Baghdad children killed in crossfire

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Baghdad children killed in crossfire

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5D061EF4-6F37-4C61-BFE2-B6CC5C76E9AD.htm

Monday 26 April 2004, 0:38 Makka Time, 21:38 GMT


Children near the burning Humvee were caught in crossfire




Civilians, including children, and a US soldier have been killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb blast followed by a gun battle in Baghdad.



The children were killed after being caught in the crossfire of a gun battle that followed the blast on Sunday, a US occupation military spokesman said.



The spokesman said it was not possible to establish how many civilians had died as other Iraqis rapidly removed the bodies.



"One of our Task Force Baghdad soldiers was killed and three others were wounded as a result of an improvised explosive device explosion," said Lieutenant-Colonel James Hutton, spokesman for the US Army's 1st Cavalry Division.



Return fire



He said occupation troops who later sought to recover the Humvee vehicle damaged in the blast returned fire after being targeted from rooftops.

[newyorican]

1. not sure

on the veracity of this VERY GRAPHIC photo, but it on another board in a thread about the same incident.

Note1: seems to load reeeeaaaal sloooooww

Note2: remove space between "http:/ /" and "osiris"

http:/ / osiris.978.org/~brianr/mirrors/cryptome.org/us-blackout/iraq-20.jpg

[JoFerret]

2. When will this madness end?

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