U.S. raids test Iraqis' patience

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20050615/ts_chicagotrib/usraidstestiraqispatience;_ylt=A86.I0gGIrFCiRgBkh_pbr8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

In the uncertainty created by Iraq's insurgency, anyone might be the enemy.

So with weapons drawn, a dozen U.S. soldiers charged down the ramps of their armored Stryker vehicles, roughly yanked three Iraqi students out of a car by their necks and shoved their faces into a nearby wall.

"What's your name? Where are you going? Don't lie to me!" Lt. Col. Erik Kurilla shouted at the first teenager.

"To my house to study," the trembling young man answered. "We have exams next week."

Kurilla questioned each of the young men separately, twisting their shirt collars around their throats throughout each interrogation. But the students soon were deemed harmless; everyone had a current university ID and told the same story.

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1. winning hearts and minds n/t

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2. "What's your name? Where are you going? Don't lie to me!"

> anyone might be the enemy.

Well they're certainly going about the right way to remove that doubt
and guarantee that *everyone* *is* the enemy ...

Hope Lt. Col. Erik Kurilla remembers his actions as he watches his blood
ooze into the sand.

The sad thing is that it will be ordinary troopers and Iraqi bystanders
who lose their lives (or limbs) while this shithead sits in the Green
Zone drinking coffee. Bastard.

PS: Since when did a Lt.Col. go on patrol with a dozen squaddies?
Or was this just another "special" for the suppository journalists?