I posted the breaking news yesterday as it came in.
Here are the War Dailies accounts:
"Kurdish rebels kill 17 Turkish troops; US military attacks Sadr City" by Amit R. Paley/Washington Post October 22, 2007
BAGHDAD - The US military said its troops killed 49 fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, one of the highest death tolls for a military operation since President Bush declared an end to active combat in 2003.
But Iraqi officials and residents of the vast Shi'ite enclave, loyal to powerful anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, said all of the victims were innocent civilians, including children. They warned that the attack could lead Sadr to rescind a suspension of his militia's operations.
[Nice going, U.S.!]
In Baghdad, the US military and residents offered different accounts of the raid into the heavily Shi'ite enclave of Sadr City, named for the father of Moqtada al-Sadr and a stronghold of his followers.
[Well, I know whose word I'm taking, and I'll give you a clue, readers.
It's not the lying American military's!!!!]
According to the military, US troops entered the neighborhood at 4 a.m. to target a militia chief responsible for an extensive Iranian-backed kidnapping ring. His name was not released.
Gunmen then began firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at the US troops, the military said. It said ground forces returned fire, killing 33 fighters, and then called in helicopters, which killed six more.
[Not counted as one of the fivefold increase in air attacks!]
As US soldiers left the neighborhood at 7 a.m., they struck a roadside bomb but continued returning fire, killing 10 more, the military said. The target of the raid was not captured.
[Was there even one?
Or was that just a bullshit excuse/lie?]
Sadr City residents and Iraqi officials said the only victims were civilians - whom they described as 13 dead and 52 injured.
[Yeah, sleeping outside on their roofs from what I read!]
Salah al-Obeidi, a spokesman for Sadr in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, called the raid a "barbaric action" that should lead to criminal charges. He said no one in Sadr City attacked the Americans because Sadr in August had ordered his powerful militia, the Mahdi Army, to stop all fighting for six months.
Obeidi said Sadr's order remained in effect. But several of his followers in Sadr City said they expected the attack to increase pressure on him to lift the order."
[Good move, U.S.!
Of course, if Sadr starts up then I guess we will HAVE TO STAY LONGER then, right?
CUI BONO, readers?]
And are you confused by this picture? I'm not!!
It's CRYSTAL CLEAR, Times.
I'm looking at the fallout of the U.S.' campaign of mass-murder!!!!]
"Confusion on Deaths After Fighting in Sadr City" by ALISSA J. RUBIN
BAGHDAD, Oct. 21 — American forces on Sunday came under heavy fire in three locations in Sadr City, the Shiite enclave in Baghdad, and returned fire, killing 49 militants, according to an American military official and a military statement about the episode.
Iraqi witnesses said that 17 people had been killed, one of whom was an elderly woman who died of her wounds, and that of 40 people who had been wounded, a number were children. At least four of the wounded children were at Imam Ali Hospital in Sadr City, where family members helped the overtaxed hospital staff and anxiously hovered over the children.
[Yeah, the old lady "died of her wounds."
Like she wasn't SHOT and KILLED by the U.S.!!!
See how the shitty Zionist press uses clever phrasing to BIAS their "reporting," readers?
And I'M SICK of their DAMNABLE LIES!!!!!!
And, oh, yeah, they hate Jews more than they love their children, too!
Just exposing ANOTHER RACIST ZIONIST LIE, folks!!!!!]
In the operation, American soldiers were searching for an Iraqi who is believed to be in charge of a kidnapping ring. “Our objective was to go in and locate one high-value target responsible for an extensive Iranian-backed kidnapping ring,” said the military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the military is still gathering data about the attack.
[I'm really sick of the god-damned LIES, folks!]
The operation failed to capture the man, but as it was under way, American soldiers came under heavy fire from gunmen using automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, the statement said. The soldiers called for air support and the military said that at least 33 people were killed by ground fire in the initial engagement and 6 others by air attacks. As the American forces tried to leave the area, heavy fire continued and the attackers detonated a roadside bomb. Ten other Iraqi fighters were killed as the Americans tried to withdraw, the military statement said.
[Yup, BLASTING AWAY are the American troops and mercenaries -- wherever they are!]
For Sadr City residents in the areas where the fighting was under way, at least some of whom appeared to have nothing to do with Mr. Sadr’s militia, the gunfire was terrifying. Two cousins, Murtada Saiedi, 8, and Ali Saiedi, 11, were walking home at 6:15 a.m. after buying fresh samoun for their families. Samoun is a triangular bread beloved by Iraqis for breakfast.
Ali Saiedi,as he lay in a bed at the Imam Ali Hospital with bandages on his arms from shrapnel cuts, adding that he was taking the bread home for his eight siblings and his parents:
“I was holding the samoun in my arms in a big bag. Then I heard a big sound and I tried to run, I wanted to reach my home, but I couldn’t. And then when I woke up, I was here.”
[Just saying "Good Morning" to the Iraqis -- AMERIKAN-style!
Nice breakfast, huh?
A lot different than going to the Friendly's around the corner, huh, stinkfuck Amurkn?]
His cousin, Murtada Saiedi, in the next bed, would not speak. He winced as he shifted his weight in the bed and looked up silently at his father and uncle, who were leaning over the child. The doctor had just come by to say that he thought Murtada might have some internal bleeding.
An official at the hospital, Abu Ibrahim, said an elderly woman whose midsection had been nearly severed by shrapnel died Sunday evening, bringing the total dead at the hospital to 16. There were 38 wounded who were admitted to the hospital, he said. Officials at a second hospital in the neighborhood reported one dead and two wounded.
The military said it did not believe there were any civilian deaths as a result of the fighting. “Ground forces reported they were unaware of any innocent civilians being killed as a result of this operation,” the military statement said.
[Yeah, because "we don't do body counts."
And I AM SICK of the fucking U.S.' MASS-MURDER around the Globe!!!!!
'Cause THAT'S WHAT THIS IS!!!!!!!!
So, FUCK AMERIKA!!!!!
They can EAT THEIR WAR DEAD!!!!!!!
I am SICK and TIRED of this MASS-MURDERING IGNORAMUS in the White House!!!
IMPEACH and CONVICT the SOB, dammit!!!!!!!!!!!]
The episode highlights the difficulty of determining the facts after military operations, especially ones involving firefights in which much happens quickly. The military said the reason so few bodies were taken to hospitals was that the militants picked up the bodies of their own people to prevent American soldiers from gaining intelligence about them.
[Look at the Times MAKE EXCUSES for their SHIT REPORTING!!!
Ever notice that they have NO HESITANCY on the alleged "suicide car bombs," readers??
Or on "GUNMEN?"
Of course, that's exactly what I would expect from a shit Zionist War Daily!]
In cases where Iraqi casualty numbers are far higher than American numbers, the American military sometimes says the discrepancy is a result of exaggeration by Iraqis. In any individual occurrence it is hard to tell which factors play the most important role.
[Oh, the Iraqis are just IMAGINING IT ALL, huh?
Are they IMAGINING THIS?!?!
Un-fucking-believable!!!
TALK ABOUT INSULTING!!!
Oh, yes, the Iraqis have just "imagined" 1.2 million dead.]
FUCK YOU, Times, you fucking piece of NaZionist horseshit.
That goes for the prevaricating reporter, too, the NaZionist tool!!!!!!!!]
