Weird headline:US shoots two dead at start of softer rule - GoFuckYourself.com

directfiesta · 08-09-2003, 10:40 AM

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It seems that the men were not given a warning or a chance to surrender.

Liberation and freedom: priceless!

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Jamie Wilson, Baghdad
Saturday August 9, 2003
The Guardian

US snipers shot dead two Iraqis and injured at least two others they claimed were selling weapons at a street market in Saddam Hussein's home town, Tikrit, yesterday.
It happened after senior officers said they were scaling down the iron-fisted way their forces have been policing the country, which has alienated even moderate Iraqis.

In Baghdad the death toll from Thursday's car bomb outside the Jordanian embassy continued to rise, hospital officials saying it was believed that as many as 19 people were killed by the blast.

An American soldier was killed in West Baghdad yesterday, the army said, but did not give any details.

Snipers were placed around the market in Tikrit after the Americans heard that weapons and ammunition were sold there every Friday, Lieutenant Colonel Steve Russell of the 22nd Infantry Regiment said.

Witnesses said women ran screaming from the market after shots rang out and a man unloading AK-47 assault rifles from the back of a red car fell to the ground.

A second man was shot in the head and died at the scene. One of the wounded men escaped and the other was taken for treatment at a nearby hospital.

More al-Quaida connections:

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It certainly suits the coalition's purposes, both at home and abroad, to link any "spectacular" attack in Iraq to groups associated with al-Qaida rather than a more generalised Iraqi resistance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1015317,00.html

Elli · 08-09-2003, 12:35 PM

I guess if he's unloading AK-47s from the back of his truck, you can't say he was unarmed? Good ol' army logic for ya.

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Elli Reach for those stars! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 17,991	I guess if he's unloading AK-47s from the back of his truck, you can't say he was unarmed? Good ol' army logic for ya. __________________ email: [email protected]