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In U.S. Army hospital, patient tells of being forced to dress as Iraqi soldier
The Mercury News ^
| March 29 2003
| BY MARK JOHNSON | Charlotte Observer
Posted on 03/29/2003 10:02:48 PM PST by 11th_VA
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:30:50 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ - A father comforted his 3-year-old daughter in the hospital bed next to his 5-year-old son. A farmer said he was shot after being forced to dress like an Iraqi soldier to set up an ambush. A college professor was fleeing the battle in his city when he was wounded.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: annasiriyah; civiliancasualties; embeddedeport; hospital; innocenthumanshields; iraq; iraqifreedom
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posted on
03/29/2003 10:02:48 PM PST
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
War is hell.
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posted on
03/29/2003 10:05:06 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--------------------------- WAR SOLVED HITLER! -------------------------)
To: Travis McGee
When these psychos implode, there is going to be hell to pay. I doubt the survivors are apt to forget and forgive this...not even the college professor.
Is there an historical precedent of extreme coercion to fight of this magnitude and brutality enjoying any success for long?
Just shows that Saddams loyalists are scared and desperate. The future looks pretty gloomy for them from my view.
Many lamposts in Baghdad or Basrah?
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posted on
03/29/2003 11:55:02 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(G-d speed our fighters!)
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