U.S. troops fired on Baghdad civilians: report
Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:30 AM ET
By Faris al-Mehdawi
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Witnesses and the Iraqi police said U.S. troops opened fire on a crowded minibus north of Baghdad on Monday, killing five members of the same family, including two children, and wounding four others.
The U.S. military said it was looking into the incident but did not confirm its involvement or provide any other details.
One of the survivors told Reuters the family was traveling from Balad, a town about 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, to the nearby city of Baquba for a funeral when they were shot at by a U.S. patrol as it approached them on the road.
"As we tried to move over to one side to let them pass, they opened fire," one of the survivors said. None of them would provide their names but said the family was headed by a Mohammed Kamel.
They said the incident occurred at around 8 a.m. just outside Baquba... http://tinyurl.com/cwl7t
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We need to get out now. We're just another gang operating in a civil war. The only people holding on to the idea that this half-assed occupation is a good thing are 'ivory tower' neocon intellectuals who don't know their butts from their elbows and land-pirate war profiteers like our Vice President.
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