Slightly EFL
Four members of Spain’s National Intelligence Centre have reportedly been killed in an attack south of Baghdad, Sky News has learned. They were members of an eight-man team returning from a mission, a Spanish defence spokesman said. Sky News correspondent David Bowden arrived at the scene of the attack, near Hillah, shortly after it happened. He said he was told by eyewitnesses guerillas had killed eight people in three vehicles and had captured two. Two hostages were driven away in the third vehicle. However, Bowden said he and his crew only counted four bodies in the road and two burnt-out vehicles. They could not confirm that hostages had been taken. "We were actually driving from Hillah and we saw these men lying by the side of the road after the ambush. Locals said that 30 minutes earlier the convoy had been attacked." The team were forced to leave after the crowd turned on them. "We filmed for a couple of minutes but the crowd were shouting ’Praise to Saddam’, so we left," Bowden said.
| We saw the footage on Fox News this afternoon. I suppose since the dancing thugs were "civilians" it would be a war crime or something for the allied forces to simply shoot them down when they arrived on the scene. On the other hand, if that happened a time or two, there would be fewer such incidents in the future. |
Sky cameraman Adam Murch said the crowd were kicking the bodies. Bowden said it was a very busy road but the white vehicles of the convoy would have stood out and been easy targets. The Polish military, which operates in the area, said it was investigating the incident. |