It looks to me like we have delivered them up to the gateways of hell – or maybe hell itself.
Kuwait News Agency, 05/08/2005
One Iraqi child killed in landmine explosion in Al Mathana governorate. The landmine is listed as "war remains" - but it does not say which war, although the most recent one is the most logical one. And that same article states:"A statement by the multinational forces said an Iraqi citizen was killed by gunfire and another was wounded southwest of Telafer."
From CNN, 05/08/2005
"Also Sunday, two attacks in northern Iraq left four civilians dead, the U.S. military said. Three Iraqi civilians were found shot to death outside their vehicle in western Mosul. Another civilian was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol in the eastern part of the city. Another Iraqi civilian died Saturday in an apparent insurgent attack near the restive city of Tal Afar, the U.S. military said. The number of Iraqi civilians killed in the war remains unclear. Data compiled by the Web site iraqbodycount.org suggests that between 21,000 and 25,000 civilians have been confirmed killed."
And so far, no attempt by CNN to count or name any of those civilian dead- unless they happen to work for CNN.
From the Globe and Mail, Toronto 05/09/2005
"The U.S. military said as many as 100 militants were killed in the first 48 hours of the assault, which began overnight Saturday in the Syrian border town of Qaim, about 320 kilometers west of Baghdad."Well, that's a load of crap. The US military does not know how many were killed, and even if they did, they wouldn't know how many were militants and how many were civilians. And if they did know, they wouldn't report it."At least four car bombs exploded in Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi police and the U.S. military said. They included a morning suicide attack in southern Baghdad that killed two Iraqi policemen and a civilian at a checkpoint at a busy intersection, police said. Six other policemen and three civilians were wounded in the attack. Another suicide attacker exploded a car bomb at an army checkpoint in eastern Baghdad, wounding five Iraqis, the Interior Ministry said. When police approached a suspicious car in south Baghdad, the booby-trapped vehicle exploded, killing one officer and a civilian bystander, the Interior Ministry said. Another policeman lost an arm in the attack. Six bodies also were found Monday in a deserted area in Markab al-Tair village, near the Syrian frontier, police Col. Wathiq Mohammed said. He identified them as a senior Iraqi border policeman and five of his relatives. The circumstances of their deaths were not immediately known."
From the Boston Globe, 05/09/2005
"BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A funeral was held Monday for six Shiite Muslims who were kidnapped and killed over the weekend, and a Shiite cleric warned that such attacks could cause sectarian violence. The killings occurred Saturday south of Baghdad after gunmen stopped a minibus in which the six men were carrying the coffin of a relative to a funeral service in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, said police 1st Lt. Adnan Abdullah. The six men, three of them brothers, were kidnapped and killed, and the attackers threw the coffin into the nearby Euphrates River, Abdullah said. Several women and older men traveling in the minibus were freed and allowed to return to Baghdad, said Abdullah. The six were found dead, shot in the head and back, on Sunday near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, Abdullah said.
From Yahoo News, 05/10/2005
"The U.S. command said as many as 100 insurgents died in the first 48 hours — many of them trapped under rubble as attack planes and helicopter gunships pounded their hideouts."If they are buried under rubble by bombs dropped on their heads, how would they know there are 100 of them? And how would they know they are insurgents and not innocent civilian bystanders?"At least two car bombs exploded Tuesday in downtown Baghdad, targeting U.S. and Iraqi troops. At least nine Iraqis were killed and 19 wounded, the Interior Ministry said. One of the bombs wounded three American soldiers, a U.S. military spokeswoman, Capt. Kelly Lewis, said."
Are the Iraqis (who are dying) civilians or troops? And are they dying because of a bomb directed at them, or a bomb directed at the US troops?
From Yahoo News, 05/10/2005
Residents reached by telephone in the area reported some fighting Tuesday in Obeidi and the two nearby towns of Rommana and Karabilah. They said frightened residents were taking advantage of the relative lull to flee the Qaim area. Adel Izzedine left on foot with his wife and three children, walking six miles through farm fields to reach a village where the family caught a taxi and drove 43 miles to Rawa, east of the fighting. "There are gunmen in the city, but there are also a lot of innocent civilians," said Izzedine, who was looking for a mosque or a school in which to spend the night. "We are living the same misery that Fallujah lived some time ago."
More nonsense, from the Washington Post, 05/10/2005
"As many as 100 militants have been killed since Operation Matador began Saturday night, according to a casualty toll provided by the U.S. military."
There is no earthly way they would know either the total number dead, or how many of them are truly insurgents.
From Australian ABC News, 05/10/2005
"Iraqi police hurled insults at US soldiers after two suicide car bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least seven people and left 19 wounded, including policemen. "It's all because you're here," a policeman shouted in Arabic at a group of US soldiers after the latest in a bloody wave of attacks that have rocked Baghdad this month. "Get out of our country and there will be no more explosions," he told the uncomprehending Americans staring at the smouldering wreck of a car bomb."
Yes, the US troops are being directly told to leave the country, but they don't know Arabic, so they don't know what the Iraqis are saying. Here's hoping the Iraqis learn English soon, since the Americans are way too dumb to learn Arabic, even when they are occupying an Arabic speaking country. Thank goodness there are some reporters who know both English and Arabic, so they can tell us things like this. Not that Americans are listening......
And another piece from that same article:
"Another suicide bomber also tried to attack a US army patrol on the central Saadun street but missed and smashed into other vehicles, setting them ablaze. At least seven civilians were killed and 16 wounded, police and medics said. "I was driving my bus with many passengers and on the other side of the street a US convoy was passing by," 45-year-old minibus driver Abdullah Jassim Mohammed said. "All of a sudden there was a big explosion and I saw a man dying in front of me. The US convoy was unharmed," the driver said, who sustained slight head wounds. "Since Americans invaded our country they have brought nothing but evil."
I wonder how many Iraqis are being killed by the insurgents, not directly, but because they were around when US troops were targeted? Like I said earlier in this post, we have delivered the Iraqi people to the gateways of hell.
From the New York Times, 05/10/2005
"The Marines' fight in western Iraq began over the weekend is supported by helicopter gunships, fighter jets, tanks, and light armored vehicles. F-15E Strike Eagle fighters from the Air Force dropped two 500-pound laser-guided bombs and fired 510 20-millimeter cannon rounds on Sunday against insurgents in the vicinity of Qaim, according to a summary of air operations released by the military. Marine F/A-18 fighters also fired 319 20-millimeter cannon rounds."
And they claim 100 insurgents were killed. But, there is no earthly way they could know if their bombs killed insurgents, civilians, or both. After all, 500 pound bombs are not very discriminating, they just kill any one around.
And, from today’s news, an insurgent says this:
"They destroyed our city, killed our children, destroyed our houses. Wehave nothing left," one man told Associated Press Television News inQaim on Thursday. He did not give his name and hid his face with a scarfto address the camera.
We have nothing left…..
We have nothing left…..
We have nothing left…..
We have nothing left…..
We have nothing left…..
We have nothing left…..
We have nothing left…..
We have nothing left…..
We have nothing left…..
May God forgive us for starting this hell on earth for the Iraqi people. May God forgive us.
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