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01/07/2004 Archived Entry: "Hearts and minds...."
Hearts and minds....
Hasn't anyone in The Most Powerful Military In The World ever heard of the concept of revenge attacks?
Thirty-five U.S. soldiers were wounded Wednesday in a mortar attack on a U.S. base west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.Six mortar rounds struck about 6:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. ET) at Logistical Base Seitz, the military said in a statement. The wounded soldiers were from the 3rd Corps Support Command.
"The wounded soldiers were given first-aid and have been evacuated from the site for further medical treatment," the statement said.
No further details were given.
The attack came as witnesses accused U.S. troops of shelling a house in nearby Fallujah after coming under fire, killing an Iraqi couple.
The U.S. military had no immediate comment, despite telephone calls and e-mail messages to troops based in the restive town of Fallujah, 30 miles west of Baghdad.
Footage from Associated Press Television News showed a wall of collapsed concrete bricks and two walls splattered with blood where neighbors said Ahmed Hassan Farhoud, 37, and his wife, Suham Omar, 28, were sitting when the house was hit by a shell. They said the couple’s five children were in bed in an adjoining room and survived unhurt.
“This is democracy? These corpses?” Raad Majeed, a neighbor, asked at the hospital, gesturing to the couple’s remains on gurneys covered with bloody sheets. “It’s a crime against humanity.”
Other neighbors, who said they were too scared of retaliation to give their names, said that it appeared someone fired at the soldiers in the suburb Tuesday night and that the troops, on a routine raid in the district, thought the fire had come from the Hassan household.
“They just brought in their tank and fired at their house from 200 meters away,” Majeed said. “What did these people do wrong?”
Replies: 2 people speak up
Do you guys have any CLUE of just how stupid you look with your comparisons of Bush and Hitler? Very.
Posted by Bill @ 01/07/2004 06:32 PM NY
Hey, Bill, get on topic...
But, in this case, you may have a point; the comparison that begs to be made here would be of Bush and Sharon.
Posted by lonestar @ 01/08/2004 09:10 AM NY
