Posted on 04/03/2010 1:00:51 PM PDT by JLWORK
This just in from the I Cant Tell The Good Guys From the Bad Guys department (photo of al-Maliki and Ahmadinejad above from Michelle Malkins website:
Gunmen wearing the uniforms of Iraqi army soldiers invaded a village south of Baghdad on Good Friday, rounded up at least thirty-one Sunni Muslims and killed twenty-four of them. Some of the dead had their arms and legs broken prior to being shot and many were beaten beyond recognition. Seven victims were found alive, hands cuffed behind their backs.
These killings came on the heels of the recent Iraqi election, the final results of which are being brokered in Iran by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Muqtada al-Sadr, the anti-American who fled to exile in Iran when the post-Hussein civil war erupted between Shiites and Sunnis. The close election is still in dispute and some believe this latest violence is related thereto. Can the Sunnis and Shiites still be pursuing this sectarian madness, after twelve Centuries of killing each other? Cant they all just get along here?
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
I dislike reporting like this. The real possibility is that there is an effort here to make folks hate the military.
Why isn't it stated as such? SOME believe this was an effort to destroy the credibility and respect for the military.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.