US Troops Shoot-up an Iraqi Family Again. WARNING! * Graphic Photos*

[leftchick]

The coffin of an Iraqi family member, mistakenly killed by U.S. forces, is loaded on a minibus, in Baqouba, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. U.S. forces mistakenly fired on a civilian vehicle outside of an American military base north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least three people, including one child, a U.S. spokesman said. Five people returning from a relative's funeral, including three children, were killed and two others wounded, said Dr. Ahmed Fouad of the Baqouba city morgue. U.S. officials said they only knew of three deaths in the incident, including one child, and three others wounded. (AP Photo/Mohammed Adnan)





ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY. Iraqis grieve over the body of a relative killed in a shooting while the family was on their way to Baquba, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, November 21, 2005. Witnesses and the Iraqi police said U.S. troops opened fire on a crowded mini-bus 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. REUTERS/Hilmi



WARNING! Below is a dead little girl...


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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY An Iraqi man holds a child killed in a shooting while the family was on the way to the town of Baquba, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, November 21, 2005. 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. REUTERS/Hilmi

And Insanely enough, here is the next photo in the Yahoo Iraq Gallery...



:puke: :puke: :puke:

[LiberalVoice]

1. All of this death and for what?

Money? Oil? I swear sometimes its hard not hating the other half of this country that reelected this piece of shit.

[leftchick]

3. I hate them

and I hate them for making me hate. :(

[lostnfound]

44. Culpable for bringing chaos to someone else's country, also

Can't wash our hands of the 10 or 20 or more deaths caused every day in Iraq from insurgents' bombs, either

WTF is wrong with the people in this country?

[leftchick]

50. WTF indeed

this is why that little baby's dead body should be plastered on every american newspaper. So folks will wake up and see the USA is killing babies in Iraq. Daily.

Iraqis know it and it is way past time for americans to know it as well.

:grr:

[secretmouse]

64. Dear God, This Is Insane!

That poor baby! I am bawling my eyes out. This has got to stop..how are we ever, ever going to hold our heads up again...a nation that allowed an arrogant,chickenlivered, imbecilic basterd to wreak this kind of death and destruction on innocent people.It's unbearable, I feel sick to my stomach!

[Usrename]

47. It is a waste..

the zero-sum-gain of hatred. To be compelled by their depravity to hate others diminishes us by some amount.

Although it is possible to have pity for them, mercy should be reserved for those that truely deserve it. For the rest, there should be justice.

http://www.progressiveindependent.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=656#55

[mirandapriestly]

52. me too nt

[malaise]

2. I am in tears after seeing

that innocent toddler. What the fuck is wrong with these people.

[Blue Diadem]

4. I have no words

to express my disgust, shock, pain and anger.

Those poor children..those poor people...only guilty of living in the place that * chose to invade.

[izzie]

5. Odd I am reading a book on Robert Capa and guess what?

He took the same pictures in Spain in the 30's. Never ending is it? Another super military power in some one else's country shooting up the people. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Firenze777]

6. And as horrendous as this is

and I'm not discounting one iota just how monstrous this is, what about our soldier sons and daughters who will be scarred for life for being forced into this gruesome tragic situation? This is just so heartbreaking on every level.

[babylonsister]

8. That's a whole other battle that will be fought, or not,

once our soldiers come home full of horrific memories. Scarred for life? You said it. My b-i-l is still fighting memories from VN; 100% disabled mentally. :(

[Supersedeas]

48. a tragedy that has yet to be told by the Corporate Media

[welshTerrier2]

7. C-Span caller: "the media only shows us the bad stuff"

it's a regular theme for those calling in on "the republican line" ... "the liberal media only shows us the bad stuff" ...

they never show dead little girls on TV ... the WH refused to allow photos of flag-draped coffins returning from Iraq ... they don't show American troops kicking in doors and occupying residences ... they don't show the really bad pictures from Abu Ghraib ... they don't show sprays of white phosphorus raining down on Fallujah ... or the total devastation we did to cities like Tall Afar where more than 100,000 were driven out of their homes by US forces ... they don't talk about the sewage in the streets and the polluted water that Iraqis have no choice but to drink ...

the reality is that almost all media are EMBEDDED ... the military has very carefully controlled the flow of information coming out of Iraq ... conditions in Iraq are so unstable in most of the country that journalists rarely get to see what is really happening over there ... they are getting little more than a peek through their hotel windows ... so when right-wing Americans complain about a liberal bias in the media, they should understand that all that bad news they keep hearing and seeing from Iraq is the best news the American government has been able to manufacture ...

the Iraq policy is a total failure; blaming the media for a liberal bias doesn't change that ...

[wtmusic]

9. Bush chillin' with Genghis Khan seems oddly appropriate

Those Mongols welcomed our homegrown conqueror with open arms.

[Village Idiot]

10. All pasrt of the USA's "Oil for Blood" programme.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Would you kill children for your country?

Lot's of folks are perfectly comfortable with the phrase, "I would die for my country." Why do they seldom mention the opposite? "Would you kill small children for your country?

[leftchick]

12. I believe most americans don't think the US kills babies

Yahoo is the only place I see these photos with the exception of the Mosul checkpoint slaughter photos from last year in Newsweek. Can you imagine if this photo of the dead toddler was shown on the nightly news and on the front page of every newspaper tomorrow? Chimpy would have to go bunkering with cheney.

[katinmn]

30. I'm sending it to my newspapers

If they censor it, they continue to be part of the problem.

I hope it keeps someone else awake at night.

[hopeisaplace]

20. great point

[mopaul]

13. -------------------

[leftchick]

14. I am kicking for that baby

I wish every american was forced to see her tiny dead body. :cry:

[SammyWinstonJack]

56. Has that murdering POS ** seen her tiny dead body? Would he care?

Would he cry? Or would he smirk? :grr:

[PsychoDad]

15. Sometimes there are just no words to discribe...

How you feel... :(

May Allah accept their martyerdom, and greet them with the blessings of paradise.

[bvar22]

16. Nominating for MORE exposure.

This needs to be sent to DEMOCRATS who favor "Winning the WAR on the Iraqi People" or those Democrats who think the MORE of this will "Defeat the Insurgency, or who believe that we need to achieve "Benchmarks before we Withdraw".

Murtha is RIGHT!

[LibertyorDeath]

17. That's heartbreaking & it makes my blood boil !

What the fuck is Wrong with the Human race why do we have to do this shit to each other.

FUCK!!

Rec # 5

[Oversea Visitor]

18. Fuck IT

go burn in hell
:puke: yeah right America the great.

[hopeisaplace]

19. This hurts so bad, so so so bad,

I'm in tears...there are no words, I think about my children and I get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach..this pain is for every child that ever suffers..I find the suffering of children truly unbearable, I want to take their place, take their suffering away, I want to hold every child and rock them in my arms whisper that everything will be ok...the human race is so flawed, I am ashamed to be a part of it.

[Pachamama]

42. I know....

:cry: :hug: :cry:

[Tom Joad]

21. Troops out NOW. Is this the "benchmark" some Dems talk about?

I am sick of it.

[hopeisaplace]

22. I agree

completely...at first I thought a planned exit was the way to go, but that's only a death sentence for more people.

Also, I was wondering...maybe with a US pullout..other countries would be able to "help" Iraq without being tagged to a "US led war"..
I dunno, just tossing it out there,

[Aimah]

23. We lose a part of our own soul when we see things like that

although our loss doesn't compare to theirs it should drive us to do what we can to put an end to this.

[katinmn]

24. Oh no....

Fuck. I hate all politicians.
Hate em hate em hate em

[Oversea Visitor]

25. How much blood debt is enough for

you Americans??

Why does the world hate America?

Do you live on the same planet?

[katinmn]

27. Yes, we live on the same planet! It's horrible.

You have no idea how much I despise our government.

I just sent a picture of the dead little "insurgent" to Hillary Clinton with the following message:

Senator Clinton;

I know you want to "stay the course" but the blood of this little insurgent is now on your hands because you are impeding attempts to stop it.

Iraqis do not want us there. The majority of Americans don't want to occupy Iraq. Please, think about what is being done to innocents. Iraq is far worse off under US occupation that it ever was under Saddam.

Leave Iraq to the Iraqis. Stop the slaughter.



ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY An Iraqi man holds a child killed in a shooting while the family was on the way to the town of Baquba, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, November 21, 2005. 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. REUTERS/Hilmi

[Oversea Visitor]

33. Sigh

Suffering from bush fatigue.
:hug:
Not aim at Americans just need let go steam.
Picture got ot me bad.
So many times I follow DU hoping hoping bush get stop. End all this stupidity. So damn hard waiting waiting for this nightmare to end.
God dont make it 3 more years. :nuke:

[katinmn]

46. It is my wish that the country go on strike

in order to end the war and impeach BushCo.

But that is too extreme for most Americans. We can't even get a million of them to show up at a national protest.

[Oversea Visitor]

54. America is no more

Has been destroy by bush.
All this bad karma points rack up by him in the name of America.
It will come back to bite the Americans people.
SAD
Now is just a matter of how many bad karma points accumulating.

Nothing to acheive in Iraq. Only deaths and more deaths and more bad karma. Reality is that plain and simple will the Iraqies people ever forgive America? Not their families their relatives and their friends, look at those pictures. This is not victory, this is hell.

Insane, so insane all this for ONE MAD MAN EGO. For what?

[katinmn]

58. You're exactly right.

The current leaders, both in the White House and in Congress, are destroying America, and doing so very quickly.

We will be scorned for generations like Germany was after Hitler.

When we finally are rid of BushCo., we must immediately make reparations to Iraq.

Money will not take away the pain of lost loved ones, but we have to help them rebuild.

[Oversea Visitor]

60. With what money

Your mad president gave it all to his friends. This present admin is so blantantly corrupted. They stealing in broad daylight like there is no tomorrow.

Ooops NO TOMORROW is right. They wont be around to repair the damage. They be laughing their heads off somewhere counting all the gold they looted. :puke:

Damn me hope the people dont let them get away with it.

[katinmn]

62. Well, the oil companies, of course.

Exxon Mobile, etc.

They are begging for regulation.

[Solly Mack]

26. Is that what defines "success" and "stay the course" and "finish the job"

and Iraqis "standing up as we stand down" and our "Iraq policy" and spreading democracy" and "winning" and "so they won't die in vain" - is it? This senseless death....this needless killing... IS IT?

Because then America has been very successful.

How easy it is for the cowardly scum of America to sit in their nice comfy homes and talk about the sacrifice being worth it.

[leftchick]

55. and "meeting the benchmarks" while more and more humans DIE

:puke:

[Solly Mack]

61. That, too

that, too

:(

[CoffeeCat]

28. That poor little girl...

...sleep now, sweetheart. It's all over.

I'm so sorry. So, so sorry.

[nicknameless]

29. .

:cry:

[Mr_Spock]

31. Oooops.

:mad:

:mad:

:mad:

When does the person responsible for this killing go to prison?

[zulchzulu]

32. Nothing like getting a taste of Chimpy's idea of freedom

Karma...paging Mr. Karma... time to ...um...yunno....

[Judi Lynn]

34. Unbearably sad. If we don't care about this, who in this country will?

The corporate media won't trouble anyone with the evidence, while the half-wits cling to their desperate delusion the war is good for Iraq.

Idiots, fools, criminals. Republicans. Not a trace of shame.



Just put a Purple Heart bandaid on from the Republican convention. Everything will be just fine.

[Peter Frank]

38. Exactly... Hey! Did you see on Cnn -- "The Worlds Sexiest Man"?...

[phusion]

35. gawd I cannot handle this

!!!!!!!! :grr:

:argh:

[upi402]

36. no wonder they hate us, mr bush, can you understand this?

:grouphug:

[Peter Frank]

37. It makes me bilious that this is done by the "Family Values" gang...

Bush's "lofty" platitudes are as transparent as the bloody emperor's new suit. I can't imagine how so many people swallow this swill.

[Peter Frank]

39. Highly RECOMMENDED,,,

All of us recommend?

[Swamp Rat]

40. poor little girl...

:cry:

[killbotfactory]

41. This is obscene

Are we staying in Iraq to protect them from themselves, or are we protecting an investment payed for with blood money?

:mad:

[ngGale]

43. The MSM should show all the dead children...

every night before bedtime, make some people face the reality of war.:cry:

Would some say this beautiful little girl, was just another insurgent?:sarcasm: :cry:

[dutchdemocrat]

45. Why do the children suffer?

What right does one human (muslim, christian, jew, athiest et al)have to take that of an innocent child?



Innocence... love of life and joy...

\

The snuffing of a life yet to be lived...



Over...



and over...





This is not a computer game.



This is real.



War...

[Peter Frank]

49. Kick nt

[mirandapriestly]

51. No More Of this please

that tiny little girl, imagine if she was yours, then think about the Bush twins rolling around drunk on the floor..

[katinmn]

53. The Children of Iraq have names (Ragin Granny song)

THE CHILDREN OF IRAQ HAVE NAMES

Chorus: The children of Iraq have names
The children of Iraq have names
They must not be collateral damage
The children of Iraq have names

repeat Chorus

The children of Iraq have beautiful faces
They are not the faceless ones
The children of Iraq have hearts that pound
When they run and dance and play

The children of Iraq have many dreams
They are not the dreamless ones
The children of Iraq have twinkling eyes
They are quick and lively with their laughter

repeat Chorus

The children of Iraq have hopes and fears
They want to grow and live and love
The children of Iraq have smiles and tears
Just like you and me


The children of Iraq have names
Call them Omar
Call them Mohamed
Call them Fahad
Call them Marwa
Call them Tibya
Call them by their names
but never call them statistics of war.

repeat Chorus.

(adapted by Granny Jean McLaren, Gabriola Island B.C. Raging Grannies
from a poem by David Krieger)

[KerryOn]

66. If this keeps up I'm sure...

.. that in time the entire middle east will eventually join the battle against the US.

I'm certain that this was an accident. I can't believe that it would be intentional. This is what happens in war like this one. A war where there are no front lines and you can not tell friend from foe.

We do not have near enough troops in Iraq to win the war and stories like this build up the insurgency.

This sad story and others like it is all the more reason for us to pull out now.

[Th1onein]

57. I hope Bush is happy now.

The awful thing is is that he probably is. What a sick fuck!

[Rising Phoenix]

59. more dead insurgents

we're winning! moraLe is high! freedom is marching!

[Dead_Parrot]

63. My own daughter, Christine...

...looks to be about the same age as this girl. I wonder what she was called, and if she liked the same games.

In general,
I support the troops. I hope you go home soon.

In this particular case,
Fuck you, you bastards. I hope you burn.

[Tom Joad]

65. Support the troops who resist. Like this one who refused to close

a media outlet.
See post here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5435195&mesg_id=5435195