Iraqi girl tells first hand of US attack-parents and grandparents killed

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Iraqi girl tells of US attack



30 Mar 2006
Source: ITN
http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=1385503

Ten-year-old Imam Walid lost seven members of her family in an attack by American marines last November.

Imam tells of screaming soldiers entering her house in the Iraqi town of Haditha spraying bullets in every direction.

Fifteen people in all were killed, including her parents and grandparents. Her account has been corroborated by other eyewitnesses who say it was a revenge attack after a roadside bomb killed a marine.

Initially, the US marines issued a statement saying that a roadside bomb had killed 15 civilians, while eight insurgents had been killed in a later gunbattle.

US military officials have since confirmed the 15 civilians were actually shot dead.

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http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=1385503

[MadMaddie]

1. One more child......damaged by this war....

One more enemy for America in the future....what does this administration expect? We cannot kill civilians.....like this....

This is so bad on so many levels....God this is awful...

[Kenergy]

2. It's criminal imo n/t

[bigtree]

3. covered-up

at least initially

[dogday]

4. Now to report the good news.... The little girl is

still alive.. That's something ain't it? :sarcasm: I hate this freaking war!!!!!!!!

[Ms. Clio]

5. They are so fiendishly clever, using a little girl to spread their lies

Rumsfeld said terrorists also seek to shape public opinion. "They get up in the morning, have committee meetings and think about how they're going to manipulate the world's press to their advantage," he said.

"They have repeatedly proven to be highly successful at manipulating the world's media here in this country as well as elsewhere," the secretary continued, "and they carefully plan attacks to garner headlines in their effort to try to break our will."

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2006/20060203_4097.html

[JohnyCanuck]

6. Easier to kill when you believe you're not killing real humans

An SAS soldier has refused to fight in Iraq and has left the Army over the "illegal" tactics of United States troops and the policies of coalition forces.

After three months in Baghdad, Ben Griffin told his commander that he was no longer prepared to fight alongside American forces.

Ben Griffin told commanders that he thought the Iraq war was illegal

He said he had witnessed "dozens of illegal acts" by US troops, claiming they viewed all Iraqis as "untermenschen" - the Nazi term for races regarded as sub-human.

The decision marks the first time an SAS soldier has refused to go into combat and quit the Army on moral grounds.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/12/nsas12.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/12/ixhome.html