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Iraq
New massacre allegations against US troops
2006-06-02
Another allegation making the rounds; we need to gather info.
LONDON - British broadcaster BBC aired purported videotape evidence of a massacre by US troops against Iraq civilians in March in a town outside Baghdad. The US military said that four people were killed inadvertently in operations on March 15 in Ishaqi, about 100 kilometres north of the Iraqi capital. Iraqi police have alleged that 11 people were deliberately shot to death by US troops in the incident.

The video, supplied to the network by a Sunni Muslim group opposed to the US-led occupation, shows the bodies of several adults and children who appear to be dead of gunshot wounds. The BBC said that it compared the video to other footage from Ishaqi and believed the film clip to be genuine. The US claimed that the four dead - an Al Qaeda terrorist suspect with two women and a child - were inside a building that collapsed under heavy gunfire.

Iraqi police have alleged that 11 people inside the building - including four women and five children - were shot in cold blood before the building was demolished. It was not clear how the BBC video disproved the US claims of either a lower death toll or the circumstances of death.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  I'd do a deep forensics check to see how many of those women and children were killed by AK-47s instead of M-16s. I wouldn't put it past the Shiites or Sunnis to kill their own people to bring discredit upon our armed forces.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-06-02 20:05  

#8  Sunni Muzzies Lie.
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-06-02 17:28  

#7  When each platoon is assigned a civilian oversight committee, you'll know we've lost.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2006-06-02 12:19  

#6  Hope you're wrong Rex, it's also getting many steps closer to the obviously ridiculous of the Marines kill babies for their candy and steal their prams hub-caps variety.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-02 12:11  

#5  This is already spiraling....our troops are to receive "ethics training" and the lawyers are circling like buzzards. We're one step away from defeat.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2006-06-02 11:07  

#4  "...were shot in cold blood..."

Hmmm...now who did I recently hear use that phrase again?
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-06-02 10:57  

#3  Right newc. Did MSM ever spend a lick of time outside an offhand report of directed killing of civilians? Compare the amount of time spent on each separate attack by the enemy and the amount of time MSM will spend on this. I guess you don't want to talk down your friends, just your enemies. Fair and Balanced - Right!
Posted by: Shinemp Ebbitch6305   2006-06-02 09:41  

#2  They sure know how to manipulate the press and keep it going. Never do they show the IED that blew a half dozen soldier into pieces. If these cowards want to use women and kids as fodder then we better get used to the photos.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-06-02 09:28  

#1  still will never match the 5066 people killed by Islamic terrorists since 9/11.
Posted by: newc   2006-06-02 09:16  

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