Terrified Soldiers Terrifying People

[tonka023]

*FALLUJAH, Iraq, Jan 8 (IPS) - Ten-year-old Yassir aimed a plastic gun
at a passing U.S. armoured patrol in Fallujah, and shouted "Bang! Bang!"*

Yassir did not know what was coming. "I yelled for everyone to run,
because the Americans were turning back," 12-year-old Ahmed who was with
Yassir told IPS.

The soldiers followed Yassir to his house and smashed almost everything
in it. "They did this after beating Yassir and his uncle hard, and they
spoke the nastiest words," Ahmed said.

It is not just the children, or the people of Fallujah who are frightened.

"Those soldiers are terrified here," Dr. Salim al-Dyni, a
psychotherapist visiting Fallujah told IPS. Dr Dyni said he had seen
professional reports of psychologically disturbed soldiers "while
serving in hot areas, and Fallujah is the hottest and most terrifying
for them."

Dr. Dyni said disturbed soldiers were behind the worst atrocities. "Most
murders committed by U.S. soldiers resulted from the soldiers' fears."

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[Monkeyman]

1. These troops are out of control you all know I am a Vet

But this is bullshit a toy gun what the

[Dammit Ann]

2. And it's about to get worse.

rookie soldiers, others being called back to that hell-hole for the second or THIRD time... sad, sad, sad. I'm weary and afraid of what is to come.

[Mythsaje]

3. Fear is why many dogs bite...

Fear breeds violence.

[rodeodance]

4. i can not imagine the horror that the troops experience each

and every day. never knowing if it will be their last. seeing their friends get blown up. day after day. day after day.