'Simply Barbaric'
According to the US military, 49 "criminals" were killed after US forces were attacked while raiding buildings in Sadr City.
The US denied Iraqi claims that the dead "criminals" included women, children, and elderly men.
(I guess by now the military must have a form letter for this denial, filling in just the date and location as needed.)
Said one of the women criminals:
We were waking in the morning and all of a sudden rockets landed in the house and the children were screaming."
Can you imagine the reaction there'd be if American police ordered surprise air strikes against buildings in overcrowded neighborhoods of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, for any reason whatsoever? Why are the lives of Iraqi civilians worth less than ours?
Comments
Their lives are worth less because of their color and religion. Sick ain't it?
Posted by: Dusty | October 21, 2007 11:16 AM
I'm afraid you're right, Dusty.
Posted by: abi | October 21, 2007 12:02 PM
I see where you left out Philadelphia where we actually attacked buildings from the air. There was a national outrage then. But then again we were bombing Americans. When are we going to set up a war tribunal and bring the neocons to justice? Let's send the bunch to Guantanomo
Posted by: Lev | October 21, 2007 01:18 PM
Good point, Lev. I remember that. A single bomb was dropped on the roof from a helicopter. It started a fire that burned dozens of homes. There was outrage over that, but it's just another day in the life of Iraqis.
Posted by: abi | October 21, 2007 01:41 PM
I heard some toddlers took it. I guess they were misbehaving.
Posted by: praguetwin | October 21, 2007 03:27 PM