Did US marines massacre Iraqi civilians? |
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 May 28 2006, 10:07 AM
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From MSNBC.com:
QUOTE Witnesses to the slaying of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines in the western town of Haditha say the Americans shot men, women and children at close range in retaliation for the death of a Marine lance corporal in a roadside bombing. Aws Fahmi, a Haditha resident who said he watched and listened from his home as Marines went from house to house killing members of three families, recalled hearing his neighbor across the street, Younis Salim Khafif, plead in English for his life and the lives of his family members. "I heard Younis speaking to the Americans, saying: 'I am a friend. I am good,' " Fahmi said. "But they killed him, and his wife and daughters." The 24 Iraqi civilians killed on Nov. 19 included children and the women who were trying to shield them, witnesses told a Washington Post special correspondent in Haditha this week and U.S. investigators said in Washington. The girls killed inside Khafif's house were ages 14, 10, 5, 3 and 1, according to death certificates. […] In Haditha, families of those killed keep an ear cocked to a foreign station, Radio Monte Carlo, waiting for any news of a trial of the Marines. "They are waiting for the sentence—although they are convinced that the sentence will be like one for someone who killed a dog in the United States," said Waleed Mohammed, a lawyer preparing a file for Iraqi courts and the United Nations, if the U.S. trial disappoints. "Because Iraqis have become like dogs in the eyes of Americans.'' Read the full story |
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May 28 2006, 04:39 PM
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 cb²  Group: Member Posts: 115 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,653 |
Honestly, (and I know I'll probably piss someone off) but I don't think that it was the marines's fault. I think it is our fault for even being there. What are we going to expect from Iraqis except retaliation? Of course they are going to hate us for coming into their country!! In turn, we did ship men trained to kill to another country, they killed a bunch of people and now we're pissed? We should either stop calling unneeded wars or accept the consquences OF war. In war people on ALL sides get killed.
I honestly don't have a formed opinion about this. :/ |
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May 28 2006, 04:40 PM
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 show me a garden thats bursting to life Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,303 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 115,987 |
QUOTE(Rampage @ May 28 2006, 4:39 PM)  In war people on ALL sides get killed. Pretty much. But, really, is this supposed to be suprising? Because..well..it's not. |
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May 28 2006, 04:43 PM
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QUOTE(Kristinaa @ May 28 2006, 5:40 PM) Pretty much. But, really, is this supposed to be suprising? Because..well..it's not. Surely that's not to say it's acceptable. |
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May 28 2006, 04:49 PM
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cb² Group: Member Posts: 115 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,653 |
QUOTE(mipadi @ May 28 2006, 4:43 PM) Surely that's not to say it's acceptable. None of it's going to be fair. |
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mipadi Did US marines massacre Iraqi civilians? May 28 2006, 10:07 AM
magnificentmike I wouldn't be surprised. No offense to those w... May 28 2006, 12:33 PM Retrogressive Is this the same story that the marines went on a ... May 28 2006, 12:47 PM mipadi Yeah, that's pretty much the idea. They allege... May 28 2006, 03:48 PM
Rampage QUOTE(mipadi @ May 28 2006, 4:43 PM) Sure... May 28 2006, 04:56 PM Kristinaa Well, of course i'm not saying it's accept... May 28 2006, 04:45 PM illumineering QUOTE(Kristinaa @ May 28 2006, 4:45 PM) W... May 28 2006, 06:08 PM mipadi It's pretty easy to pass it off as "Oh, w... May 28 2006, 04:50 PM Rampage I don't understand why it's wrong to kill ... May 28 2006, 04:53 PM mipadi QUOTE(Rampage @ May 28 2006, 5:53 PM) I d... May 28 2006, 04:54 PM oOKittyKatOo QUOTE(Rampage @ May 28 2006, 5:53 PM) I d... May 28 2006, 08:42 PM Kristinaa Wait a second..this happened last year... May 28 2006, 04:57 PM Arjuna Capulong What can I say. I'm not surprised. May 28 2006, 08:33 PM yanners Well, of course, since America has "won... May 28 2006, 09:02 PM Retrogressive QUOTEPersonally, this just reinforces my disdain t... May 28 2006, 10:24 PM mipadi QUOTE(Retrogressive @ May 28 2006, 11:24 ... May 29 2006, 12:38 AM yanners It's not the point that countries kill people ... May 28 2006, 11:10 PM verlorenrivets I've got a lot of buddies in the military righ... May 29 2006, 12:48 AM Retrogressive QUOTEAmerica is supposed to be "liberating... May 29 2006, 05:40 PM mipadi QUOTE(Retrogressive @ May 29 2006, 6:40 P... May 29 2006, 09:05 PM yanners ^I think what Michael was trying to say in this ab... May 29 2006, 09:00 PM Retrogressive ^Yeah... I kind of got amped up over something tha... May 29 2006, 09:06 PM mipadi More testimony on the alleged massacre from NBC. May 30 2006, 10:53 PM I Shot JFK See, it irritates me when people say 'this is ... Jun 2 2006, 11:54 AM |
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