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| More US Collateral Damage Propaganda |
| 2007-05-09 |
| This is not going to sit well. Even if untrue, it will be believed. We need an effective 'propaganda/counter-propaganda' organization; we are being totally skunked in that area. US Airstrike "Hits Primary School" in Diyala Report: Helicopter's Missile Kills Seven Children and Injures Three Posted 16 hr. 29 min. ago Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP. US Army Blackhawk helicopters fly over Baghdad at sunset, 28 March 2007. A US helicopter struck a primary school in Diyala province on Tuesday, killing seven children and injuring three more, Voices of Iraq reports. A U.S. chopper shelled on Tuesday a primary school in Mindli town, killing seven students and injuring three others, eyewitnesses and medical sources said. "The Mindli hospital received seven bodies and three wounded of a primary school's students," a medical source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) over the phone. "A U.S. helicopter shelled Al-Saada primary school, killing seven students and injuring three," the source said, adding no further details. An eyewitness confirmed the news by saying that "a U.S. chopper bombarded the school while students and teachers were still there and the blasts rattled the town. We rushed to the scene to rescue victims." The U.S. miltiary has not commented on the incident directly except to say that there was "helicopter activity" in the area and that it is investigating the events, the BBC reports. According to an Iraqi policeman, the helicopter took fire from the ground and hit the school with its return fire, the BBC reports. I'm pretty sure ROE would only permit this action if the helicopter was actively taking fire FROM THE SCHOOL. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #4 no kittens, just fuzzy bunnies.... |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2007-05-09 22:29 |
| #3 How many kittens and baby ducks? |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-05-09 19:38 |
| #2 Why were students in a primary school in session at "sunset"? Do helicopters "shell"? inquiring minds & all... |
| Posted by: Hokie Low 2007-05-09 18:55 |
| #1 Tie this together with civilians killed by air strikes in Afghanstan and you have a pretty good propaganda campaign to thwart the very effective air war we are fighting. Even if the press did not start to pick on this, Congress will, and the result will be to second guess the RoE. Al Qaida wins. |
| Posted by: john 2007-05-09 15:41 |