US forces in Iraq kill eight suspected militants

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/September/focusoniraq_September13.xml§ion=focusoniraq&col=

September 2007

BAGHDAD - US-led forces on Sunday killed eight suspected militants, arrested four and freed nine Iraqis awaiting trial at a kangaroo court run by Al Qaeda just north of Baghdad, a military statement said.

The nine were freed when American forces raided a building in the town of Tarmiyah that was allegedly being used by Al Qaeda to hold ‘illegal terrorist court proceedings,’ the US military statement said.

‘Coalition forces found nine Iraqis inside the building, some who had been there for 30 days, bound and awaiting sentencing by the illegal court system. (They) were examined and found to be in relative health.’

After freeing the men troops engaged five suspected militants armed with rifles and machine guns in a nearby palm grove, killing them all in an operation that also involved air strikes, the statement said.

[Webster Green]

1. I wonder how old the kids they killed were...

Did they kill Mom too?

[seriousstan]

2. Yep, that's our troops. Women and children killers only. I am sure they hunt kids for sport.

No doubt about it. Although, it is funny how we believe that freedom fighting Iraqis successfully ambush and kill our ignorant, kid killing troops, but we doubt that these stupid American troops ever kill any of them. I guess that just shows how pathetically ill-trained and equipped our troops really are.

[Webster Green]

4. If invaded, we would be shooting at an occupation army too..

Can't blame them for that.

I assume they killed women and children. There are far more of them being killed than "insurgents". Anybody that gets killed by the US is automatically labeled as an insurgent.

[seriousstan]

5. No need to defend your position. I understand it well and thought I enumerated it clearly.

American troops kill women and children, but not the enemy. Nobody in Iraq is the enemy. Have I missed something?

[seriousstan]

3. double click, sorry.