US forces slaughter wedding party in Iraq! ...not.

Post #156,588 by marlowe 5/24/04 9:53:23 AM Reply	US forces slaughter wedding party in Iraq! ...not. [link\|http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/8736486.htm?1c\|My big fat Iraqi wedding.] Excerpt: At a briefing Saturday, Kimmitt showed photographs of the interior of the targeted building that showed stacks of bedding ' more than 300 sets ' a table used for medical examinations, and medical supplies, including syringes with residue suspected of being cocaine. There were assorted firearms and a large number of packed sets of clothing. He said the setup appeared to be a way station where foreign fighters slipping through the border could get bogus identification documents and clothes that would help them blend in with the Iraqi population. 'There was no evidence of a wedding,' Kimmitt said. 'There was no decorations, no music instruments found, no large quantities of food or leftover servings one would expect from a wedding celebration. No gifts.' [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/#20040424\|Home link] ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEAL WITH IT. Americans: a pack, not a herd. Never mind the nerve gas. Where's the, um... "It\ufffds Warholian: in the future, all conflicts will be Vietnam for 15 minutes." - Lileks [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
Post #156,611 by boxley 5/24/04 10:59:51 AM Reply	counterpoint [link\|http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/24/1085389332285.html\|http://www.theage.co...085389332285.html] [link\|http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=516577§ion=news\|http://www.reuters.c...6577&section=news] Key point, convoy of white Pickups went out into the desert and setup a camp for a traditional wedding party. Al Quida and others vehicle of preference is white pickups, someone noticed a convoy and shot the shit out of where they stopped without getting better verification. Good raw intel bad decision making. thanx, bill Time for Lord Stanley to get a Tan questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #156,661 by rcareaga 5/24/04 3:21:51 PM Reply	How's your footing out on that limb, bunky? No evidence of a wedding? Hmmm, shall we believe a disinterested observer like General Kimmitt, or some so-called "survivor" with an axe to grind? "At about 3am, we were sleeping and the planes started firing," said one of the mourners who spoke to AP last week and who gave his name only as Bassem. "They fired more than 40 missiles. As soon as they started attacking, firing the first missile, I went away. I was running ... there are no fighters. These are lies. There's no resistance. Even the bride and the groom died." Haleema Shihab, 32, one of the three wives of wedding party host Rikad Nayef, said she and her stepdaughter hid in a bomb crater. US soldiers appeared on the scene shortly after the bombardment. One of them kicked her to see if she was alive. "I pretended I was dead so he wouldn't kill me," she said, adding that the soldier was laughing. Fourteen-year-old Moza, Ms Shihab's stepdaughter, lies on another bed of the hospital room. She was hurt in the leg and cries. Her relatives haven't told her yet that her mother, Sumaya, is dead. In all, 27 members of Rikad Nayef's extended family - most of them children and women - were killed in the attack, according to surviving family members. [link\|http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1223564,00.html\|source] It would be entertaining to watch Little Phil dance along this branch a little further, but when a sufficient number of contradictions accumulate he tends to...change...the...subject. cordially, Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
Post #156,666 by boxley 5/24/04 3:27:44 PM Reply	they were enemy combatants just like at wounded knee Iffen you cant find the Indians to kill, kill the Indians you can find. Sloppy Intel just like 130 years ago. thanx, bill Time for Lord Stanley to get a Tan questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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