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Title: 6 allies killed by U.S. copter
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URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast ... 22/iraq.main/?iref=mpstoryview
Published: Mar 23, 2008
Author: Mohammed Tawfeeq
Post Date: 2008-03-23 09:17:59 by angle
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Comments: 2
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Six Iraqis were killed Saturday when a U.S. helicopter fired on a small gathering at what may have been a pro-U.S. group's checkpoint, officials said. Men who said they were with an Awakening Council stand over the bodies of comrades killed Saturday in Iraq. The U.S. military said that after five people were "spotted conducting suspicious terrorist activity" near a recent roadside bombing site, an AH-64 Apache fired on them. It was unclear how the other dead and wounded were involved. The Sons of Iraq are one of many groups generically referred to as Awakening Councils -- largely Sunni local security groups that have been recruited by the U.S. military. A U.S. patrol stopped and talked with the Sunni militiamen about two hours before the attack, a local Awakening Council leader told The Associated Press. "They asked us general questions like: 'Have you gotten your IDs?' and 'Do you need anything?' and then they left," Sabbar al-Bazi told AP. "Two hours later, after I had gone home, I heard two explosions, probably caused by two missiles, and machine-gun fire from a helicopter." The U.S. and Iraqi militaries are conducting a joint investigation, a U.S. spokesman said.
A Samarra police official said the helicopter "mistakenly" hit a Sons of Iraq checkpoint, killing the six. Two other Iraqis were wounded in the attack in Ashaki, south of Samarra, 55 miles north of Baghdad.
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#1. To: angle (#0)
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It would appear the SOP for the US military is to murder any Iraqi's found loitering in a group. Meanwhile, back in the United States, illegal aliens loiter by the dozens in front of Home Depot and other areas. Which is the greatest security threat? IMNSHO, it's the illegal aliens loitering in front of the Home Depot. The U.S. and Iraqi militaries are conducting a joint investigation, a U.S. spokesman said. Which means that the family members of those murdered will be paid money to keep their mouths shut. This money will then be spent to further the insurgency by those we have now made enemies. It would appear that no one in charge understands that these people live by the Old Testament "eye for an eye." They aren't American sheeple who will just bend over and take it in the ass and say thank you when Uncle Sammy is finished.
Thank god for some justice.
"Look well therefore to this Day!" ~ Kalidasa
#2. To: Hayek Fan (#1)
It would appear that no one in charge understands that these people live by the Old Testament "eye for an eye."
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