Eleven Iraqis Killed, U.S. Wounded Arrive in Germany

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20031103/ts_nm/iraq_dc

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The number of Iraqis killed since March is in the thousands and steadily climbing.


On Sunday night near Balad, north of Baghdad, U.S. forces fired on a pickup truck, killing six Iraqis, residents said. U.S. soldiers said the vehicle was suspected of carrying insurgents and that the incident was being investigated.


Locals said the group had been returning from prayers.


The U.S.-led administration said in a statement that Mustafa Zaidan al-Khaleefa, head of Baghdad's Karkh Neighborhood Council, was killed Sunday evening while walking near his home. Two gunmen shot him as they drove by, it said.


A mortar attack by unknown assailants in the northern town of Kirkuk late Sunday killed two people and wounded six.


Also on Sunday night, witnesses said an 11-year-old Iraqi boy was killed near Falluja after he was caught in a firefight between U.S. troops and insurgents.


On Monday in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, an Iraqi was killed and seven were wounded in a roadside bomb blast.
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[Brucey]

1. There's just nothing to say anymore.

[denverbill]

2. I know what you mean.

Just like Vietnam. We can't tell friend from foe, and by firing at non-hostiles, we turn them and their families hostile. They can spot us a mile away. We can't see them if they are standing right next to us.

[Barrett808]

3. Hearts and minds: Six Iraqis killed last night

On Sunday night near Balad, north of Baghdad, U.S. forces fired on a pickup truck, killing six Iraqis, residents said. U.S. soldiers said the vehicle was suspected of carrying insurgents and that the incident was being investigated.

Locals said the group had been returning from prayers.

[Vis Numar]

4. They are basically wounded for life:

"..."As with any airplane accident, a lot of broken bones, a lot of compressions, loss of consciousness from being knocked around, some head injuries -- that sort of thing."


Just the regular sort of thing...