U.S. troops kill man at Baghdad airport By the CNN Wire Staff
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. troops shot and killed an Iraqi man at Baghdad International Airport on Sunday morning, a U.S. military spokesman said.
A military convoy attempted to stop the man, who they spotted driving a vehicle at high speed on an airport road, Col. Barry Johnson said.
"The vehicle was perceived as a threat and a decision was made to engage it with small-arms fire in order to stop it and to protect the convoy from a possible attack," Johnson said.
The driver did not respond to U.S. hand signals before troops opened fire, he said.
Baghdad police said the man was an engineer working at the airport. They did not name him.
"We deeply regret that this action resulted in the death of an Iraqi who was driving the vehicle," Johnson said.
Authorities are investigating the incident, he said.
Also Sunday, one person was killed and seven people were wounded in three separate car bombings in the Iraqi capital.
CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq in Baghdad contributed to this report.
Poster Comment:
It is interesting how they explain it. The convoy went out to stop him. He didn't stop. but they decided that because they couldn't stop him he was a threat to the convoy that approached him. and so they killed him. The guy probably didn't even know the convoy was trying to stop him. he was an airport employee.
The soldiers were doing 'nations business'. At night they will tell themselves that it is 'all in a days work'. Perhaps they will take drugs given to them by a military psychiatrist. Their consciences must be shut off by one means or another. They may get tired of this type of thing, get out of the military and become a police officer. Or they may stay for the whole 30 years and get a fantastic pension.
Either way. they work for an evil regime and do evil things.