(More) US raids in Iraq generate questions, resentment

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US raids in Iraq generate questions, resentment
Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:48 AM ET

By Omar al-Ibadi

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Issam Hamza and his son Ahmed were killed in their Baghdad home by U.S. troops who say the men ignored shouted orders during the arrest of an al Qaeda suspect. Relatives said they were simply panicked by the night-time raid.

Conflicting accounts of the shootings on May 14 illustrate the difficulties of investigating widespread accusations that U.S. troops kill civilians without just cause.

The case was brought to Reuters' attention by a neighbor who is an academic and critic of the U.S. occupation.

The family say they were woken by blasts, gathered in a hallway, and then noticed red laser dots on the walls from the U.S. soldiers' rifle sights as the raid got under way.

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[TomInTib]

1. Put yourself in that family's place. Chaos all around. A dozen voices

screaming shit you could barely understand even if you were not more frightened than you had ever been in your life. One move not according to script and your life is over and done with.

I have been on the soldier side of that type of situation. It took years for me to finally appreciate the horror those poor people experienced.