Because it hasn't been posted...

[Damien]

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id...onid=351020201

Sixteen US troops from the a unit of the Airborne Division have committed suicide inside a military base in Iraq, security sources say.

Iraqi security sources have revealed that 21 US troops had committed suicide inside a former Iraqi air force base 27 days ago, Fars News Agency reported on Monday.

According to the sources, the 21 troops were treated in a hospital but only five soldiers have survived and they are in a critical condition. Security officials said they used potent narcotics to kill themselves.

The troops' motivations for suicide are not known but according to Iraqi sources the servicemen belonged to a unit of the US Airborne Division that was behind the massacre of several Iraqi families-- mostly women and children-- in northern Baghdad, said Ali al-Baghdadi an Iraqi security official.

The suicides took place in the soldiers' dormitory after the dinner time.
"The bodies of the US troops became misshapen such a way that they looked like 5000-year mummies," said a witness.

According to Iraqi officials' estimates, some 600 US troops, including senior officers, have committed suicide in Iraq since the invasion of the country in 2003. Half of the suicide attempts have been successful.

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Discuss...

[BNaylor]

It is a hoax or false story so nothing to discuss and has been debunked. Plus look at the source. Fars is the Iranian propaganda press service.

Plenty of discussion about it all over the Net.

Click here

[BNaylor]

Note that the original story named the unit which does not exist and the one you posted has information omitted. Here is the one from AlJazeera. The US media are still embedded with our units in Iraq but none of the US mainstream media picked up on the story which questions the validity and veracity. There is no way an incident such as this can be covered up either. The source is dubious.

AlJazeera

16 US troops commit suicide in Iraq

08/09/2008 01:09:10 PM GMT

Sixteen US troops form the 57th Unit of the Airborne Division have committed suicide inside a military base in Iraq, security sources say.

Iraqi security sources have revealed that 21 US troops had committed suicide inside a former Iraqi air force base 27 days ago, Fars News Agency reported on Monday.

According to the sources, the 21 troops were treated in a hospital but only five soldiers have survived and they are in a critical condition. Security officials said they used potent narcotics to kill themselves.

The troops' motivations for suicide are not known but according to Iraqi sources the servicemen belonged to the 57th Unit of the US Airborne Division that was behind the massacre of several Iraqi families-- mostly women and children-- in northern Baghdad, said Ali al-Baghdadi an Iraqi security official.

The suicides took place in the soldiers' dormitory after the dinner time.
"The bodies of the US troops became misshapen such a way that they looked like 5000-year mummies," said a witness.

According to Iraqi officials' estimates, some 600 US troops, including senior officers, have committed suicide in Iraq since the invasion of the country in 2003. Half of the suicide attempts have been successful.

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Source: Press TV

[Damien]

I know. But I was curious to see if some liberal here wanted to run with it like many have over the net. That's why all I said was discuss and nothing more. It's funny though how many people that a story that only Middle Eastern countries are distributing is 100% on the dot true.

[2strokebloke]

It's funny that what you assumed to be true about people assuming every story they hear is true was false.