Friday, June 02, 2006

BBC: Tape of another apparant massacre

So, US-led troops in Iraq are to undergo ethical training in the wake of the alleged murder of civilians in Haditha and the shooting of 2 women, 1 of which was heavily pregnant and was in route to the hospital to deliver her baby. But what about this?: "The driver (of the car carrying the pregnant woman) who was injured, said he had not seen or heard any warnings. Local police told AFP news agency: "They took a wrong road just behind the hospital which is now closed because it is next to a military road used by the Americans." Maybe (especially in the heat of the "she is about to pop this kid out in the car" moment) they were not aware that the street just BEHIND the hospital was NOW off limits b/c it is it NEXT to an American-only road? Here is what the military says: "US forces said their car "entered a clearly marked prohibited area near coalition troops" in Samarra city and failed to heed warnings to stop." BIG difference, no? And sadly, due to news like this from the BBC, I am quickly becoming VERY doubtful of any "official" explanation from the US military: "The BBC has uncovered new video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians. The video obtained by the BBC appear to contradict the US account of the events in Ishaqi, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, on March 15, 06. The US authorities said they were involved in a firefight after a tip-off that an al-Qaeda supporter was visiting the house. According to the US, the building collapsed under heavy fire killing 4 people - 1 suspect, 2 women and 1 child. But a report filed by Iraqi police accused US troops of rounding up and deliberately shooting 11 people in the house, including 5 children and 4 women, before blowing up the building. The video tape obtained by the BBC shows a number of dead adults and children at the site with what our world affairs editor says were clearly gunshot wounds. It has been cross-checked w/ other images taken at the time of events and is believed to be genuine, the BBC's Ian Pannell in Baghdad says." Maybe it is just me, but aren't you a wee bit tired of things like this being done in your name and on your taxpaying dime? But given that our own President and Att Gen have no regard for the Geneva Conventions, I guess we shouldn't expect our troops to know how to behave in the middle of a completely unjustified and illegal war, now should we?
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