"Hey Iraqis! The American Soldiers Are There To Protect You!" [View All]

[leftchick]

pay no atention to the US massacres of innocent civilians, rape, torture... They are there to PROTECT you. How fucking stupid is this?.......

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060805.wiraq0805/BNStory/International/home

BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. soldiers sent to beef up security in Baghdad were seen for the first time on the streets of the capital Saturday, as Iraqi police used loudspeakers to reassure people that the Americans were there to protect them.

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Several Stryker armoured vehicles took positions in the mostly Sunni district of Ghazaliyah, one of the city's most dangerous areas. Police used loudspeakers to encourage residents to reopen shops and go about their business normally because the soldiers would protect them.

U.S. commanders hope the presence of heavily armed American troops will intimidate sectarian death squads believed behind many of the killings and reassure Iraqis — especially Sunni Arabs — that they will be protected by Iraq's predominantly Shiite security forces.

Moving the Stryker brigade to Baghdad, however, meant drawing down — at least temporarily — the U.S. military presence in northern Iraq. The brigade was based in Mosul but had subordinate units scattered over a wide area, including routes used by foreign militants slipping in from Syria.