US soldiers kill Iraqi teen, injure four at Fallujah wedding

[DuctapeFatwa]

American soldiers killed an Iraqi teenager and wounded four other people in Fallujah on Wednesday, according to witnesses.

US soldiers opened fire when their convoy drove near a house where a wedding was taking place and shots were being fired in the air in celebration in Fallujah, 50 kilometers west of the capital Baghdad, according to AFP.

Sufian Daoud, 14, was shot dead and four people, including two women, were injured in the incident..

http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=258944&lang=e&dir=news

[Zero Gravitas]

1. Hearts and minds

killing young boys always endears the occupier to the occupied. Just ask the Israelis.

[SOS]

2. If the surviving relatives of the dead teenager

end up hating America, it will be because they are "jealous of our freedom" . :eyes:

[MetaTrope]

3. Are we out of bombs?

The Afghan weddings got bombs, but for Iraq it's just infantry?

[malachi]

4. WTF

Let me see if I can get this right. My country has been invaded by a foreign power whose troops at this point are on edge and will fire at anything that moves and I'm at a wedding and the assholes there to "celebrate" fire automatic weapons. GI's, who shouldn't be there in the first place fire back and kill some poor Iraqi and it's their fault? Gimme a break, the amount of stupidity exhibited by both sides is astounding.

[WillyT]

5. Is That The 2nd, or 3rd Wedding Party We've Mowed Down ???

Fucking unbelieveable!!!

:grr::nuke::mad:

[FlashHarry]

6. When will we learn that they shoot guns rather than throw rice!

Doesn't anyone brief these guys before they go into the field?

That being said, I do understand that they're pretty jumpy after being shot at all the time.

[VolcanoJen]

7. Dupe... locking

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