Innocent civilians are increasingly being killed by U.S. troops.

[G_j]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-civilians25jul25,0,815578.story?coll=la-home-headlines

July 25, 2005 latimes.com : Iraq Single page Print E-mail story

Shots to the Heart of Iraq
Innocent civilians, including people who are considered vital to building democracy, are increasingly being killed by U.S. troops.

By Richard C. Paddock, Times Staff Writer


BAGHDAD — Three men in an unmarked sedan pulled up near the headquarters of the national police major crimes unit. The two passengers, wearing traditional Arab dishdasha gowns, stepped from the car.

At the same moment, a U.S. military convoy emerged from an underpass. Apparently believing the men were staging an ambush, the Americans fired, killing one passenger and wounding the other. The sedan's driver was hit in the head by two bullet fragments.

The soldiers drove on without stopping.

This kind of shooting is far from rare in Baghdad, but the driver of the car was no ordinary casualty. He was Iraqi police Brig. Gen. Majeed Farraji, chief of the major crimes unit. His passengers were unarmed hitchhikers whom he was dropping off on his way to work.

"The reason they shot us is just because the Americans are reckless," the general said from his hospital bed hours after the July 6 shooting, his head wrapped in a white bandage. "Nobody punishes them or blames them."

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[babylonsister]

1. And it's all being swept under a rug, much like the Abu

photos. It's truly sickening. :cry:

[Karenina]

2. Ami troops kill with impunity. DAILY.

"Nobody punishes them or blames them."

The man speaks the truth.

"The chick got in the way."

[G_j]

5. frightening how

they just drove away without even checking on who they had shot.

..a downward spiral of ultra-violent insanity

[Rex]

3. Blowing people away without a second thought.

How hideous.

[lynettebro440]

4. It's the new american way

Didn't Bush send you the memo in regards to this.