Iraqi Police and Farmers Near Fallujah Claim Three Killed in U.S. Air Stri

[Judi Lynn]

Iraqi Police and Farmers Near Fallujah Claim Three Killed in U.S. Air Strike
By Hamza Hendawi Associated Press Writer
Published: Sep 23, 2003


FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi police said U.S. forces carried out a combined air and ground attack north of Fallujah early Tuesday, killing three people and wounding three others. The military said it knew of only one death. (snip)

(snip) "At 2:10 a.m., we heard three explosions at different times. About 20 minutes later, two martyrs arrived at the hospital. They died before they arrived. The third died in the hospital. There were three injured," a police lieutenant at the Fallujah General Hospital, who gave his name only as Nabil, told Associated Press Television News.

Helicopters could be seen over the region of the fight at dawn Tuesday. There were two big craters in courtyards of the houses that were involved, indicating bombs of some sort had been dropped.

At the Fallujah hospital, Abed Rasheed, 50, a retired Iraqi service member and one of the wounded, said he was sleeping with his family on the roof of his house when he heard small arms fire. He ran downstairs just as the American aircraft raced overhead, firing what he believed were rockets. He was hospitalized with wounds in the chest and left foot.

"There never was any trouble in our village and the Americans have never been inside it," he said from his hospital bed. "This is genocide. This is not about overthrowing a government or regime change." (snip/...)

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAZPX8OXKD.html

[IndianaGreen]

1. Dupe

Did you see the bloody pictures that CNN just showed, and the wounded civilians? There is nothing posted on CNN yet.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=128098