An al-Qauda group posted a Web video showing the mutilated bodies of two U.S. soldiers, claiming they killed them in revenge for the rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman by American troops from the same unit.  The video shows two bloodied bodies in torn military uniforms lying near a curb on a bridge over a canal.  One of them, partially naked, had been decapitated and his chest cut open.  The other's face is bruised, his jaw broken, and his leg gashed open.

Thanks to these five U.S. soldiers rape and murder in Iraq, we U.S. citizens are now at greater risk of being attacked than before.  This just motivates al-Quada so much more to do harm to the U.S.  The door has just been swung open wider.  As it is the U.S. is being watched extremely close by the rest of the world.  They are just waiting for us to make some sort of mistake to have a reason to dislike us even more.  Like I've said before, we are perceived as the bad guys not the Iraqis.  These actions are a complete disgrace to the U.S. military, and the U.S. as a whole.  These soldiers are under a lot of pressure and stress, but this is still no excuse for this type of act.  I hate to say it but maybe by al-Quada brutally killing these two soldiers, it will open up the military's eyes and put an end to the abuse and foul play in Iraq.