U.S. Forces Detain Westerners in Iraq

[Nambe]

Emmis Interactive/Chicago

U.S. forces are holding six people who claim to be Americans and two who say they are British for alleged attacks against coalition troops in Iraq, an American general said Tuesday. It was the first time the military reported holding Westerners in the attacks.

The disclosure came a day after troops from the 4th Infantry Division killed two Iraqis and wounded two others in a battle outside an ammunition dump in Tikrit. One man was captured and two others fled in the apparent attempt to loot the depot, spokeswoman Maj. Josslyn Aberle said.

Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who is in charge of coalition detention centers in Iraq, said the men claiming to be Americans and British are suspected of involvement in guerrilla attacks. They were not identified.

The eight alleged Westerners are being held 12 miles west of Baghdad at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, where Saddam Hussein imprisoned many political opponents. ---


We are going to change history -- we're going to have a ton of fun doing it.

[kurt_cagle]

1. Probably reporters

The military seems to have a difficult time differentiating between those who MAKE the news and those who REPORT it.

-- Kurt