US soldiers allegedly kill two girls in Iraq

ABC News Online ^ | November 28, 2003 | ABC News Online

[Justin Raimondo]

US troops have allegedly shot dead two young Iraqi sisters near Baqubah, north of Baghdad.

Iraqi police and family members say American troops shot the 12-year-old and 15-year-old as they were collecting wood from a field.

The older girl died on the spot and her sister died later of her wounds.

A policeman claims that US forces handed one of the girls' bodies over to the police "arguing that she had a gun in her possession".

Police searched the family home but found nothing suspicious.

Coalition forces in Iraq are investigating claims, but have declined to make further comment.

[Justin Raimondo]

Ah, the joys of "liberation"....

[BrooklynGOP]

It does say "allegedly", right? Oh, never mind. Any allegation against our soldiers has to be true, right?

[Larry Lucido]

Ah, the joys of "liberation"....

Ah, the bliss of total cluelessness.

[dakine]

Go back in your hole...

[cardinal4]

Do you think they shot them for no reason at all?

[ChefKeith]

ABC=All 'Bout Clinton

They are just shilling to divert from W's trip yesterday.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Perfect cap to a liberal's Thanksgiving... celebrating the deaths of children. What do you plan for Christmas?

[Publius6961]

C'mon now... Trolling for anti-american trash to post and this is the best you can find?

No babies eaten?
No fuzzy puppies disembowelled?
No baby milk factories bombed?

Surely, you can do better than that.

[boxerblues]

This story needs a BS alert

[wattsmag2]

Must be nice to walk blissfully through a fog of self-induced blindness . No worries, no responsibilities, no clue.

[Publius6961]

C'mon now... Trolling for anti-american trash to post and this is the best you can find?

No babies eaten?
No fuzzy puppies disembowelled?
No baby milk factories bombed?

Surely, you can do better than that.

[MJY1288]

Don't you dnd that traitor Scott Ritter have a book to promote or something, or are you more interested in propaganda these days

[Justin Raimondo]

Pointing it out doesn't mean "celebrating" it. No doubt it was a mistake. But that is precisely the point: this war is a huge mistake, a radical (read: anti-conservative) departure from a policy of prudence, and one that doesn't serve America's authentic national interests in the Middle East. These two deaths symbolize the tragedy -- quite apart from the intent of those soldiers, they have snuffed out two irreplaceable lives. Unless, of course, one considers that Iraqi (or Arab, or Palestinian, or whatever) lives are not worth anything.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"Police searched the family home but found nothing suspicious. "

BS. If this happened, the TROOPS would have searched the home.

[Justin Raimondo]

Have you forgotten about "Iraqi-zation"?

[Publius6961]

Here ya go. Surely you can twist this one into a real tear-jerker.
This child thought of going outside with an AK-47 all by himself.
Knock yourself out rewriting this one.

IRAQI CHILD SHOT WHILE POINTING AN AK-47 AT U.S. FORCES

AR RAMADI, Iraq – Elements of the 1st Infantry Division conducted a mission in Ar Ramadi today. While on patrol, the soldiers witnessed two men with weapons running into a nearby residence. The soldiers followed the men in order to apprehend them for questioning.

Upon approaching the house, a seven-year-old child came out with an AK-47 rifle pointed at the soldiers. A soldier responded in self-defense and shot the child in the foot. The child was rushed to the nearest army medical facility for treatment and further evacuated by air to Baghdad.

This incident is currently under investigation.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"Troops shoot baby for drinking milk"...says Baathist.

[Lessismore]

They must have been in a free-fire zone.

[vbmoneyspender]

Pointing it out doesn't mean "celebrating" it. No doubt it was a mistake. But that is precisely the point: this war is a huge mistake, a radical (read: anti-conservative) departure from a policy of prudence, and one that doesn't serve America's authentic national interests in the Middle East.

Your contention is silly and illogical. You might as well argue that whenever a policeman mistakenly kills someone that demonstrates that having a police force is a huge mistake.

[deport]

These two deaths symbolize the tragedy

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What really symbolizes the tragedy is the following.....