Iraqi children slaughtered

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several Iraqi kids were killed near a football field following a massive explosions. Word is military exploded several captured weapons. US military is downplaying this claiming ijuries and not deaths.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6401839.stm

Iraqis are surging to the afterlife

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1. The news this morning...

was playing this off as an insurgent attack. Sort of a propaganda thing about how horrible those insurgents are.

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2. That Is Not The Word. According To The Article, We Have No Idea If It's Even Related.

Please be honest. The administration may twist facts to suit their agenda, but that doesn't mean we should.

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3. Maliki appeared to confirm the killings, calling them a "cowardly act" by.....

Later a US spokesman told Reuters news agency that US forces had carried out a controlled explosion in Ramadi, also close to a football field.

The official said there were injuries, but no deaths. It was not clear if both reports referred to the same incident.

However, the chief American military spokesman in Iraq, Lt Colonel Christopher Garver, later said he thought there had been "two separate incidents" in Ramadi.

Iraqi Prime minister Nouri Maliki appeared to confirm the killings, calling them a "cowardly act" by "terrorist bands".

Iraqi police said most of the victims were aged 10 to 15 and had gathered to play football when a bomb went off.

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4. Tsk, tsk. Regrettable incident. The military will investigate. So sad.

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy.” - Gandhi

[EFerrari]

6. kick

[Karenina]

5. The underlying agenda

is to decimate the "excess" Iraqi population sitting atop oil that "belongs" to rich white men. The oil deal has been signed. Make sure there's no one around to challenge it. OOPS! We didn't really mean to blow up your kid! :sarcasm:

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7. They don't give a flying fugg

about any life but their own