Majority of Dead In Samarra are Women & Children

[elehhhhna]

Residents of Reclaimed City Recount Thirst and Hunger
By Karl Vick
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, October 4, 2004; Page A18


BAGHDAD, Oct. 4 -- As U.S. and Iraqi troops patrolled the battered streets of Samarra, the central Iraqi city reclaimed from insurgents in two days of lopsided battle, residents emerged Sunday reporting thirst, hunger and casualties among the civilian population, according to news service accounts from the city.

Of the 70 dead brought to Samarra General Hospital since fighting erupted, 23 were children and 18 were women, said hospital official Abdul-Nasser Hamed Yassin, the Associated Press reported. Some residents left Samarra Sunday by floating down the Tigris River, waving white flags from boats, Reuters said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/w...anguage=printer

[gratuitous]

1. So we blew the holy bejesus out of another city

Are we prepared to assist the people who've just seen their food, water, and shelter blown to smithereens? Or didn't any of the planning geniuses think about that? Again.

[Tempest]

2. Corrected link

http://tinyurl.com/45fw4

[Karmadillo]

3. We have to kill the children to free the children.

n/t

[krkaufman]

5. Arbusto macht frei n/t

[thecrow]

4. Here's a link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4440-2004Oct3.html

[David__77]

6. Four-year-old "insurgents."

US military killed "100 insurgents..."

I'm sure many more than that were created that day from the families and neighbors of these children.

[Gregorian]

7. There were many Mai Lai's. We only caught one.

I can't remember who was speaking, but they made it very clear, from personal experience, that many Mai Lai's happened. And what would one expect from the human animal, when it had the freedom to kill, and a gun. That is exactly what is going on in Iraq. Looking down a barrel and a sight, a movement, the pulling of a trigger. It's all too easy. And even exciting. And so many are angry, brainwashed youth, who probably come from conservative homes to begin with. I never knew anyone who'd join the military. I am guessing it takes a certain type of person. Someone willing to kill, at the very least. What do we expect?


Can anyone tell- I'm sick of the human race.

[Moderator]

8. Headline

Out of Hiding in Samarra