Iraqi Activist has "documented dozens of crimes similar to...Haditha"

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From an Egyptian paper http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/798/re1.htm">Al-Ahram:

"Reported atrocities in Haditha are but the tip of a dark iceberg"

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"An Iraqi human rights activist, requesting anonymity or fear of reprisals by the militia or restrictions on her mobility by US troops, said Westerners and Americans do not believe the Arab and Iraqi press when they report crimes committed by US forces against Iraqi civilians. Had such reports been taken seriously, she said, perhaps the number of casualties from "friendly fire" would have dropped already. She said she had documented dozens of crimes similar to the slaughter in Haditha and was but waiting for the day when a conscientious American or Western reporter publishes them."

A year or so ago several reports began coming out of Iraq about U.S. troops firing indiscriminantly at passing cars and such. No justification--just for kicks. So what may evidently be only starting to leak out now is really no surprise...a culture of unregulated power is degenerating among some of the ranks.