16 Americans & 3 Iraqi security contractors detained in Falluja

[paineinthearse]

http://www.newsdissector.org/blog/

...Even "in the field," weird stuff is happening between U.S. soldiers and other American employees, as CNN reported yesterday:

AL AFAR, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. Marines detained 16 American and three Iraqi security contractors in Falluja last month, according to a Marine statement released Wednesday. The Marines said the contractors fired at them and at civilians, a charge the contractors deny. The security workers said they were mistreated while in custody; the Marines denied the accusations. 'The Americans were segregated from the rest of the detainee population and, like all security detainees, were treated humanely and respectfully,' the Marine statement said.

:wtf:

[Dhalgren]

1. Sounds to me like some jar-heads found these

mercs doing something that the said leathernecks didn't care for. The Marines told them to stop, the mercs said stuff it, and suddenly there was a quick lesson in 'why mercs shouldn't piss on Marine boots'...

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. I read elsewhere that there were reports of gunmen in white

SUVs shooting up the town.

I've also read stories of americans planting bombs, which are then blamed on terrorists.

Maybe some of these mercs are out of control, and the Marines don't like it when they are making things harder on them.

[paineinthearse]

2. More details?

Can anyone provide links to any more information?