GIs mistakenly kill 11 Iraqi officers

[Newsjock]

2nd edit to add updated link, title.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3137748,00.html

By ALI AHMED
Associated Press Writer

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - U.S. soldiers mistakenly killed 11 Iraqi police officers Friday as they chased a car full of highway bandits toward an American checkpoint in a small town west of Fallujah, witnesses said.

The U.S. military in Baghdad said it had no information on the incident.

... Fallujah police were chasing a white BMW without license plates that they identified as one used by highway bandits on the road connecting Baghdad with the Jordanian border. The officers chasing the four men in the BMW were in pickup trucks.

U.S. Army troops manning a checkpoint on a road leading to the resort village of Saddamiyat al-fallujah, formerly used by senior officials of the Saddam regime, opened fire on the BMW and the trucks when they did not stop.

Witnesses said 11 police officers and all four men in the car were killed in the hail of fire.

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[lazarus]

1. hearts and minds

Winning the hearts and minds.....

[punpirate]

2. Why does that phrase...

... resonate so strongly now?

[dArKeR]

3. Bush has destroyed America for at least 20 years. Terroists and snipers

are going to be gunning for us for 20 years. And for someone who loves travelling the world and meeting all the friendly people in other cultures, it just makes me sick!

Our only hope is to arrest Bush and The Family and try/convict them of Crimes Against Humanity. Then maybe we can make peace with the world.

[Jester_11218]

4. You are correct

This administation has done more harm to humankind than any other in history.

[BonjourUSA]

6. Fire him in 2004,

That will be a great step toward the USA rehabilitation. To arrest Bush and The Familly would be a greater step... But don't dream !

If you love travelling the world, yo can come in Europe... We wouldn't welcome you with pitchforks ;-)

[dArKeR]

24. LOL. First I'd learn French before I set out for Europe!

[leftchick]

5. Are they going to admit we have a clusterfuck now?!?

of course not! Yet again I see we have "The U.S. military in Baghdad had no information on the incident." inserted into the article. Good lord, how many more lives......

[DannyRed]

7. Welcome to the

"You thought THAT was bad? Well, check THIS shit out, kemosabe!!"

Phase of George's Excellent Iraq Adventure...

[0007]

22. To add to custer fuck:

What would happen if the Iraq Police killed 10 American soldiers accidentally?

junior has got to go

[NewYorkerfromMass]

33. You think we'd give them guns?

and was "custer fuck" intentional misspell? I kind of like vis-a-vis Bush.

[0007]

35. Hey man! that was my bad

As you can see I'm not a writer or a very good editor. LOL!

Sorry

[northzax]

47. hell of a freudian slip there, amigo

n/t

[VolcanoJen]

8. This is being covered on CNN right now...

Their correspondent says that the Iraqi police were chasing the suspects when they were inadvertently fired upon by US soldiers. CNN says the number of policeman killed cannot be confirmed yet.

Nic Robertson is on his way there now, and will file a report from the scene.

[teryang]

9. I love to hear millionaire intellectuals dignify this

...shit with their stupid comments about "clash of civilizations."

[matcom]

10. OOPS!

we're sorry!

:eyes:

:puke:

[LeftistGorilla]

11. I thought .....

The US and the Iraqi police were on the same team....

[matcom]

15. they are

'supposed' to be

[TrogL]

34. That's what Canadian soldiers thought

when they were bombed by US jet cowboys

[Scurrilous]

41. Thats....

...US jet cowboys on speed! Even more lethal!!

[donsu]

39. oops is what I thought too - so sorry, just a little friendly fire

Bring our murderous troops home now.

[Blitz]

51. "our murderous troops"

That's a keeper.

[Spentastic]

12. Genius

Pure genius. Just kill everyone.

[Scurrilous]

49. Speaking of geniuses, let's see how the Freepers reacted to this story:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/981023/posts

To: Ellhow

Killed all of the occupants while none of ours were hurt.
EXCELLENT!
Let the world know we are not playing peacekeeper anymore.
We've had it with your crap.
We have the finest, toughest military in the world right down to every soldier.
DON'T WESS WITH US.


24 posted on 09/12/2003 7:12 AM PDT by chuckwalla
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To: OXENinFLA

Right On!

Stay Alive, to Fight Another DAY!

Shoot first ask questions later!

Semper fi


25 posted on 09/12/2003 7:19 AM PDT by herkbird

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These people are so dumb it's scary. :eyes:

[0007]

13. Iraqi Police chase crooks

Americans clase Iraqi Police and Iraqi crooks

Terrorist laugh! at keystone cop real life movie!

[KeepItReal]

14. Geniuses who designed the checkpoints should be court-martialed

I saw one "checkpoint" on the news that didn't really appear to be clearly marked (didn't see any signs or advance notice on the ground). The troops were shouting "stop!" (as if all Iraqis spoke English) to people *inside* a car coming toward them. When the clueless Iraqis didn't stop the troops lit the car up with rifle and machine gun fire.

Sounds like the same scenario here.

I don't blame the young troops...they have enough to worry about as it is...I blame the folks giving the orders (yeah that starts with the "Commander" in Chief).

[xchrom]

16. oh yeah

spread that love american style all around.
fuckin lunacy.

[GCP]

17. Didn't the very same thing happen several weeks ago?

And how much did we hear of it from the "Liberal media"?

Zilch, nada, zippo

:grr:

[GCP]

18. It was Aug 11th

to answer my own question

http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-08/11/article06.shtml

[leftchick]

19. It is 14 Iraqi Officers Dead!

Just heard on cnn. No link

[Rose Siding]

23. It's amazing that they are covering this

Has the TV covered the 2 dead, 7 wounded American troops this morning?

It's gruesome, but unless people are hearing about it, it isn't happpening, if you know what I mean.

[Resistance]

36. CNN's headliner on their homepage is ... (take a guess)

Johnny Cash

[nostamj]

48. apparently, there will be no more US casualties...

only coalition losses. there's a thread in GD on this. CNN reporting "coalition losses"...

'homicide bombers" anyone?
'democrat' party ?

[UpInArms]

20. this should make

recruiting Iraqis for police work so much easier!

{sarcasm mode stuck permanently in "on" mode}

[dusty64]

21. Uh oh.

There seems to be a lot of these types of "mistakes".

[Beetwasher]

25. This is fucking NUTS!

Holy shit! I knew it was going to be bad, but THIS BAD?!?

[Skittles]

26. It will get much worse

to parrot the last line in Paul Krugman's latest:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/opinion/12KRUG.html?ex=1064342848&ei=1&en=1276704182da43b8

[leftchick]

28. and my husband tells me to calm down!

Paul's last line
<snip> In other words, if you thought the last two years were bad, just wait: it's about to get worse. A lot worse. :(

[philosophie_en_rose]

27. What happens to these guys?

Are there any consequences at all for these "accidents"?

Then again, are there any consequences for the people who sent them?

[HereSince1628]

29. Shoot first ask questions later, ok a couple questions

Could Halliburton share a small part of the $87 Billion to go for emergency lights for the pick up trucks used by the Iraqi police force?

Do the Military police share radios/satellite telphones with the Iraqi police force, or is the problem that they do but the MP's just not have any linguists?

[pippin]

30. Bungle bungle

Bungl, bungle,bungle. And the repukes still want to know
why they hate us?!

[Guaranteed]

31. Joe American's response:

So? :shrug:

[Minstrel Boy]

32. How many McVeighs and John Allen Mohammads

are being created out there?

Someday, unfortunately, America will know.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

37. "Honest mistake, they all looked like the 7 of Hearts....

You know, black hair and dark skin?

2nd killing of Iraq police in three days by American forces. The kill ratio is already 3 to 1 civilians over combatants and Bush still blathers on about this being a compassionate war.

Welcome to the Bizarro States of America.


Feel safe.
Ashcroft watches over us all.

[leftchick]

40. Billy Pilgrim...question

how did you get that kill ratio?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

43. Reuters reported the Centcom numbers and Iraq bodycount numbers

I don't have the link but I archived the page and:

<snip>
Following is a table of military casualties suffered by U.S., British and multinational forces, as well as Iraqis, during the war as announced by U.S., British and Iraqi authorities or independently confirmed by Reuters correspondents.

NOTE: The figures in brackets refer to casualties after May 1, when U.S. President George W. Bush declared major combat over.

U.S., BRITISH, AND MULTINATIONAL TROOPS KILLED:

COMBAT/ATTACKS

United States 195 (64)

Britain 15 (7)

Multinational 0 (1)

NON-COMBAT

United States 94 (72)

Britain 30 (5)

Multinational

IRAQIS KILLED:

MILITARY 2,320#

CIVILIANS Between 6,113 and 7,830*

# = U.S. military estimates relating only to fighting in or near Baghdad. No other figures available.

* = Figure compiled on Web site www.iraqbodycount.net, run by academics and peace activists, based on incidents reported by at least two media sources.

NOTE: NON-COMBAT is defined as accidents, U.S. or British fire killing or wounding their own troops, and other incidents unrelated to fighting.
<snip>



Feel safe.
Ashcroft watches over us all.

On edit, these figures are about three days old and don't include the Iraqi policemen that have been killed.

[leftchick]

44. Thanks Billy P... and ah

Could you ditch the troll? He really creeps me out....

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

45. You're welcome....

and don't worry, the troll is essentially an echo. You are the only one who sees the text on the sign.

Oh, and that's a really neat picture on the wall behind you!

:-)



Feel safe.
Ashcroft watches over us all.

[leftchick]

46. LOL!

thanks! :)

[zbdent]

38. Damn, I wish I had an audio clip of Rush Limbaugh saying

how distraught the people should be after "Clinton bombed the aspirin factory and killed a night cleaning lady".

I would love to throw that in the face of the Righties.

[DrBB]

42. Another triumph for Bremer's Iraq-ification program. n/t

[tlcandie]

50. Link to AP video of the burning/burned out remains ...

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Is that an American flag that just got burned on there or the new Iraq goverment flag?

[reprobate]

52. CNN Headlind News just had it on.

And guess what? NOT ONE FUCKING WORD about US soldiers killing iraqi cops. The word is out. Don't make our forces look foolish.