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U.S. mistakenly kills Iraqi police
U.S. mistakenly kills Iraqi police Witnesses say troops fired on police chasing a car Ooops sorry, the next time Iâll ask first before shooting ya. My god do they only send hillbillies to Iraq. FALLUJAH, Iraq, Sept. 12 â U.S. soldiers mistakenly killed 12 Iraqi police officers Friday as they chased a car full of highway bandits toward an American checkpoint in a small town west of Fallujah, witnesses said. THE U.S. MILITARY in Baghdad said it had no information on the incident. Begins to sound familiar. There were other unconfirmed reports of violence in the region Friday after a message carrying the name of Saddam Hussein appeared on at least one building in Fallujah. The message praised the people of the city for their resistance to the American occupation and named it capital of al-Anbar province. The nearby city of Ramadi, west of Fallujah, is the capital of the Sunni dominated al-Anbar province. Fallujah police were chasing a white BMW without license plates that they identified as one used by highway bandits on the road connecting Baghdad with the Jordanian border. The officers chasing the four men in the BMW were in pickup trucks. U.S. Army troops manning a checkpoint on a road leading to the resort village of Saddamiyat al-fallujah, formerly used by senior officials of the Saddam regime, opened fire on the BMW and the trucks when they did not stop. Sir they are heading this way what are your orders. Shootâm Johnny. Euhhh which one sir. Shoot first ask later private. âŠâŠâŠ. âŠâŠ.. âŠâŠâŠ OK sir theyâr stuffed. Good work private go identify them. Ueeuh sir. Yes Jhonn. I think they where police officers sir. God damn Arabs they look all the same call the headquarters to train a dozen new officers . Witnesses said 12 police officers and all four men in the car were killed in the hail of fire. The chase began when the BMW drove by a bakery owned by Ibrahim Alawi, the Fallujah police chief who recognized the BMW as one being used by the bandits to rob travelers along the Amman highway. If Bush had spent only a fraction on the myopia problemâŠâŠ. Posted by: Murat 2003-09-12 |
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