KR: Multiple wounds mark bodies of Iraqis killed in disputed U.S. raid

[Rose Siding]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi police investigating the deaths of 11 people in the town of Ishaqi after a U.S. military raid last week reported that each of the bodies bore multiple wounds, according to a preliminary report reviewed by Knight Ridder Newspapers.

The report contradicted an Iraqi police commander's claim on Sunday that each of the dead had been shot once in the head.

But it wasn't possible to say from the portion of the report Knight Ridder was allowed to see whether other pages backed Iraqi police's suspicions that U.S. troops executed the 11 or bolstered the U.S. position that they died during a firefight as the Americans attempted to capture an al-Qaida operative.
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A Knight Ridder special correspondent was allowed to review only the portion of the preliminary report that dealt with the suspected causes of death. The correspondent wasn't allowed to make copies of the report, but portions were read to another member of Knight Ridder's staff in Baghdad.

According to the preliminary report, none of the bodies bore only a single gunshot wound, contradicting one Iraqi police officer's account that each of the dead had been shot once in the head.

One body had two gunshot wounds to the head. Five others showed signs of entrance and exit wounds to the head caused by "flying projectiles," which the report noted could be "consistent with either bullets or shrapnel." Four others showed signs of entrance and exit wounds to the chest or abdomen, also attributed to flying projectiles.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14153500.htm

[leftchick]

1. what difference does it make?

Either way a whole family is dead because of the actions of US soldiers. Dead is DEAD!

[TheMadMonk]

3. Some Difference. I don't really like it, but...

Indiscriminate shooting, while reprehensible in its own right, is not in the same league as cold-blooded exexution. Unfortunately it is also a fairly natural outcome of combat with firearms.

Furthermore, the common insurgent (and terrorist) practice of hiding behind women and children is just damned evil. It also speaks to a certain cowadice in a boastfully "brave" people.

Niether side's hands are clean in these matters, and like in all conflicts it's the innocent's that get in the way who suffer the most. The grunts on the ground (on either side) commit attrocities for a hundred different reasons. Everyone points the finger of blame at everyone else and denies their own actions while covering up like a kitten on a tile floor. Scapegoats or martyrs get their time in the spotlight. The cockroaches in charge scuttle off into the darkness. Jannet Jackson's tit (pixelated for decency) fills every front page in the country. Life goes on.

And nothing ever really changes. Though I suppose no longer picking up babies by their feet and looking for the nearest wall can be considered a step in the right direction. :sarcasm:

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Welcome to the United States version of "freedom"

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They do it with bullets

We need more MLK's and Gandhi's in this world

Not murderous puppets like Bush and Blair of the PNACers, Illuminati and FreeMasons