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  • Trigger-Happy US Troops 'Will Keep Us In Iraq For Years'

    05/14/2005 6:19:58 PM PDT · by blam · 41 replies · 1,325+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 5-15-2005 | Sean Rayment
    Trigger-happy US troops 'will keep us in Iraq for years' By Sean Rayment (Filed: 15/05/2005) British defence chiefs have warned United States military commanders in Iraq to change their rules for opening fire or face becoming bogged down in a terrorist war for a decade or more. The Telegraph has learnt that the warning was issued last month in response to a series of incidents that led to the deaths of Iraqi civilians, mainly at checkpoints, after soldiers opened fire in the mistaken belief that they were being attacked by suicide bombers. US soldiers secure the site of an explosion...