Iraqi after US Bombs: "We don't see Democracy. We just see destruction"

[leftchick]

The USA is still bombing the hell out of innocent Iraqis. I suppose this is how the "insurgents killed" number is so grossly inflated by the pentagon.

:grr:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051031/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_051031125831

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Before dawn Monday, Marines backed by jets attacked insurgent positions near the Syrian border, destroying two safe houses believed use by al-Qaida figures, a U.S. statement said. The statement made no mention of casualties, but Associated Press Television News video from the scene showed residents wailing over the bodies of about six people, including at least three children.

At the local hospital, Dr. Ahmed al-Ani claimed 40 Iraqis, including 12 children, were killed in the attack. But the claim could not be independently verified.

APTN footage from the scene showed Iraqi men digging through the rubble of several destroyed concrete buildings with a pitchfork or their hands. In the building of a nearby home, women cried over the bodies of about half a dozen blanket-covered bodies lined up on a floor. Some of the blankets were opened for the camera showing a man and three children.

"At least 20 innocent people were killed by the U.S. warplanes. Why are the Americans killing families? Where are the insurgents?" one middle-aged man told APTN. "We don't see democracy. We just see destruction." He didn't give his name.

[acmavm]

1. Yeah, and death and destruction is all I can see in this hellish obscene

mess as well.

I totally agree with the unnamed Iraqi.