Troops Accused of Killing in Mosul

[Judi Lynn]

Troops Accused of Killing in Mosul
U.S. Denies Allegation That Its Forces Fired On Crowd After Clash


By Kevin Sullivan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, July 26, 2003; Page A13


MOSUL, Iraq -- Recorded prayers from the Koran echoed through the house. Fifty women in black robes and funeral shawls prayed in the front room. In the garage, where the men were gathered, someone slipped a tape into the VCR, and for a moment it was as if Anas Basil Hamed weren't really dead.

On the tape, the jovial 21-year-old student drank tea and mugged for the camera, his schoolbooks spread out in front of him. It was too much for the 20 men watching. Almost all of them buried their faces in their hands and sobbed.

"Why did the Americans kill my son?" said Basil Hamed Azawi, 63. "By God, I say to you, I thought it was better to have good relations with the Americans and repair our country. But now the Americans have lost any relationship with Iraq. How can I face them now? What should I do? What can I do?"

Neighbors here said Hamed was killed on Tuesday by U.S. soldiers who fired into a crowd of young, unarmed Iraqis who were throwing rocks at the troops, shortly after the fierce firefight in which U.S. troops killed the two sons of former president Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay. (snip/...)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48589-2003Jul25.html

[RevolutionStartsNow]

1. Way to win the hearts and minds (n/t)

[DagmarK]

2. We have topped Israel......

We don't have A gaza strip.

We have lots of Gaza Strips.....

[IndianaGreen]

3. The IDF is a model of virtue

compared to our imperial army!

[PsychoDad]

4. Deja Vu...

Rock throwing protesters shot down by well armed troops, houses bulldozed, journalists shot at.....

IIRC: I remember our troops were training in Israel for a while , wern't they? Guess they learned well.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. And we thought Hitler was bad

This time instead of the Jews, it's the Muslims.

[catmandu57]

6. Is an Iraq MyLai far away

How long is it going to be before our soldiers lash out at the Iraqis? Reports like this just make one wonder when all hell will break loose and our troops turn vicious and strike out at whatever is handy.

[donsu]

7. they already are vicious

nt