Posted on 03/26/2006 7:05:43 AM PST by FarmerW
Khalaf ran from his own house and hid in a nearby grove of trees. He saw the soldiers enter his brother’s home and then heard the sound of women and children screaming.
“Then there was a lot of machinegun fire,” he said last week. After that there was the most frightening sound of all — silence, followed by explosions as the soldiers left the house.
..troops were gone, Khalaf and his fellow villagers began a frantic search through the ruins of his brother’s home. Abu Sifa was about to join a lengthening list of Iraqi communities claiming to have suffered from American atrocities.
_______________________
According to Iraqi police, 11 bodies were pulled from the wreckage of the house, among them four women and five children aged between six months and five years. An official police report obtained by a US reporter for Knight Ridder newspapers said: “The American forces gathered the family members in one room and executed 11 people.” __ .. US marine armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb that killed a 20-year-old lance-corporal. According to a marine communiqué issued the next day, the blast also killed 15 Iraqi civilians and was followed by an attack on the US convoy in which eight insurgents were killed.
An investigation by Time established that the civilians had not been killed by the roadside bomb, but were shot in their homes after the marines rampaged through Haditha. Among the dead were seven women and three children.
__________________________________
“Women and even the children were blindfolded and their hands bound. Some of their faces were totally disfigured. A lot of blood was on the floors and the walls.”
Khalaf said he had found the body of his mother Turkiya with her face unrecognisable. “She had been shot with a dumdum bullet,” he claimed.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
The problem is that the police are totally infiltrated by insurgents. They can use their official titles to blames the US and spread propaganda.
The Philadelphia Inquirer story is an example. Now the Times and their Jihadist reporters.
One thing: the US has absolutely decide how to deal with a hostile world media when fighting a war.
From "P fromP's linked article:
"Both sides and neighbors agree that U.S. troops were involved in a firefight with a suspected member of al-Qaeda in Iraq."
It's evidently what exactly happened, not any doubt about who was present. All sides, including US, concur that Us troops were involved. It's what they were involved in that is now being discussed.
The press will stop at NOTHING to undermine the war.
I don't even have to read past the first couple of sentences to know this is false.
They also have NO comprehension of the countless ways our military goes out of their way to avoid harming innocents, and how often, by doing so, it puts their LIVES at risk.
"As quickly as they came, the infidels were gone"
Do we know how long this operation took? I have a hard time believing that our troops are taking fire AND binding and blindfolding women and children with the objective of executing them. Sounds more like they were already bound and used as pawns, but that's just me.
I hope it is a super-heavy duty model. The needle on mine bent, it pegged so hard.
Thank you for finding it.
We are at war...The Iraqi military (what was left of it) surrendered almost as quickly as the war started...
Now, the war is with the people...They must surrender willingly, or unwillingly...
When they finally understand the consequences of war, we will win...
I say win the war, at all costs...
I don't believe a word of this story - not ONE word!
And I continue to pray for the destruction of the liberal media. Where are Dan, Peter and Tom now by the way?
Yawn
Just ask yourself, "WWHD?" (What Would HAMAS Do?)
Remember the fraudulent Pali video "proving" the IDF murdered the poor little kid, while his 'innocent civilian' father tried to protect him?
I have seen no pictures of bound and blindfolded bodies, have you?
"The needle on mine bent it pegged so hard."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Easy cure; remove top 2/3 of needle and super glue a pain brush bristle in its place. It'll never kink again.
Thanks for the tip on removing the tip.
I suspect this is fiction.
I find it hard to believe there are only after action reports and pictures. I would think the media wouldn't been on scene within moments. It is, afterall, a hot bed of activity. Maybe I'm wrong........
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.