US army conducts raids near Syrian border, kills Iraqi woman

[Judi Lynn]

US army conducts raids near Syrian border, kills Iraqi woman
(AFP)

22 December 2003



BAGHDAD - An Iraqi woman was killed on Sunday in an explosion when US soldiers blew up a door during a raid in a town near Iraq’s border with Syria, the US military said in a statement on Monday.


“Forces encountered resistance to entry in one target location and used a door breaching charge to gain access to the target through a reinforced steel door. The blast resulted in the death of one Iraqi female and injuries to two other females in the house,” the military said.

The military said the incident, which occurred in the western Iraqi town of Rawa, was under investigation.

The woman’s death came as the US Third Armored Cavalry Regiment (3rd ACR) kicked off “Operations Rifles Fury” in Rawa, a mission aimed “to kill or capture anti-Coalition Forces and destroy terrorist training camps.”
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[NIGHT TRIPPER]

1. who's giving the orders over there?

Dont they think they may need to rethink their tactics? Too many innocents getting hurt will only increase the resistance.
And they will never be able to pump their sweet crude if the resistance continues... as it stands now the tactics have not lessened the attacks.

[NickB79]

2. Can you taste the freedom?

It tastes like hot, flying shrapnel! Hell yeah, gimme some of that! I'm sure her family won't mind, cause they're free now, right?

[Voltaire99]

8. If she'd survived, she could be voting for a US puppet any year now!

Is this an example of the liberation that Hillary Clinton and Tom Delay so enthusiastically support?

[TheLastMohican]

3. There is an order to kill as many Eyerakis (read gooks) as possible

This neglect for human life trails with the US army since Vietnam like a stench and it will backfire.

[grilled onions]

4. oh the names

You need a program guide for all the theme names they are giving for each chapter of the war. Imagine how many "qualified" personnel there must be in some thin tank deciding on the name of the next one!

[leftchick]

5. Look at this Picture and Tell Me.......

That this isn't VietNam all over.....






.....from Aljazeera.net homepage.

[0007]

6. "Operations Rifles Fury" - Will not win any love

I cannot go along with this type of action.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

7. understatement

No wonder we're on tangerine alert.