US Specialist Joseph Hudson

[civicracer.com]

We pray for the safety and release of
Filipino-American P.O.W. Specialist Joseph Hudson (3-23-03)
and all other American P.O.W.'s
GOD BLESS THE TROOPS IN THE GULF, GOD BLESS AMERICA!

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by the way....i put my car in HIN city philly...ill post some pics later, im a little busy....oh wanna say wassup to all the EPH members i met at the show

eric

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (March 23) - A New Mexico woman said Sunday she saw her son interviewed on Iraqi television as one of the U.S. soldiers taken prisoner, and she prays fellow soldiers ``will get him out of there.''

Anecita Hudson of Alamogordo said she saw her 23-year-old son, Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, who was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, interviewed in the Iraqi video, which was carried on a Filipino television station she subscribes to.

``He's been captured. They interviewed my son live from Iraq,'' Mrs. Hudson, who is of Filipino ancestry, said in a telephone interview.

``From my point of view, he looked so scared,'' she said.

Mrs. Hudson said her son identified himself on the video but didn't give any more information. She said he appeared to be uninjured, unlike some of the others in the video.

U.S. military officials did not immediately release identities of any of the soldiers, who Iraqi television reported were captured or killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah, a major crossing point over the Euphrates northwest of Basra.

However, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico, said Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld had told him to ``assure the family, including Mrs. Hudson, that we are doing everything possible to assure his safety and speedy return. He complimented the young military people, including Joseph, as being well-trained, extremely patriotic and great volunteers.''

Jean Offutt, a U.S. Army spokeswoman at Fort Bliss, confirmed that some of the prisoners had been stationed at her base.

Mrs. Hudson said her son's wife was meeting with military officials Sunday at Fort Bliss, about 90 miles south of Alamogordo.

She said she and her son moved to Alamogordo after his father - an Air Force retiree - was killed in a Florida motorcycle accident in 1991. The family had lived in Alamogordo previously when her husband was stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, she said.

A 1998 graduate of Alamogordo High School, Joseph Hudson did weight training at the school and liked to go bowling, his mother said.

``I'm just praying that the other people (in the military) will get him out of there,'' she said.

Two of the other prisoners interviewed said they were with the 507th Maintenance, part of the 111th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, which is stationed at Fort Bliss.

03/23/03 20:49 EST

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[ep88]

dayum, a fellow filipino... let's just pray for all the POW :(

[civicracer.com]

USA!

[02SilverSiHB]

I fear for his life! Especially if Uday or Qusay get a hold of him.

We need to get him and the rest outta there asap!

[-LAW-]

fellow filipino .. im half too .. ill pray for his guidance and safety !!:angel:

[civicracer.com]

DOHA, Qatar (March 24) - Five U.S. captives appeared terrified as they were thrust in front of an Iraqi TV microphone and peppered with questions in footage broadcast by Arab television. The footage also showed at least four bodies.

U.S. officials confirmed that 12 soldiers were missing after Iraqi forces ambushed an army supply convoy around An Nasiriyah, a major crossing point over the Euphrates northwest of Basra. Relatives in New Mexico and Kansas identified two of the soldiers.

One captured American, speaking in a shaky voice, said he had nothing against Iraqis. ''They don't bother me, I don't bother them,'' he said.

A woman soldier with a bandaged ankle held her arms tightly in her lap, her eyes darting back and forth.

Another soldier, lying wounded on a mat, swayed slightly when Iraqis tried to prop him up for the camera.

Scenes of interrogators questioning four men and a woman were broadcast by the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera with footage from state-controlled Iraqi television. Each was interviewed individually.

A senior defense official said the Pentagon did not know precisely how many captives there might be and would not identify the unit. Some of the prisoners are from Fort Bliss, Texas, said Jean Offutt, a U.S. Army spokeswoman at the base.

Several families of the soldiers gathered at the base Sunday evening. ''The mood, of course, is very tragic,'' she said.

The 507th Maintenance, part of the 111th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, is stationed at Fort Bliss, and at least two of the interviewed prisoners said they were with the 507th.

President Bush, returning to the White House from Camp David, demanded that the POWs be treated well.

''We expect them to be treated humanely, just like we'll treat any prisoners of theirs that we capture humanely. If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals,'' he said.

International Committee of the Red Cross spokeswoman Nada Doumani said the showing of the prisoners on TV violates Article 13 of the Geneva Conventions, which says prisoners should be protected from public curiosity. But she stressed that the priority at the moment is to get access to them.

Muin Kassis, a Red Cross spokesman in Amman, Jordan, said that as of early afternoon, the Red Cross had not been given access to the U.S. prisoners of war, nor have they met with Iraqi prisoners captured by coalition forces.

''We are in the process of contacting the Iraqi and U.S. and U.K. officials to ensure direct access to the prisoners of war from both sides,'' he said. ''Whether we have had a response or not, I'm not in a position to talk about.''

Once access is granted, the Red Cross will register the prisoners, examine the conditions under which they are being held and ensure they are treated humanely, Kassis said. He said it was impossible to know how long it would take to arrange the visits.

The Iraqi government has said it would let the Red Cross move about the country to conduct its work.

Relatives in Alamogordo, N.M., who saw footage of the prisoners on a Filipino station, identified one of the prisoners as Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, 23. Another prisoner was identified by his family as Pfc. Patrick Miller of Park City, Kan., the father of two young children.

Each prisoner shown on television spoke American-accented English. All looked terrified.

The woman's eyes darted back and forth and her voice very shaky. She said she was 30 years old, from Texas, and part of the 507th Maintenance. She had a big white bandage around her ankle.

Another prisoner, who said he was from El Paso, Texas, stared directly at the camera and spoke in a clear voice. He often shook his head and cupped his ear slightly to indicate that he couldn't hear a question. He said: ''I follow orders.''

A 31-year-old sergeant from New Jersey sat bolt upright in a chair. His hands in his lap, he answered questions in a clipped fashion and said he was with the 507th.

The narrator provided an Arabic translation, but it was possible to hear some of the comments in English.

The captive identified as Miller answered in a shaky voice, his eyes darting back and forth between the interviewer and another person who couldn't be seen on camera.

Asked why he came to Iraq, he replied, ''I come to fix broke stuff.''

Prodded again by the interviewer, he was asked if he came to shoot Iraqis.

''No, I come to shoot only if I am shot at,'' he said. ''They (Iraqis) don't bother me, I don't bother them.''

Another prisoner, who also said he was from Texas, was lying on an elaborate maroon mat. One of his arms appeared to be wounded and folded across his chest.

Iraqi TV attempted to interview him, at one point trying to cradle his head to steady it for the camera. They eventually helped him sit up, but he seemed to sway slightly.

The U.S. military says it has more than 2,000 Iraqi prisoners of war.

AP-NY-03-24-03 1026EST

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[SHAKEnBAKE]

Man, if i was driving on the 405 and spotted Saddam Hussein driving a SVT Cobra Mustang, I swear I speed up next to him, put on the cruise control, jump over his car a la Fast and Furious and rip another hole in his ass.:confused:

[ssvr6]

Originally posted by SHAKEnBAKE
Man, if i was driving on the 405 and spotted Saddam Hussein driving a SVT Cobra Mustang, I swear I speed up next to him, put on the cruise control, jump over his car a la Fast and Furious and rip another hole in his ass.:confused:

Huh?

Steve

[Loudpedal]

Hey thanks for the news stories man, for everyone who does not get 100 channels of news already.

[jaydub]

Originally posted by Loudpedal
Hey thanks for the news stories man, for everyone who does not get 100 channels of news already.
This wasn't posted to inform us, it was posted to pay hommage. What do you know, you're canadian. :rolleyes:

[Loudpedal]

Originally posted by jaydub

This wasn't posted to inform us, it was posted to pay hommage. What do you know, you're canadian. :rolleyes:

Was it? Perhaps I misinterpreted the intent of posting. As for your Canadian comment, I'm still laughing (chuckling actually).

[mixedupneko]

one of my old friends cuzins is a POW in iraq . it's horrible

[IceD out N CALI]

hopefully all of the POW's get back safely and taken care of while they are POW's

[crex2nr]

may the Lord be with them in their time of need, ive been praying for all the troops every day, that they get home safely! Amen