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Iraq
US troops ’kill ten during Mosul protest’
2003-04-15
American style of DEMOCRACY
US troops opened fire on a crowd of Iraqis opposed to the US-installed governor in Mosul today, killing at least ten people and injuring as many as 100, according to witnesses and doctors.
Gee, those Iraqis will never learn, if you are not with us you are against us.
The incident overshadowed the start of US-brokered talks in al-Nasariyah over post-war Iraq and could ignite anti-US sentiment in Baghdad. Witnesses said that US troops had fired into a crowd which was becoming increasingly hostile towards the new governor, Mashaan al-Juburi, as he was making a pro-US speech in the northern oil city. "There are perhaps 100 wounded and ten to 12 dead," said Dr Ayad al-Ramadhani at the city hospital.
I told you, don't interrupt a pro-US speech, sieg heil!
Oh, so it wasn't just a "crowd", it was a "mob"...
US forces said that they had come under fire from at least two gunmen and fired back, but did not aim at the crowd.
An armed mob...
A military spokesman said: "There were protesters outside, 100 to 150, there was fire, we returned fire." He said that the shooting came from a roof opposite the building, about 75 metres (yards) away. "We didn't fire at the crowd, but at the top of the building. "There were at least two gunmen, I don't know if they were killed.
We shot at the roofs and the crowd were hit by bullits falling down, the gravity did it.
No doubt the crowd was easier to hit than the gunnies...
"The firing was not intensive but sporadic, and lasted up to two minutes." Marwan Mohammed, 50, a witness, said: "The people moved toward the government building, the children threw stones, the Americans started firing. Then they prevented the people from recovering the bodies."
What, you liar Americans would never do that, they are here to liberate you, one more word and the next bullit is for you!
Ayad Hassun, 37, said: "They (the soldiers) climbed on top of the building and first fired at a building near the crowd, with the glass falling on the civilians. People started to throw stones, then the Americans fired at them. Dozens of people fell."
Yasss... Terrible things sometimes happen at riots...
Posted by:Murat

#15  Yes, Anonymo - Sticks anD stones wil break our bones, but those rounds go in like a penny and out like a pizza.

Hmm. It doesn't have that certain flair that the original NURSERY rhyme has, but it will do for now.
Posted by: Tadderly   2003-04-15 14:19:55  

#14  Anonymo, what do you mean by "you Americans"?

Your pattern of language usage, diction, and tone, especially the typos you make, are very indicative of a US English speaker, albeit a fairly illiterate one.

So try better with your trolls. You're being way too obvious.
Posted by: OldSpook   2003-04-15 14:18:58  

#13  aww...you americans...sticks ans stones!!!
Posted by: Anonymo   2003-04-15 12:53:47  

#12  I appreciate that this is a news story as opposed to a pure opinion piece.

Tip for the rock throwers - if those guys with the guns get angry, you are toast.
Posted by: flash91   2003-04-15 12:49:05  

#11  AFP is Agence France-Presse, so adjust your skepto-meters accordingly. I tend not to put too much weight on things French.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-04-15 12:48:18  

#10  Does Murat know where the Iraqi information minister is hiding? It must also pain Murat that he is posting his anti-American propaganda using an American built computer.
Posted by: RW   2003-04-15 11:59:03  

#9  Turkish agents provocateurs perhaps?
Posted by: Hiryu   2003-04-15 11:40:01  

#8  The same article, almost word for word, is on Sky News here. Again, nothing specific about US forces firing on the crowd itself. It doesn't say anything about rock-throwing, or US forces shooting into the crowd.

I'm beginning to believe that "Murat" is a former Soviet Disinformation School graduate. Sure sounds like it, the way he twists stories to suit his purpose.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-04-15 11:10:52  

#7  Nothing to see here...troll, etc.

Funny how Murat's posts come less and less frequently.

Why's that Murat? Difficult to find the anti-American news you so sorely desire?
Posted by: mjh   2003-04-15 10:06:21  

#6  Wasn't this reported by Baghdad bob?
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2003-04-15 10:04:57  

#5  Cypriots Armenians Kurds... Kurdistan
Posted by: Frank G   2003-04-15 10:54:25  

#4  Doesn't this remind you of the riots in Venezuela last year?
Posted by: Pink & Fluffy   2003-04-15 09:53:21  

#3  For one thing Murat There aren't many US troops in Mosul. Just Special Forces, so I doubt they did it. And how come only the aFP reported it. Something like that would be all oer the WEB. Especially from the leftist Guardian. I want to know more about this. Who actually did the firing (Perhaps Kurds). And secondly, if there is someone from the crowd firing perhap it was the guy fired from the crowd who dropped those people.
Posted by: George   2003-04-15 09:48:58  

#2  pro american guy makes a speech

anti-americans, who beleive in using violence to stop speech they dont like gather. US troops allow them to do so.

Snipers shoot at US troops, US troops fire back.

Crowd, having learned intifada lessons, throws stones at nervous troops, who have just been fired on.

Troops fire at stone-throwers.

Incident blamed on Americans, by those who set up the whole thing for the very purpose of making Americans look bad.

Note - Mosul is hot button place, contested by Kurds and arabs, traditional recruiting area for Iraqi officer corps.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2003-04-15 09:47:31  

#1  Murat = Cypriots Armenians Kurds... Kurdistan
Posted by: anon1   2003-04-15 09:41:43  

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