Friday, February 15, 2008

Memory Hole: American Troops Iraqi Kill Family

Back when the New York Times was still a half-decent newspaper:

"American Raid on Insurgents Kills Civilians in Sunni Town" by Jeffrey Gettleman New York Times March 16, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 15 — American soldiers demolished a farmhouse near the Sunni Arab town of Balad on Wednesday after encountering unexpectedly heated resistance from insurgents, killing a number of civilians in the process.

The American military said that only three civilians had been killed, while Iraqi officials said an entire 11-member family — from a 75-year-old grandmother to a 6-month-old baby — had died in the attack.

U.S. forces killed a 75-year-old grandmother and a 6-month-old baby?

May God damn them and the U.S. to hell for all eternity!!!!!


Maj. Tim Keefe, a military spokesman, said American troops were on their way to capture an insurgent in a rural area north of Baghdad when insurgents opened fire from the farmhouse.

"Coalition forces returned fire, utilizing both air and ground assets," Major Keefe said.

The results were devastating, according to images broadcast on Arab TV: dead cows, scorched cars, a smashed house and 11 bodies rolled up in blankets...."

And that's that, huh?