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Store's e-mail slams soldiers in Iraq
Jason Hess, an Army sergeant stationed in Iraq, wanted to buy floor mats so his soldiers wouldn't have to sleep on the ground. He sent an e-mail to a Wisconsin retailer to ask if they would ship to a military post office.
Here's the response he received:
SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.
Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com
• Snopes, which confirmed the incident, has the full exchange on its site.
The response to this e-mail from outraged blog readers and talk-radio listeners has been fierce.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports "Bargain Suppliers of West Allis said its discount-mats.com Web site had to be taken down Monday to address the thousands of e-mails it's received since news of the exchange - in which an employee voiced opposition to the war in Iraq - began circulating on the Internet last week."
A company official told the newspaper the employee who wrote the e-mail is being "'held accountable.' But he said the incendiary and threatening nature of some of the e-mails - and voicemails left at the West Allis home that co-owner Faisal Khetani shares with his parents - have shaken the family."
• Here's Google's cache of discount-mats.com.
The owner's father, a Pakistani immigrant who holds U.S. citizenship, told WTMJ he was offended by the e-mail. "Whatever the person said - was not fair - should not have said that," he told the station.
The family's phone rings every few minutes, and WTMJ says their answering machine is full of angry messages, such as: "You terrorist loving jihad mother ((expletive)). This is America you son of a ((expletive)). You get the ((expletive)) out of this country."
Store's e-mail slams soldiers in Iraq - On Deadline - USATODAY.com
What do you think of this?
Please do not insult and bash when someone see their view differently as you.... Debate with agree to disagree is welcome but I would like to remind you that everyone entitle their own opinion..
Jason Hess, an Army sergeant stationed in Iraq, wanted to buy floor mats so his soldiers wouldn't have to sleep on the ground. He sent an e-mail to a Wisconsin retailer to ask if they would ship to a military post office.
Here's the response he received:
SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.
Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com
• Snopes, which confirmed the incident, has the full exchange on its site.
The response to this e-mail from outraged blog readers and talk-radio listeners has been fierce.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports "Bargain Suppliers of West Allis said its discount-mats.com Web site had to be taken down Monday to address the thousands of e-mails it's received since news of the exchange - in which an employee voiced opposition to the war in Iraq - began circulating on the Internet last week."
A company official told the newspaper the employee who wrote the e-mail is being "'held accountable.' But he said the incendiary and threatening nature of some of the e-mails - and voicemails left at the West Allis home that co-owner Faisal Khetani shares with his parents - have shaken the family."
• Here's Google's cache of discount-mats.com.
The owner's father, a Pakistani immigrant who holds U.S. citizenship, told WTMJ he was offended by the e-mail. "Whatever the person said - was not fair - should not have said that," he told the station.
The family's phone rings every few minutes, and WTMJ says their answering machine is full of angry messages, such as: "You terrorist loving jihad mother ((expletive)). This is America you son of a ((expletive)). You get the ((expletive)) out of this country."
Store's e-mail slams soldiers in Iraq - On Deadline - USATODAY.com
What do you think of this?
Please do not insult and bash when someone see their view differently as you.... Debate with agree to disagree is welcome but I would like to remind you that everyone entitle their own opinion..
Of course it written January 2007 and also comments as well in those link, I posted. I thought you read and know the dated thru that link before you made your first post? 
