Military admits killing Kent State University professor in Iraq

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/portage/1126776808166910.xml&coll=2

Thursday, September 15, 2005

The U.S. military has acknowledged slaying a Kent State University professor in a "tragic accident" in Iraq...

"This kind of incident makes people hate the Americans more and more," he said. Casey reportedly offered to compensate Jmor's wife and their three children for the death.

Pamela Willeford, U.S. ambassador to Switzerland, forwarded Casey's letter to the Swiss foreign ministry on Aug. 18. The ministry asked for more details. The United States has not replied.

Jmor fled Saddam's Iraq 25 years ago and lobbied for the Kurds at the United Nations. But he opposed the U.S. invasion and formed a foundation for peace in Iraq. The Iraqi war has claimed an estimated 26,000 civilians so far...

[OKthatsIT]

1. accidents sure do happen a lot in Iraq

especially to those with counter opinions

[KareBear]

2. Wow... just wow...

[TahitiNut]

3. I guess it's better over there than on campus. Again.

:eyes: Tragically ironic.

[GarySeven]

9. Right - it's better to kill protestors over there

... than to fight them on the streets of America. Because here the whole world is watching; over there, no one sees the thugs who kill democratic dissent in the night.

[0007]

14. John Negroponte's "Death Squad Assassins" slither out on

their bellies in the dark of night to do the bidding of our administration.

And we wonder why the world hates us so!

[peacetalksforall]

4. Journalists and bio-chemists are NOT having a couple of good years.

[Briar]

5. This happens everyday

but usually the brown-skinned person is Iraqi and our consciences aren't troubled by hearing about it.

[Kelvin Mace]

6. Military still killing people at Kent State

Jeebus!

[anotherdrew]

7. "killed an estimated 26,000 civilians" 100k 6 months or more ago

I guess they can just pick any number they like

[Virginian]

13. That number seemed a little low to me, too.

Step right up -- Pick a number -- any number.

[GarySeven]

8. Four dead in Oh-Hi-O; one in Iraq

Does anyone remember the RAGE we felt in 1970?

Does anyone remember 1970?

If you don't, nothing I can say can cause you to feel the way some of us did when our brothers and sisters were MURDERED by thugs with guns.

We thought our country was being taken from us then ... we know it now.

[mopinko]

12. i keep trying to get people to pick up that chant.

we had some counter demonstrators, rent a mob gop thugs, at a recent cindy sheehan appearance. they chanted usa usa, and i chanted o-hi-o, count the votes, o-hi-o. it is a reference to last november, but also to the depths to which these people will stoop. we cannot forget.

[Eurobabe]

10. Sure, right, that was an accident like

David Kelly was a suicide.

[defiant1]

11. Jeez....

I love how the author put "tragic accident" in quotes.

[fooj]

15. Journalists, Professors...when will it stop?

Grrrrrr....

[Caesarmajestic]

16. Kent State Again?

hmm . . .

[Vickers]

17. This must've happened in the 20% of the country that's still not safe

:eyes:

[Frederik]

18. How many Fox journalists

have been killed? Eason Jordan, thank you for teling the truth.

[struggle4progress]

19. kick