Posted on 04/26/2009 5:52:56 PM PDT by forkinsocket
BASRA, Iraq, April 26 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqis protested against U.S. forces on Sunday after U.S. soldiers killed a man and a woman in an overnight raid that was condemned by the provincial governor.
The U.S. military said it targeted "special groups" fighters, or elite Shi'ite militiamen the United States says are funded and armed by Iran, in a raid on their house early Sunday in the city of Kut, 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad.
In a statement, the military said U.S. troops had shot and killed a man suspected of being behind supplying weapons to the Shi'ite fighters. One woman was killed in the crossfire and six suspected militants were arrested, it said.
As a funeral procession made its way through Kut carrying the cloth-draped coffins of the two people killed in the raid, protesters shouted angry slogans and demanded the release of the seized men, calling Americans "criminal occupiers."
"We condemn this horrific incident. It violates the agreements between U.S. forces and the Iraqi government," said Latif al-Tarfa, governor of Wasit province. "Innocent people were killed and the city is now very tense."
U.S. First Lieutenant John Brimley said the women killed "was in the area during the engagement with a suspect, and moved into the line of fire ... A medic treated her on site, but she died of her wounds before she could be evacuated."
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Get those shoes ready for Obama.
D’oh
Amazing how you just stumble across this stuff. Did you ever give Tim McGirk a lewinski, by chance?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025852.php
April 26, 2009
“Iraqi government rushes to defend Iranian-backed jihadists”
BAGHDAD (AP) —
SNIPPET: “The U.S. military, however, strongly denied that it overstepped its bounds and said it notified Iraqi authorities in advance — in accordance with the rules that took effect this year governing U.S. battlefield conduct.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238340/posts
“US breaks up Mahdi Army ‘Promise Day Brigade’ cell in Al Kut”
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org ^ | April 26, 2009, 4:07 pm | Bill Roggio
Posted on April 26, 2009 3:46:53 PM PDT by Cindy
I’m angry that they’re angry.
Its a good time to declare victory and get out and let all those shitites kill the sunniites and vice versa if they want to. We freed them from Sadaam and its time to let them have their miserable country back.
PS...can't change my tag....Operation Novena
I just hope no one changes their minds that these were good kills. You never know.....
Murtha, the original Porcine Flu, better not say a peep....
Not amazing at all, I posted it specificially to get your thong in a knot & watch you dig it out.
Don’t throw a jealous bitchfit all over the internet, he still prefers your mouth as his personal dump.
Another ill fated “wedding party” perhaps? Maybe you and Obama can go to the next one
Ohh, your bitchiness is due to your pre-wedding jitters. I’ll pass on your invitation & you’ll have to ask Obama yourself, but I’m sure your mouth & Mr. McGirk will be a very happy couple! <3 <3 <3
Your the idiot constantly spreading McGirk/obama propaganda, not me, sweetcheeks.
You’re the skank babbling senselessly about McGirk, Obama, blowjobs, & weddings like a bitch in heat, not me, sploogecheeks.
I’m just complainin’ about you promoting the scumbags here, buttplug. You’re the one sniffin their crotches.
You’re bitching because your tampon is shoved in sideways.
Adjust your legs & don’t expect me to shield you from news, assfungus.
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