US tank drives through Baghdad with "Kill them all" painted on its barrel

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040402/ts_nm/iraq_hatred_dc&cid=564&ncid=1473

Anti-American Voices Get Louder Across Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The people who burned and kicked the corpses of four American contractors in the Iraqi town of Falluja this week were not armed insurgents or foreign fighters.


Children joined in as jubilant crowds played with the charred bodies, dragging them like trophies through the streets of a town overwhelmed by hatred for the occupying forces.


Those who participated in the brutality may represent just a tiny minority of Iraqis, but across the country anti-American voices are getting louder and more insistent.


"There's an increasing feeling of anti-Americanism definitely," said Paola Gasparoli of Occupation Watch, an independent organization that monitors the occupation. snip

One tank rumbles through Baghdad with "Bloodlust" painted on its barrel. Another says "Kill them all."

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[maddezmom]

1. sickening

that shit needs to be removed along with the soldiers that painted it on the tank. :(

[TexasMexican]

2. needs pics

of the tank.

[matcom]

3. as a former tanker i have warned many of this

all too common practice.

but but but WE ARE LIBERATORS!

sadly have argued with many long time friends here as well that this is what goes on in combat units. :eyes:

[The Magistrate]

7. Indeed, Sir

Young men armed have their own sorts of humor....

[matcom]

11. not so much humor

as it is to show their d*cks and feel the adrenaline rush (for their own pleasure)

unfortunately, it is ingrained to think with your small head in the military rather than your larger one

[IrateCitizen]

21. IOW, the natural side-effects of a militarist culture

Matcom, this kind of thing is NOT the sole province of combat units. As a heavy construction engineering officer, I can tell you that PLENTY of it goes on in CS and CSS units as well.

What you are seeing here is the natural side-effects of a militarist culture. These kids are encouraged to glorify war and violence. That's not something you can just turn off when the operation turns from "invasion" to "occupation".

It's quite similar to the numerous instances of SF soldiers at Ft. Bragg killing their spouses last year after returning from Afghanistan. They had to turn it "on" over there -- and when they got home, found they couldn't turn it "off".

Prepare for more of this as the evil tentacles of militarism work their way through more and more segments of our military and society as a whole.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. I think the only possible exception

is Medical units, mostly you have to see all your patients as HUMAN BEINGS.

That said, yes this is common and explaining this to people outside the culture is very difficult... if not down right imposible

[deutsey]

4. "The horror...the horror" would be more appropriate

:evilfrown:

[direwolf]

13. Oh, yeah...

That is the line that what went through my mind as I read this.

An absolute hell for so many.

[hexola]

5. If that is true - it's the greatest sign of incompetence ever seen...

One tank rumbles through Baghdad with "Bloodlust" painted on its barrel. Another says "Kill them all."

No freakin'wonder...how can they allow this to happen...

It seems like it's a free for all over there....are there any COs?

Is that supposed to be a lesson in Amercian Democracy...?

Unbelievable - this has to stop.

[mmonk]

6. If

they were all killed, would they be liberated? If they are trying to get the message to Iraqis that this is a liberation, that would be a bad choice of words.

[BattyDem]

8. "Kill them all"

Yeah ... that'll win their hearts and minds. :eyes:

[Karenina]

10. Then the Amis ask

"Why do they hate us?" :eyes:

[papau]

12. There's only 300,000 in the city where the 4 were burned/hung

No big loss -And then they would respect us-at least that is what I read on the GOP site Free Republic!

[hexola]

9. Apologies in advance...

But I am about to become VERY ANTI-MILITARY.

Sorry - I don't like to use this kind of rhetoric - but these f*ckers are endangering EVERYONE!!!

[Steely_Dan]

14. They Didn't See It Comming???

How many of us knew this was going to happen. It seemed clear to me. Why wasn't clear to those that are supposed to be in the know???

-Paige

[scarface2004]

15. bush just announced....

in order to save the village we must, troubling as it is, kill all the villagers. i have ordered our troops to commence firing!!'

[havocmom]

16. Pumping up the troops who were beginning to voice dissent

is another benefit to the malAdministration of this terrible, if predictable, event. Still think it is LIHOP.

[bobthedrummer]

17. Here's a picture from Iraq that you won't see in Stars and Stripes

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/BOU403A.html

[maggrwaggr]

22. wow. thanks for posting that

I hadn't seen that.

Took me a minute to figure it out, that the kids had no idea what the sign was saying and it was supplied by the GI

[bobthedrummer]

24. Pass it around, it's a real pic of a real Lance Corp. that has quite a

sense of "humor".

[SemperEadem]

25. that sign was photoshopped

[Minstrel Boy]

27. Evidence, or is that an empty assertion?

Just asking.

[DrWeird]

32. Yeah, that's photoshopped.

It was going around freerepublic awhile back. They thought it was all very funny.

Not that there aren't real GIs acting like a bunch of fucking nazis. There was that case awhile ago about GIs painting things like "take this, faggots" and "screw you, sand niggers" on bombs.

[maggrwaggr]

33. doesn't look photoshopped

I'm pretty savvy about these things. It is kind of a low-res picture, almost like a still from a video camera.

Any proof that it's photoshopped or not?

[hexola]

34. I looked at it in photo editor....

apart form the usual jpg artifacts...nothing obvious...

except: the kid has his thumb over some of the message...which is either a testimony to it's authenticity...or a attempt to make it seem authentic...

[bobthedrummer]

28. Take it to court then. Sue the CRG, I'm just a messenger.

:hi:

[hexola]

30. Nothing at snopes -

What makes you think it's photoshopped..?

The image is a little clearer if you call it out side of the page...(without the wrong dimensions in the img tag)

[FreeSpeechCrusader]

31. That is utterly disgusting

How can we expect any less than a true revolt from these people...and some Americans call the Iraqi's animals...I'd have to say it's the other way around also...

[Renew Deal]

18. That's just stupid.

It's one thing for open warfare, but not for the occupation. They should have known better.

[booley]

19. Osama's frozen corpse...

..must be laughing from his Shrub controlled freezer.

He could never had had his palns work so well if Shrub and his cronies weren't helping him so much.

prepare for more terrorist attacks. :-(

[hexola]

20. Just wrote my congressman a strong letter of protest! (nt)

[rocktivity]

23. All? As in all the people

we're trying to liberate?

:headbang:
rocknation

[Fridays Child]

26. We're bringing the liberty born of sheer desperation and the peace...

...of the grave to the Iraqi people.