Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The low value of Iraqi lives
In the latest news of American savagery, American bombs killed six civilians, including four children in Tikrit. And why?
[U.S. officials] claimed that the house was attacked after troops received small arms fire while conducting operations in the area.So it doesn't even take a claim that "an armed man" moved into that particular house they chose to bomb without knowing who else might be inside. It only had to be a "nearby" building. Close enough. They were only Iraqis.
The strike took place after the troops saw an armed man moving into a nearby group of buildings, the officials said. [emphasis added]
Out now! Not in a "hundred years," and not even "in sixteen months", the best a Republican or Democratic candidate can promise (emphasis on the word "promise"; delivering on promises is another thing entirely). Now!
