Many Iraqi Soldiers Wounded by Own Guns

[Barrett808]

Many Iraqi Soldiers Wounded by Own Guns
By ANTONIO CASTANEDA, Associated Press Writer

BIDIMNAH, Iraq - The two bloodied, wincing Iraqi soldiers — bandages wrapped around their legs — hobbled onto the waiting ambulance, wounded during a house-to-house search near this farming town.

The culprit was a common one: not insurgents, but gunfire from fellow soldiers. U.S. trainers who mentor Iraqi troops say a lack of gun safety, or what they call "muzzle discipline," has led to many injuries and deaths across the country.

And while the Americans say it is slowly getting better, it remains a major problem for a U.S. military trying to train more than 200,000 Iraqis to defeat the insurgency.

"When we first got here, it was a little scary," said Army Capt. Steven Fischer, a trainer from Washington, Pa. "We have to correct it. It's something that's got to be better."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_firing_wild

[AndyTiedye]

1. Who Trained Them? Deadeye Dick Cheney?

[Roland99]

6. Pull!

[Dr.Phool]

2. That's impossible

Guns don't wound people! People wound people.

Or is it quails?

[grytpype]

3. They say ISF stands for I Shot Foot

[saigon68]

4. ASS-CLOWNS ALL

Oh for cripe sakes Maynard.

How stoopid are they

[DELUSIONAL]

5. Sounds like the US National Guardsman who shot himself in the butt

at the S.F. International Airport -- yep we sure are safe.

I suspect that the Iraq Soldiers are not the very best -- they are guys who just need a job.