French MP: US bombed journalists' convoy

[Darranar]

A French MP has accused the US of scuttling his unofficial bid to secure the release of two French journalists held in Iraq.

Didier Julia, an MP for French President Jacques Chirac's ruling party, said his efforts to release reporters Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot failed after US troops opened fire on the convoy attempting to bring them out of Iraq en route to Syria.

Six of the French journalists' Iraqi "escorts" were killed in the US bombing barrage.

Julia's assistant, Philippe Brett, had persuaded the kidnappers to release the Frenchmen and they all left in two separate convoys from their place of detention, both of which had come under US fire, the MP said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/42AB2575-168C-4EF4-A80B-422878CBB0F9.htm

[acmavm]

1. So now they just shoot and don't worry about who they're shooting at?

I can't understand any of this anymore? Pretty soon there won't be anyone left alive over there.

[Eye and Monkey]

2. it's equally likely that they knew exactly who they were shooting at.

[daleo]

3. So, he is calling the French politician a liar, then

"I'd say that none of that is true ... I have not seen any reports that would indicate any of these stories showing up are accurate or true," said senior spokesman Rear Admiral Greg Slavonic."

This should prove another small blow to relations between the U.S. and France.

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x877980