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Checkpoint Hypocrisy U.S. soldiers shot and killed at least seven Iraqi women and children yesterday after the van in which they were traveling failed to stop at an Army checkpoint near Najaf, CNN reports. Coalition troops have been increasingly vigilant in light of the Iraqi regime's use of terror-style tactics, especially a car bombing that killed four Americans. "In light of recent terrorist attacks by the Iraqi regime, the soldiers exercised considerable restraint to avoid the unnecessary loss of life," says a statement from the coalition's Central Command. The soldiers fired into the van only as a "last resort." Gen....

It was the middle of last night in Europe when the wires carried a story, based on reporting by the Washington Post's William Branigin, that U.S. forces from the Third Infantry had killed seven civilians at a checkpoint in Iraq. On Saturday, a suicide bomber had killed four GIs from the same unit at a nearby checkpoint, so tensions were high. When a small van approached the checkpoint near Kerbala, GIs were anxious to get it to stop. But the driver ignored the warning shots, and even after nervous soldiers shot at the engine, the car kept moving. Finally, rounds...

Breaking on FOX... First Suicide Bomber was forced to set off bomb at check point that killed 4 soldiers. They threatened to kill his children and the money paid out to his family was hush money. The van full of women and children were also forced and threatened.

This concerns the shooting of the Iraqi van that failed to stop at a checkpoint, and seven Iraqi women and children were killed. In Saudi Arabia, as a matter of religion women are not allowed to drive cars. I have seen ZERO discussion in the press whether the woman who was driving this van was also prohibited from driving for religious reasons. If she was not supposed to be driving, was this a deliberate act? Did she load the car with other potential victims, probably unaware of what was about to happen? Did she deliberately martyr herself and the others,...

US says controlling movement in Iraq western desert AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar, March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. special forces are in control of movement across Iraq's western desert, a senior U.S. commander said on Monday. "We are denying freedom of movement throughout the western desert and are being very effective at it," Brigadier General Vincent Brooks told a news briefing in Qatar. U.S. officials have said two airfields in the western desert were seized by U.S. forces in the early stages of the war. Analysts have said the H2 and H3 airfields -- named after pumping stations on a disused...

Americans Face Check Points As War Begins With traffic-stalling vehicle checks on interstates, armed patrols inside subway tunnels and briefcase inspections at heartland statehouses, Americans encountered a new level of heightened security on the home front Thursday. Most seemed to take the inconvenience in stride. Nuclear power plants were a special focus. Security was fortified at generating stations in Maryland, Alabama and Ohio, where tours of the Davis-Besse facility in Port Clinton were canceled following the first round of airstrikes in Iraq (news - web sites). At the nation's largest nuclear plant, the Palo Verde station west of Phoenix, National...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Citing a rise in drunken-driving deaths, transportation officials announced Wednesday that police will be out in force on the nation's highways this holiday season.</p> <p>"There will be no warnings," said William Berger of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. "Drive impaired and you will be spending your money on bail and towing fees instead of holiday gifts."</p>

Police in Georgia -- and throughout the U.S. -- are gearing up for a national crackdown on unsafe drivers this Memorial Day weekend. Patrols will be on the lookout for drunk drivers, speeders, children not riding in safety seats and passengers not wearing seatbelts. The campaign is in full swing throughout this week, with the weekend marking the unofficial start of the holiday season. Police officers will be patrolling in cars, on horseback and on foot. Georgia Law enforcement will also be taking part in the Click It or Ticket program that targets both non- and part-time users of seat...