CNN Breaking: Military launches probe into how 15 Iraqi civilians died

[brooklynite]

U.S. military launches probe into how 15 Iraqi civilians died last year during encounter with Marines, military sources tell CNN.

http://cnn.com

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bullets? grenades? incendiaries?

[corporatemedia]

1. Trampled by the march of freedom. eom

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Duh? They encountered Marines!

[saigon68]

6. Yes the brave Marines killed them

[acmavm]

3. Just couldn't handle all that there freedom. n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. BREAKING: Claude Allen to investigate himself. n/t

[Blaze Diem]

5. I'm sure it will be deemed a legitimate mistake..

anyone could have misjudged them for insurgents..if we'd only have known..(ala condi rice)

People are demanding an answer and they will have an investigationand all will be cleared of any wrongdoing..they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time..unfortunate but then, hey guys! That's war..people are just going to die..right.
end of story.

[OnyxCollie]

7. Why not launch a probe

and find out why 30,000 Iraqis died?

[peacebird]

9. obviously cuz they were all insurgents....

we wouldn't have killed them otherwise. By default - anyone killed by our military in this holy cause was a bad guy.

:sarcasm:

and all our military folk are ANGELS in Gods army fightin the crusade to spread christianity... O8)
:sarcasm:

except for a few very low-level "bad apples"

:grr:

(seriously - I have utmost respect for our soldiers - it's their leaders I despise.)

[stillcool]

11. U.S. invasion responsible deaths of over 250,000 civilians in Iraq

Original address http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Iraq_war.php

by John Stokes

New studies make the Bush administration's "liberation" argument for a 'pre-emptive' war against Iraq seem questionable.

The invasion of Iraq in March 2003 by U.S.-led coalition forces has been responsible for the death of at least 150,000 civilians (not including certain of Iraq), reveals a compilitation of scientific studies and corroborated eyewitness testimonies.

The report in the British journal is based on the work of teams from the Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University in the U.S., and the Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad.

The figure of 100,000 had been based on somewhat "conservative assumptions", notes Les Roberts at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, U.S., who led the study.

That estimate excludes Falluja, a hotspot for violence. If the data from this town is included, the compiled studies point to about 250,000 excess deaths since the outbreak of the U.S.-led war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11674.htm

[OnyxCollie]

15. That is sickening. nt

[Anywho6]

8. Prediction: Lies, lies and more lies

I freakin' despise anyone even remotely associated with this false administration and have made it my life mission to do everything I can to help change the downward spiral of this country. I will NOT give in to the attitude I see so sadly prevalent among people I know--"Yes, it's awful and terrible--they have a strangle hold on the country, but there's nothing we can do." It's time to get :grr:!!!!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. Why don't they save our money and their time, "Not Guilty".

No matter what the facts are.

[daleo]

12. How about a probe for yesterday's killings

You know, the Iraqi kids killed in the U.S. airstrike.

[0rganism]

13. BSNN Breaking: fox to investigate breach in henhouse security

The really sad part is that my fellow citizens will believe the military when it exonerates itself of all wrongdoing, yet again.

[phrenzy]

14. Kind of like their 'Investigation' into the Italian Journalist they shot

We all know how 'thorough and open' that one was.

[anotherdrew]

16. due to a complete non-voluntary cessation of metabolic processes maybe?

ooooo a probe! wow - that'll get things sorted out real quick.

[anotherdrew]

17. maybe they all made furtive gestures? 15 "suicide by soldier" cases?

what's it gonna be? I'm sure it'll turn out to be their own fault.