Anti-Qaeda members in Iraq quit after members killed (by US helicopter)

[Barrett808]

Source: AFP

HILLA, Iraq (AFP) - More than 100 members of an anti-Qaeda front in central Iraq on Saturday handed their resignations to their US military employers, accusing them of killing 19 of their group, their leader told AFP.

The walk-out occurred in Juruf Sakher village near the city of Hilla, 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Baghdad, said Sabah al-Janabi, leader of the anti-Qaeda Awakening group in the area.

"The group, which comprises 110 members, resigned in protest at organised assassinations by the coalition forces," said Janabi.

According to Janabi and a local police official, Ali al-Lami, three members of the Awakening group were killed on Saturday when they were attacked with gunfire from a US helicopter.

"It was the third incident in a month. We have lost 19 men while 12 have been injured because of coalition attacks," said Janabi.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080216/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunresthilla

[Adsos Letter]

1. ...winning hearts and minds... n/t

[TwilightGardener]

2. Time to give them a raise in their monthly pay, I guess.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Offer them George Bush's birthday off.

That'll bring them back.

[ckramer]

4. These folks need to wake up

as if USA really cares about them.

[Hissyspit]

5. kick n/t

[BreweryYardRat]

6. Double post. Mods, you can pull this one.

[BreweryYardRat]

7. Gross incompetence, yet again.

*sigh* These guys were just trying to keep their families safe. They didn't deserve this.

And what do you want to bet their information gets "leaked" to militants by some REMF?

[scarface2004]

8. coalition forces is a euphemism!

for storm trooper sadistic mad blood thirsty killers!!

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

9. omg

i am so embarassed:blush:

[formercia]

10. They all look alike from 5000 feet.

And a MK 82 could care less.

[daleo]

11. U.S. military: "Oh, ANTI-Queda"

"We thought you said...well, never mind"

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. Exactly how much FAILURE must there be before this is ended?

Godsdammit.

Stop This War. Now.

[tanyev]

13. Just when you think it's not possible for George Bush's war to get any more screwed up.

[Robbien]

14. Iraqis Blame U.S. for Deaths of 8 Backing American Effort

Source: NYT

BAGHDAD — Leaders in two Iraqi villages denounced American troops on Saturday for what they described as the killings of an Iraqi family and three other people who were working with the Americans against the insurgents.

. . .

There were varying accounts of the killings in Zab, which is in the rough mountainous area that stretches between Mosul, Kirkuk and Bayji in northern Iraq. However, a sheik who lived next door to the family who was attacked said five people had been killed there and 13 arrested.

The sheik, Kudair al-Jubori, said that after dinner, his neighbor’s daughter “went out of her house and was shot by a sniper in the head, leg and stomach.”

“She screamed, and her 11-year-old daughter heard her mother, and she ran to her and got shot, too,” Sheik Jubori said. “Then the woman’s brother-in-law, who was 40 years old, came out and he was killed.”

Soon after, the woman’s uncle emerged carrying a gun and was killed. A fifth person was killed as well, Sheik Jubori said.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/world/middleeast/17iraq.html?ref=middleeast

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US military denies any wrong doing.

“As the Americans approached the mourners, those who were grieving wore expressions of sadness and hatred,”

[HowHasItComeToThis]

15. WELCOME TO THE SLIME-PIT OF ARAB POLITICS, GEORGE

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[countmyvote4real]

16. US military does not belong there.

Please, get them out ASAP.