Posted on 06/01/2006 3:19:46 PM PDT by Axlrose
The BBC has uncovered new video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians.
The video appears to challenge the US military's account of events that took place in the town of Ishaqi in March.
The US said at the time four people died during a military operation, but Iraqi police claimed that US troops had deliberately shot the 11 people.
A spokesman for US forces in Iraq told the BBC an inquiry was under way.
The new evidence comes in the wake of the alleged massacre in Haditha, where US marines are suspected of massacring up to 24 Iraqi civilians in November 2005.
'Massacre'
The video pictures obtained by the BBC appear to contradict the US account of the events in Ishaqi, about 100km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on 15 March 2006.
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The US authorities said they were involved in a firefight after a tip-off that an al-Qaeda supporter was visiting the house.
According to the Americans, the building collapsed under heavy fire killing four people - a suspect, two women and a child.
But a report filed by Iraqi police accused US troops of rounding up and deliberately shooting 11 people in the house, including five children and four women, before blowing up the building.
The video tape obtained by the BBC shows a number of dead adults and children at the site with what our world affairs editor John Simpson says were clearly gunshot wounds.
The pictures came from a hardline Sunni group opposed to coalition forces.
It has been cross-checked with other images taken at the time of events and is believed to be genuine, the BBC's Ian Pannell in Baghdad says.
"The pictures came from a hardline Sunni group"
More proof the BBC is actively working with the enemy.
If that...
Do these people really think American Marines shot children in the head?
The Left is dangerous, folks. They hate us more than they hate the terrorists. In fact, they love the terrorists because they kill American soldiers.
Yup, this one sounds fishy. The other incident is far more troubling because it appears that our own military has reached a preliminary opinion that the Marines shot innocents.
MM
Unless it says "Let's kill some civilians, hooaahh!" I won't be convinced.
The BBC is as RED as they come.
Don't believe those LIARS.
They're liars just like that traitor McGurk and the Commie rag "Time" are.
Yes, the Luces of "Time" were IN BED with the Stalinists.
President Bush needs to put an end to all these witch hunts and grant pardons to all American forces in Iraq.
Bad news is best dealt with openly and honestly.
Murthawatch ping.....
Iraqi police 'moles' enter the scene afterward, shoot corpses, show reporter, take pictures, fabricate story. How hard would that be?
That's all I need to know.
These butchers wouldn't give a second thought to grabbing bystanders and staging incidents like these ... they understand that this is a war of attrition.
The locals, even if they are sympathetic to the idea of a free Iraq (which in Sunni dominated regioins is not likely) won't step up and speak the truth because they know if the do their heads will be off before the sun goes down.
That would only make the hunts intensify.
I just got done reading how one of the three officers allegedly relieved of command due to Haditha (and then we found out yesterday that WASN'T TRUE), he said in the weeks after the Haditha attack he met repeatedly with local Iraqi leaders. Nobody said a word about any civilian massacres.
Well, that's certainly inconvenient. It's amazing what happens to these cut and run "cold blooded murder" cases when the other side gets to tell its story.
Pale Horse takes this course on ANY thread involving this subject
I missed that. Got a link?
Question is, can we have freedom without a free media ?
Also
Why does a free media seem to always "hang to the left ?"
What caliber/cartridge was used to inflict the woulds?
Were they inflicted before or after death?
Look, that doesn't matter. John Simpson, who has had a long career finding ways to undermine America, says who did it.
Why let details get in the way.
Why do we let this organisation in the country ?
Zimbabwe has banned them, and i haven't seen any BS about that country for a while.
Its time for leadership Mr President. Take a stand.
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