US troops "kill four Iraqi civilians"

[Mari333]

US troops 'kill four Iraqi civilians'


US troops have shot dead at least four Iraqi civilians on the outskirts of Falluja, a flashpoint town west of Baghdad, hospital officials say.

Two women were among the dead, the sources said.

Eight other Iraqis were wounded, four seriously, in the shooting, which happened at 2245 (1845 GMT), the AFP news agency reported.>>

The surviving policemen said they had begged the American soldiers to stop shooting, screaming in Arabic and English that they were police officers.

But the troops kept firing for between 30 minutes and an hour, they added. >>









http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3144286.stm

[bluesoul]

1. Hmmm

Why the quotation marks?

[Mari333]

2. Title of thread must reflect title on news page in LBN

or I get locked. =)

[Hogarth]

3. And I'm proud to be an American! ...

(Coughing a "bullshit" into my hand.)

[teryang]

4. Incidents like this must help "improve"

...the situation in Iraq.

[Darranar]

5. AND THESE ARE ONLY THE ONES BEING REPORTED!

How about the countless ones not being reported?

Ad the Iraqi people are so much better off, huh?

[Mass_Liberal]

6. I am feeling very sick.

I am ashamed that troops have been kept in Iraq under such conditions that they are so scared that they can kill Iraqi civilians.