Iraqis, mostly women and children, round up and executed bef

by **AspirinE** » Jun 2nd, '06, 15:48

The US army says it is investigating an incident in which 11 Iraqis may have been deliberately killed by US troops, after the emergence of video evidence.

The video aired on the BBC appears to challenge the US account of the events in the town of Ishaqi in March.

The US said at the time that four people died during a raid, but Iraqi police said 11 were shot by US troops.

The new evidence comes in the wake of the alleged massacre by US marines of up to 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha.

The troops are also suspected of covering up the deaths in November 2005.

The Haditha incident and several others are being investigated by the Pentagon, according to US military sources.

The US army has also announced that coalition troops in Iraq are to have ethical training following the alleged incident in Haditha.

However, the BBC's Ian Pannell in Baghdad says the move is likely to be greeted with cynicism by many Iraqis, as the troops have long been accused of deliberately targeting civilians.

'Massacre' video

The video pictures obtained by the BBC appear to contradict the US account of the events in Ishaqi, about 100km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on 15 March 2006.

The US authorities said they were involved in a firefight after a tip-off that an al-Qaeda supporter was visiting the house.

According to the Americans, the building collapsed under heavy fire killing four people - a suspect, two women and a child.

But a report filed by Iraqi police accused US troops of rounding up and deliberately shooting 11 people in the house, including five children and four women, before blowing up the building.

The video tape obtained by the BBC shows a number of dead adults and children at the site with what our world affairs editor John Simpson says were clearly gunshot wounds.

The pictures came from a hardline Sunni group opposed to coalition forces.

It has been cross-checked with other images taken at the time of events and is believed to be genuine, the BBC's Ian Pannell says.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle ... 039714.stm

by **yoshi** » Jun 2nd, '06, 17:04

it's so fuckin sick.. i just wish it was finished..

by **Fi.J.** » Jun 3rd, '06, 20:22

yoshi wrote:it's so fuckin sick.. i just wish it was finished..

word..

by **neha** » Jun 3rd, '06, 20:50

that's sick :tounge2:

by **AspirinE** » Jun 3rd, '06, 20:56

i heard that the people are gonna get away with it. But hell wat could we expect wen the army was willing to cover for them in the first place.

by **neha** » Jun 3rd, '06, 20:57

get away with it??? :angry:

by **Tomega** » Jun 3rd, '06, 21:16

cowards...

by **X-Ray** » Jun 4th, '06, 21:47

ive known it for some ti me but i still think it stinks

by **neha** » Jun 4th, '06, 21:49

the worst part is that they get away with it :angry:

by **X-Ray** » Jun 4th, '06, 23:21

no the worst part is that ppl admier them for it :confusion:

by **neha** » Jun 5th, '06, 17:00

X-Ray wrote:no the worst part is that ppl admier them for it

prolly some real sick ppl :swear:

by **X-Ray** » Jun 5th, '06, 17:11

neha wrote:
X-Ray wrote:no the worst part is that ppl admier them for it

prolly some real sick ppl

see that is worse

by 4D » Jun 6th, '06, 09:42

No, the worst part is that innocent children and civilians died, don`t get it twisted, that`s the tragedy!!

It`s fucked up!!

That part about the pregnant woman too, in the video.

Iraqis, mostly women and children, round up and executed bef

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