Iraqis Remove Corpses Under U.S. Oversight

[maddezmom]

FALLUJAH, Iraq - Murmuring "God is great," two dozen Iraqi men collected corpses Tuesday in a U.S. Marine-directed effort to rid Fallujah of festering bodies in keeping with Muslim burial principles.



Officers said the Marines themselves could more quickly pick up the estimated 1,200 insurgents killed in a week of fighting, but agreed with Iraqis who felt it was crucial they retrieve the remains of their fellow Muslims.


"We're Iraqis and they're Iraqis and we want to get them," said Mohammed Ali, a 32-year-old farmer helping remove bodies. "It's in our religion. The rules say that relatives or families or Arabs should help them."


Gagging amid the overpowering stench of rotting flesh, the Iraqis had to take special care because of the danger that insurgents have booby-trapped some bodies with explosives. On one stoop, the Iraqis pushed over a corpse and a grenade rolled out of its pocket. The weapon didn't detonate, but Marines quickly hurried the workers away.

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=1&u=/ap/20041116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/fallujah_collecting_the_dead

[qanda]

1. Cool, Mohammed Ali helped out

I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be callous... I just have to laugh so that I don't lose my mind.

[bluedeminredstate]

I'm sure they're all insurgents -

no civilians. Why? Because the White House says so and they never lie.
*bitter, angry sarcasm off*

[underpants]

2. Really, it's the least we can do

And the Bush administration is ALL ABOUT doing the least it can do.

[Zorra]

3. "Iraqis Remove Corpses Under U.S. Oversight".....I'm George Bu$h, and

I approved this message.

[DELUSIONAL]

4. I wonder -- like these bodies?

This is one of the most disturbing photos to come out of the US troops target practice in Falluja.




Thanks to the example from the white house -- Crusade II

[exJW]

6. Uh, no it's not

I don't know what that picture is, but it isn't what it seems to be meant to portray at first glance.

Go check out some sites that are showing the real thing, it's far worse.

[jayfish]

8. Can You Provide A Link? -NT-

Jay

[DELUSIONAL]

13. a link http://fallujapictures.blogspot.com/

The photo above of the children was taken from this website

http://fallujapictures.blogspot.com/

but it will be common for some to claim that these photos are photoshopped.

[KingChicken]

9. I think that photo is fake, just some U.S. troops who wanted a funny photo

It looks like they got some neighborhood kids to lay on the cement in front of the tank to make it look like they had killed a bunch of kids. There is no blood or anything, It's kind of funny if this wasn’t happening for real in other parts of Iraq.

[daleo]

10. If that is anyone's idea of funny, it is nearly as bad as the real thing

Photoshopped I can imagine, but posed is sickening, if true.

[DELUSIONAL]

15. That is the opinion of one person who is

probably in deep denial that US TROOPS could be engaged in war crimes -- of course the blame goes to the officers who ordered everyone who moved to be murdered.

Think about emptying a US city of 700,000 people -- how long would it take and how many people could not get out. Plus males of "military age" were NOT allowed to leave.

The fucking military made absolutely no provision for the care of displaced human beings. The politics of Rummy have forced out the NGOs -- in fact his policies have made it impossible for NGOs to provide aid. Which means that RUMMY wants NO witnesses. WE are seeing a massive leadership failure -- all the way up the chain of command.

This is a huge fucking mess -- and the one person responsible is bush.

HE is responsible for all deaths -- he is he one guilty of murder.

[babylonsister]

12. Bizarre sense of humor, ya think?

[othermeans]

19. How's this picture for fake?

[Barrett808]

5. "Everyone needs to understand there are consequences for not following..."

"Everyone needs to understand there are consequences for not following the Iraqi government"

Riiiight.

[maddezmom]

7. sounds like something Saddam would say doesn't it??

:puke:

[Lizzie Borden]

11. Good point.

Just what have these poor people gained???

[Barrett808]

17. Oooh, wicked. Have to agree. n/t

[maddezmom]

20. everyday, I wonder what the average Iraqi thinks about the war

are things better for them, their family? and how?

do they worry about being hauled away for religious beliefs? can they practice safely without fear?

do they have food and clean drinking water, a roof over their head...at the very least?

are they worried about secret spies telling the "new gov't" they are anti-whatthefever?

do they feel a civil war is about to break out?

do they feel secure in their home?

do they have a job? if not, how are they taking care of themselves?

And how many of these questions have different answers since we invaded Iraq?


on and on.........

[leftchick]

14. the freedom and democracy is mind blowing...

literally.

[Briar]

16. Sondercommando n/t

[rainbow4321]

18. "More quickly"??

Uh-huh--I don't think we want to know their "quick" techniques..and they can't be too fucking quick since there were reports last night on Air America of DOGS going around the city that are EATING the corpses that are laying in the streets of Fallujah!