This month: America bombs & kills Iraqi civilians, Sudan bombs Darfur villagers

[Democrats_win]

http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2008/02/10/news/beyond_boulder/news2.txt
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP)
Sunday, February 10, 2008 9:18 PM MST

Up to 12,000 refugees fled Sudan's Darfur region to neighboring Chad over the weekend following air strikes by the Sudanese military and thousands more may be coming, the U.N. refugee agency said Sunday.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7225613.stm
Last Updated: Monday, 4 February 2008, 07:08 GMT

The US military has admitted accidentally killing nine Iraqi civilians, including a child, during raids south of Baghdad.
In a statement, it said the civilian deaths occurred on Saturday near the town of Iskandariya, 50km (30 miles) from the Iraqi capital.

It added that three more civilians, two of them children, were wounded "as coalition forces pursued al-Qaeda".

Witnesses say 20 people were killed in an US air strike in the area.

They said the dead included 17 members of the same family.

In a statement, the US military said: "Shortly after the incident, coalition forces leaders met with a sheikh representing the citizens of the local area.

[Solly Mack]

1. Doncha just want to scream at times?

If I thought it would help...I'd scream and scream and scream.

[Democrats_win]

2. Yes. It's just terrible.

[stillcool]

3. But these bombs...

didn't kill anyone...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080110/world/iraq
Massive U.S. air strikes pound insurgent havens south of Baghdad
Thu Jan 10, 4:27 PM
By Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press

ZAMBARANIYAH, Iraq - U.S. warplanes unleashed one of the most intense air strikes of the Iraq war Thursday, dropping more than 18,000 kilograms of explosives in a thunderous 10-minute onslaught on suspected "al-Qaida in Iraq" safe havens in Sunni farmlands south of Baghdad.

The mighty barrage, recalling the Pentagon's "shock and awe" raids during the 2003 invasion, appeared to mark a significant escalation in a countrywide offensive launched this week to try to cripple remaining insurgent strongholds

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1069138220080110?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
U.S. warplanes pound southern Baghdad outskirts
Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:06pm EST
By Peter Graff

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes launched their biggest air strike in Iraq since at least 2006 on Thursday, bombarding date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts with more than 40,000 pounds of bombs in a matter of minutes.
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U.S. forces spokesman Maj. Winfield Danielson said Thursday's air strike was the biggest in Iraq since at least 2006. A spokeswoman for U.S. forces in central Iraq, Maj. Allayne Conway, said it was too soon to assess the damage inflicted.