U.S. troops fire on farm truck near Fallujah, kill five Iraqi civilians

[DuctapeFatwa]

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops opened fire on a truck carrying live chickens near the tense town of Fallujah, killing five civilians aboard the vehicle, including a father and his two sons, relatives said Wednesday.

The shooting took place at a roadblock Tuesday night, they said. Fallujah is the site of numerous anti-American attacks and U.S. soldiers in the area have been on high alert.

"They went to bring chickens . . . and they came back at 9 or 10 at night," said Khalid Khalifa al-Jumaily, whose two nephews were killed on the truck. "The Americans fired on them."

On Wednesday, reporters saw U.S. troops delivering one body from an army ambulance to waiting families. In the morgue, reporters saw several bodies with what appeared to be gunshot wounds. A spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad had no immediate comment on the attack.

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[Uzybone]

1. Hearts and minds

sending em to the morgue.

[Postman]

2. Operation "Get Tough" sowing seeds of defeat.....

Idiots. Just complete idiots

[gratuitous]

3. Let's not be too hasty here

Those could have been chickens of mass destruction, or terrorist chickens or something. And you know what chickens do, don't you? And how much Lil George hates to be called chickenshit? These guys will probably be in line for medals.

Seriously, it's difficult to see how things can keep going so wrong and it's difficult to escape the feeling that they're just going to get wronger.

[nomaco-10]

4. yeppers, CMD is some bad shit.......

they take all the chicken duke, shovel it into barrels and let it ferment for a few months and then they fertilize all the rose bushes in Iraq in case somebody comes "sniffin'" around looking for nuclear weapons and such.
Seriously, this another sad and tragic story coming out of Iraq. There are too many of these stories "filtering" out, who knows how many others have met the same demise as this farm family... 15,000...50,000 we may never know.

[bahrbearian]

6. If you never have been attacked by a chicken

you can't imagine the horror. Last night a rouge chicken attacked me well I was minding my own business. I Think she may have been a Bathist or Sadam Loyalist, It just shows how desperate they are getting, Luckily My Wife was there to distract the chiken with bread crumbs and lure it into a Pen.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Watch for chickens wearing suicide belts

[cirej2k]

5. Sounds like PETA will be on their way soon to protest the deaths

Of the disparaged, peasant chickens. Well, Pam Anderson can come out and entertain the troops maybe.

[newyawker99]

9. n/t

[pfitz59]

8. Chickenshit and saltpeter =

:nuke: