troops held five children as hostages to demand handover of insurgents

[G_j]

found at:
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news
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http://en1.chinabroadcast.cn/2239/2005-8-16/[e-mail]

US Troops Hold Children Hostages in Northern Iraq: Police

2005-8-16 23:11:49 CRIENGLISH.com

US troops held five children as hostages to demand handover of insurgents near a northern Iraqi town on Tuesday, police said.

"The US forces surrounded the village of Mazraa near Baiji and detained five children under 10 years old, calling on the residents by loudspeakers to hand over several other children showed on TV channels celebrating the killing of US soldiers after roadside blast last week," a police source from Baiji told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The US troops threatened to sweep the village by Wednesday morning to detain the other children and suspected insurgents, he said.

The US military, however, said they had no information about the incident.

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(Source: xinhua)

[acmejack]

1. More good news

I cannot stand to much more of this. We truly are the world's foremost assholes.

edit: cause it's early.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Another blatant violation of the Geneva Convention

which is only valid when you need to hide the pictures of your other violations and war crimes.

BTW: I thought Bush promised to answer to a higher power? Is this how 'good' christians are supposed treat other humans? Is this what Jesus would do?

[iamahaingttta]

3. War is not healthy for children and other living things...

[endarkenment]

4. Is there a western media source for this yet?

So far this report is sourced only from Xinhua. That does not mean that it is false, it is just curious that there are no other sources.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

5. Citizens for Legitimate Govt had it in their email this morning.

There are usually right on the money with their news.

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government
17 August 2005
http://www.legitgov.org
All links to articles as summarized below are available here:
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news
US Troops Hold Children Hostage in Northern Iraq: Police 16 Aug 2005 US troops held five children as hostages to demand handover of insurgents near a northern Iraqi town on Tuesday, police said. "The US forces surrounded the village of Mazraa near Baiji and detained five children under 10 years old, calling on the residents by loudspeakers to hand over several other children showed on TV channels celebrating the killing of US soldiers after roadside blast last week," a police source from Baiji told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The US troops threatened to sweep the village by Wednesday morning to detain the other children and suspected resistance fighters, he said.

[endarkenment]

6. yes but they are just resourcing the xinhua report. nt

[Kingshakabobo]

7. Maybe the western reporters were sipping mai tais by the pool in

the green zone or felching some administration spokesperson.

[endarkenment]

8. More than likely.

However it would be nice to confirm that this is real before raising hell over it. It isn't like we are plagued with disinfo psyop moles or anything. :-)