U.S. Troops Kill 7 Iraqi Women and kids

Penthouse_mike · 03-31-2003

The Army announced tonight that seven women and children were killed this afternoon by American soldiers after a vehicle in which they were riding failed to stop after troops waved them down and fired warning shorts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/internat...1WIRE-CIVI.html

It is sad that innocent civilians lost their lives, but what else would you expect U.S. soldiers to do after a weekend in which they had twice been the target of suicide attacks.

more fuel for the anti-war camp and a proganda vistory for Saddam.

Mike AI · 03-31-2003

Mike it is indeed sad.... it may sound harsh, but rather them die then 1 American Soldier!!

dantheman · 03-31-2003

if you dont stop you'll get shot.

marines will not play, to many have died from idiots driving into them

Penthouse_mike · 03-31-2003

In Iraq, maybe firing a gun in the air means 'Go!'

XXXManager · 03-31-2003

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Originally posted by Penthouse_mike@Mar 31 2003, 02:41 PM
... but what else would you expect U.S. soldiers to do after a weekend in which they had twice been the target of suicide attacks...

You make it sound as if the kids and children dying are an intentoinal rataliation of the US forces. Did you think it might be a mistake? You know... there is the possibility that it happened by mistake or as an eccident.
Since I am not registered to the times (which is a silly newspaper btw) it would have been nice if you could quote the article since the site is not free to access without signing up.

dantheman · 03-31-2003

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/31/...ting/index.html

Penthouse_mike · 03-31-2003

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03-31-2003 #8

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Ignoring the women drivers crack :P, how much clearer could the soldiers have been?

The Iraqis can say what they frigging well like, they brought this shit on themselves with their "heroic" suicide bombers. I'm not rejoicing that people were killed, but this is clearly Sadam's fault, not ours.

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Fire inside the van one time, ok, but (more than) 7 TIMES?? To me that doesn't seem logical next to what they said happened.

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i'm not seeing the point stressed as much on my tv that american soldiers asked repeatedly for the car to stop ... there's that propaganda at work, same story but twists aimed at each country ...

an aussie friend just made this joke to me in a conversation ... i dont think its funny at all when people are killed no matter who they are, but jokes often mimic popular opinion ....

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Like a scene from SouthPark...."Bang....Stop, or I'll shoot"

fear and guns are a bad mix, but what do we expect them to do? there was a substantial chance those 7 women and children could have been loaded up with weapons.

its easy to sit in our chairs and issue judgements

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Originally posted by XXXManager@Mar 31 2003, 11:42 PM
it would have been nice if you could quote the article since the site is not free to access without signing up.

It was free when I signed up 5 minutes ago...

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Penthouse_mike Members Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 17	The Army announced tonight that seven women and children were killed this afternoon by American soldiers after a vehicle in which they were riding failed to stop after troops waved them down and fired warning shorts. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/internat...1WIRE-CIVI.html It is sad that innocent civilians lost their lives, but what else would you expect U.S. soldiers to do after a weekend in which they had twice been the target of suicide attacks. more fuel for the anti-war camp and a proganda vistory for Saddam.