand up for human rights -- Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International A.N.S.W.E.R. -- have condemned the torture of US soldiers in Iraq. These groups have condemned, however, the US treatment of prisoners at Gitmo, and the use of the death penalty against dictators like Saddam Hussein.

James S. Robbins, writing in the National Review Online, said, "In our system, killing prisoners is wrong, and those who do it are punished. In their system, killing prisoners is a blessed act, God’s will made manifest. If nothing else, this latest terrorist atrocity supplies some badly needed perspective. That is, if anyone is paying attention."

NEWSBYTES
Human rights groups silent on death of Americans
By Jeff Emanuel
(townhall.com) -- Two American soldiers, missing since an insurgent ambush at the checkpoint they were manning last Friday, were found dead Monday night on a street just south of Baghdad. An Iraqi General confirmed to the Associated Press that the soldiers’ bodies showed “signs of torture,” and that the men appeared to have been killed in a particularly “barbaric” way. This assertion appears to be backed up both by the fact that DNA tests were required to positively identify the remains, and by the claim of responsibility made by the self-titled new leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, who posted on an Islamist website that he “carried out the verdict of the Islamic court" for the death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi by “slaughtering” (a word most often

Hue Again (and Again)
Our infrequent excesses vs. the persistent barbarism of our enemies.
By James S. Robbins
(NRO) -- Three American soldiers in Iraq have been charged with murder for the deaths of three prisoners of war. Meanwhile two captive American soldiers were slain by insurgents. Privates Kristian Menchaca and Thomas L. Tucker were tortured, killed barbarically, and their bodies left to be found wired with booby traps. For the insurgents it was cause for celebration. “We have executed the Exalted Almighty God's verdict on the two Crusader infidels we captured, by slaughtering them,” the Mujahedin Shura Council stated. “God is great. Glory be to God.”

REFERENCING NEWS
Missing Soldiers Found Dead In Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 20 (washingtonpost.com) -- Two U.S. soldiers, missing for three days since their abduction in an insurgent stronghold south of Baghdad, were found dead, a military spokesman said Tuesday, and a top U.S. commander ordered an investigation into why the men were isolated from a larger force in such a dangerous part of Iraq.

U.S. soldiers' bodies mutilated, booby-trapped
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The bodies of two U.S. soldiers found in Iraq Monday night were mutilated and booby-trapped, military sources said Tuesday.

Relatives of Soldiers Killed in Iraq Mourn
HOUSTON (AP) -- Relatives of two missing American soldiers reacted with a mix of grief and outrage Tuesday over news that the soldiers' bodies were recovered in Iraq and that the men may have been tortured and beheaded.

US soldiers' bodies found in Iraq
(BBC) -- Two US soldiers missing in Iraq since Friday have been found dead south of Baghdad, the US military has said.

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