US troops kill Iraqi civilians

[justinsb]

US troops kill Iraqi civilians

US troops have shot and killed eight Iraqis, including five civilians, during an attack on a patrol.

US troops killed three fighters who fired on their convoy after trying to ram it on Friday in Mosul, 390km north of Baghdad, the American military said.

The soldiers then opened fire on two cars that approached the patrol and appeared to be hostile, killing five civilians, the military said. The incident is under investigation.


Other attacks

Three civilians, believed to be municipal workers, were killed and four people were wounded in a Baghdad bomb blast on Saturday, hospital officials said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BF689067-A19A-46C5-BE05-601CBDE17FB1.htm

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

1. Hit the link, expected bias..... It is straight reporting.

Sad times.

[justinsb]

2. Al Jazeera usually is

Some of their editorials I find offensive (as I'm sure they find many of ours) but Al Jazeera was an early and frequent target of the BushCo propaganda machine because Al Jazeera is outside their control and not easily intimidated (even when Al Jazeera offices in Iraq are bombed). They have lost more reporters, cameramen and other staff in Iraq and Afghanistan than anyone else but they are deeply plugged in, are not "inbedded" with the US military, and are in places Western media would be afraid to go. Plus - they speak the language.

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[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. What..... there weren't any wedding parties that could be smart-

bombed???