T1B

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:45 pm**

So here is the story from Fox News

Web Site Kicks Sand in Faces of GIs in Iraq Asking for Mats to Ease Hardship of Sleeping on Ground

Tuesday , January 23, 2007

An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.

What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company's Web site, which not only refused the request but added insult to injury with the admonition, "If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq."

Army Sgt. Jason Hess, stationed in Taji, Iraq, with the 1st Cavalry Division, said he emailed his request to Discount-mats.com because he and his fellow soldiers sleep on the cold ground, which contains sand mites, sand flies and other disease carriers.

In his email, dated Jan. 16, 2007, he asked the Web-based company, registered to Faisal Khetani, an American Muslim of Pakistani descent:

"Do you ship to APO (military) addresses? I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for ships to APO first."

On the same day, Hess received this reply:

"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"

Khetani on Monday told FOX News that the person responsible for the email reply had been fired. The Web site, meanwhile, has been temporarily taken down.

Hess emailed that he has since found two mat suppliers willing to ship to an APO address in Iraq.

FOX News' Douglas Kennedy contributed to this story.

And here is a little more info:

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Title: Wisconsin Company Nasty To Soldier Serving in Iraq
Source: forums.military.com
URL Source: http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a ... 0011801001? r=1740011801001
Published: Jan 21, 2007
Author: SGT Hess
Post Date: 2007-01-21 06:35:49 by freepatriot32
13 Comments

A soldier based in Iraq got this response when inquiring as to whether or not the company ships overseas. He wanted to get the troops better gear to sleep on.

To Whom it may concern:

Do you ship to APO addresses?

I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for who ships to APO first.

SGT Hess

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

From: contact@discount-mats.com

[mailto:contact@discount-mats.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:44 PM

Subject: Re: Feedback: from discount-mats.com

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

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As always, you always to need to confirm stories like this and snopes.com has confirmed it is real Link to snopes confirming

WEBSITE INFO -- http://discount-mats.com Registrant: >>> Faisal Khetani <<< PO Box 270693

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53227

United States

Registered through: Teknon Domains

Domain Name: DISCOUNT-MATS.COM

Created on: 23-Mar-05

Expires on: 23-Mar-08

Last Updated on: 03-Mar-06

Administrative Contact:

Khetani, Faisal sportsfitness@gmail.com

3259 S.106th Street

West Allis, Wisconsin 53227

United States

(414) 543-9634

Technical Contact:

Khetani, Faisal sportsfitness@gmail.com

3259 S.106th Street

West Allis, Wisconsin 53227

United States

(414) 543-9634

the same company also owns

http://www.quality-discount-scooters.com

and can be verified through the following url s

http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domai ... id=godaddy

http://www.quality-discount-scooters.com/contact.html

This is pretty poor taste and even though they say they fired the employee there are better ways to handle this than taking down your website. How about offering a response on your website or sending out some free mats. While I don't think we need to debate the need (or lack there of) to be in Iraq, these guys are just doing their job. I am sure they have more desire to be home than any one against the war.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:07 pm**

An American Muslim of Pakistani descent.

"This is oouuur country."

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:28 pm**

WTF? Our soliders have to order their own friggin' mats off the Internet? Let me do the math: 150,000 troops at $10 a mat equals one and a half million dollars. I would think the military could find that in the cushions of the sofas at the Pentagon shrinks office.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:50 pm**

mvscal wrote: You are issued a sleeping mat.

said he emailed his request to Discount-mats.com because he and his fellow soldiers sleep on the cold ground, which contains sand mites, sand flies and other disease carriers.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:08 pm**

Don't argue w/ Dins. Especially since you served and he didn't.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:11 pm**

Give the boys the best of what they need that's what I say.

Besides, I thought this thread was about Mats Sundin. Toronto would be idiots to trade him.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:18 pm**

Well it doesn't mean mvscal is wrong, in fact, I'm sure he was issued a mat.

Problem is, maybe they're hung up in supply. Maybe it's a guard unit that just got there and is relying on external logistical and support commands.

Maybe the mats they get suck and the GI's want to buy they're own.

Oh and RACK Sky and SYNW's takes.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:36 pm**

Sudden Sam wrote:mv, you really need to hook up with my wife. She wakes up in the kinda mood you seem to spend your life in. I wake up happy as hell, bouncing around...and she's frowning and miserable and snapping at anything said to her. Y'all would get along great!

Maybe they’re both going through mentalpause.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:40 pm**

Goober McTuber wrote:
Maybe they’re both going through mentalpause.

I think Mentalpause is what M2ool is stuck on.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:45 pm**

Sudden Sam wrote:mv, you really need to hook up with my wife.

Sin,
Irie Lagos

Make sure you have a couple inches on him first before he blasts her ass.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:25 pm**

IndyFrisco wrote:
Sudden Sam wrote:mv, you really need to hook up with my wife.
Sin,
Irie Lagos

Make sure you have a couple inches on him first before he blasts her ass.

Irie's meth dealer appearance in 3, 2, 1....

Posted: **Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:15 am**

Tom In VA wrote:Maybe the mats they get suck and the GI's want to buy they're own.

DING DING DING.......WE HAVE A WINNER!
As much as a green beret that MSSUCKS professes to be, those issue mats go to shit at the sight of dirt

Posted: **Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:00 am**

Sudden Sam wrote:you really need to hook up with my wife

We already have.

Sin,
Every Dude Here EXCEPT...

Posted: **Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:28 am**

The Mats are OK over here, boss

Posted: **Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:00 am**

I'm in love with that song.

T1B

No Mats for YOU!!!!

No Mats for YOU!!!!