US soldiers kill deputy mayor, two police officers in northern Iraq

[sabra]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/23/content_3534621.htm

US soldiers kill deputy mayor, two police officers in northern Iraq

TIKRIT, Iraq, Sept. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- A deputy mayor of the Iraqi town of Dhuluiyah, some 100 km north of Baghdad, and two police officers were killed by US forces there on Friday, local policeand witnesses said.

"A group of US soldiers stormed the house of Brigadier Jabar Atiyah Saud, the deputy mayor of Dhuluiyah and dragged him out of his house before they shot him several bullets in his head," asource from the Joint Coordination Center in Tikrit told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, the US soldiers also killed two local police officers, Captain Amir Yousif and the 1st Lt. Jasim Khalaf, the source added.

...

"The US soldiers shot the drinking water containers above houses and many families are suffering from shortage in watersupplies," a local resident, Ammar al-Jubouri said. The wounded people or even deaths were not allowed to shift to the medical center outside the town, Jubouri said. On Wednesday, the US troops had detained the police chief of the town and hundreds of people, including dozens of policemen, after insurgents in Dhuluiyah attacked a convoy of trucks carrying military supplies for the US troops.

[willing dwarf]

1. "mission accomplished'

And this is how they propose to bring democracy to Iraq?

The shame...the horror.

[daninthemoon]

2. Is this verified?

[sabra]

8. Xinhua News Agency is a pretty reliable source

and does usually give you reports of the "other side" of things. In regards to verifications, I guess only time will tell.

peace

[tuckessee]

9. What constitutes "verified"?

An embedded reporter's censored account?

A proclamation from the Green Zone?

A statement by Rummy?

[Mika]

3. Why bother working it like the Brits (undercover)?

Just do it in plain view.

[Amonester]

4. Freedom is on...

mass-murders...

Yeah... Riiiiiight! :puke:

[Pirate Smile]

5. So now the US and British soldiers are fighting the Iraqi police and

government? This just keeps getting better.:eyes:

edit to add - who is this news source? Is it credible?

[UpInArms]

6. a few more "bad apples"

in a barrel of spoiled fruit.

:argh:

[Missy M]

7. If this report is true what is going on in Iraq is totally out of control.

our soldiers killing deputy mayors and local police officers. What is that about.

[reprobate]

19. Ah, the torch of knowledge enlightens. Out of control from the start.

[MidwestTransplant]

10. This is from the State Run Chinese News Agency

IT IS NOT RELIABLE>

[Amonester]

11. I saw the link to it on http://icasualties.org/oif/

http://icasualties.org/oif/

BTW: 88 to 2,000... (official...) on **'s & bLiar's watches. :cry:

[Boomer]

13. As opposed to the state-run American news?

Who can we believe?

[0007]

14. I've never found them to be out of line!

[0007]

15. I've never found them to be out of line!

[bahrbearian]

17. Ya,, I'm watching Fox News and I haven't seen anything yet.

[Ben Ceremos]

18. Not reliable?

What, like Fox? Or CNN, MSNBC, etc?


Americans are starting to appear as the most loathsome people on the planet. Isn't it time you took back your government, or will you wait for some reliable verification? Sheesh, this kind of activity happens daily in Iraq and you think it is a red herring!

[Robeson]

29. Yeah, its only reliable if its our news....

...:rofl: :rofl:

Thanks, I needed a good laugh.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Xinhuanet has always been dependable so far: never off the wall.

When we hear Defense's explanation, it will probably have been greatly altered, but the same people will have been killed. This isn't something we're going to hear them admit, if you think about it: just like they won't admit any of their other atrocities.

Here's an earlier story on this catastrophe:

US troops detain police chief north of Baghdad

www.chinaview.cn 2005-09-21 22:40:18

TIKRIT, Iraq, Sept. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- US troops detained an Iraqi police chief and dozens of policemen on Wednesday after insurgents attacked a US supply convoy on Tuesday, police said.

"US soldiers detained Brigadier Muhammed Khalaf al-Jubouri,police chief of Dhuluiyah town, north of Baghdad, and about 60 policemen for failing to deal with insurgents," a police source in Tikrit told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The source said US troops have sealed off the town, some 100 kmnorth of Baghdad, and detained some 400 people, including policemen, since insurgents attacked a convoy of trucks carrying military supplies for US troops on Tuesday.

Tuesday's attack damaged three trucks in the convoy guarded by US troops and killed three drivers, probably Turkish nationals,the source said. Enditem
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/21/content_3524362.htm

[confludemocrat]

21. They were right-on about the two British death squad guys caught in Basra

Theirs was on of the first reports. The brits were gonna terminate some people too, I betcha.

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. Sounds like war crimes.

But that is nothing new, they do war crimes all the time there in the name of oil liberation.

[daleo]

20. This is worse than normal

British SAS killing Iraqi police, now U.S. soldiers doing the same. I think the puppets that Bush expected to cooperate are not doing so, thus the hit squads.

[radwriter0555]

22. Kinda like when those brit covert ops killed the iraqi police in basra

last week?

[sofa king]

23. Could be lots of things, including what it says

Now I want to know who this dead guy was. Assuming the basic facts reported bear scrutiny, this could be bad, bad news.

If the "Brigadier" was pulling for the insurgents, then the operation could have been a hit, or worse, a rogue incident by disgruntled soldiers. Neither one is indicative of an occupier who has control of the territory or the populace.

On the other hand, if he was working for us, then we might be in really deep shit, because that might mean that someone has shown up in Iraq capable of pulling off false flag operations.

It will be interesting to see what sort of feel-good story DoD tries to spin out of this, if they are forced to acknowledge it at all.

[Amonester]

25. bet we won't hear a single word because:

NOBODY'S GONNA ASK.

Period. Or even if someone, somewhere dares to ask, they won't feel obliged to give an answer. As usual...

End of "incident."

[Roy]

24. Reliable?

At least verifiable names are mentioned. In stark contrast to the endless supply of nameless faceless #3 men, top Lt's, and linked to Al Quaida's as reported by the US press.

[tblue37]

26. If this story is true, then our soldiers are

doing what the Nazis did--punishing citizens of a locale if the Underground attacks the occupiers.

[MasonJar]

27. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? How can we

kill other people without a trial? How can we keep them in jail with no charges or trial? More importantly, why are the American allowing this to continue? It really makes me want to bolt this sick country; I am only waiting for the possibility that the Pugs have finally overstepped their bounds once too many. The 06 and the 08 elections will tell. Let's insist on those paper trails.

[Robeson]

28. America the Beautiful.....

...Nothing like exporting democracy at the end of a gun.