Note: Articles not posted in entirity just the intro blurbs
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...9AE7F0EA4F.htm
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Carnage after Baghdad bomb blast
Wednesday 15 September 2004, 1:55 Makka Time, 22:55 GMT
Baghdad witnessed one of its bloodiest days in months when a bomb went off outside its main police headquarters, killing 47 people.
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http://www.islamonline.net/English/N...rticle01.shtml
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US Fire Kills 128 Iraqis in 24 Hours
FALLUJAH, September 13 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – A sweeping US incursion into the western Iraqi city of Fallujah killed early Monday, September13 , 18 Iraqis and injured up to 26 others one day after some 110 people were killed by US gunfire and roadside attacks in one of the bloodiest days witnessed by the occupied country.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...883C79AF78.htm
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Northern pipeline blown up in Iraq
Tuesday 14 September 2004, 16:07 Makka Time, 13:07 GMT
A multiple oil pipeline in northern Iraq has been blown up by saboteurs.
Aljazeera learnt oil pipelines in the Fatha area linking Biji and Kirkuk refineries to the Turkish Jihan oilfield came under attack on Tuesday.
"Pumping oil to the Turkish Jihan field has now stopped," an official at the Iraqi al-Shamal oil company told Aljazeera.
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Ok so why have I posted all of these? The fact is Iraq is very unstable. Unfortunatly our media doesn't report a lot of what goes on in Iraq. Although there is a decent amount of spin in articles from Aljazeera and IslamOnline I still like to read them because they cover stories our media won't for instance from Aljazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...816BA7A5F0.htm
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Witnesses: Apache fired on crowd
Sunday 12 September 2004, 19:27 Makka Time, 16:27 GMT
Most of the young Iraqi men and boys mingling around the burning wreckage of a US armoured car in Baghdad were unfazed by the clattering of an American helicopter gunship overhead. Moments later they were under fire.
Some had pointed to the Apache helicopter. Others jogged slowly from the burning Bradley fighting vehicle, which the US military said had been set ablaze by a bomb. None expected it would shoot at them.
Standing next to him, Fuad's colleague and friend Mazin Tumaizi, a producer for Dubai-based al-Arabiya, was killed as he prepared to give a stand-up piece to camera.
"I looked at the sky and saw a helicopter at very low altitude", Fouad said. "Just moments later I saw a flash of light from the Apache. Then a strong explosion", he said.
Unarmed civilans
The first explosion sent Fuad crashing to the ground.
"Mazen's blood was on my camera and face," Fuad said. Tumaizi screamed to Fuad for help: "Saif, Saif! I'm going to die. I'm going to die."
A second blast hit some 15 seconds later, lodging shrapnel in Fuad's leg and waist as he was trying to pull Tumaizi from danger. Fouad's camera, its lens stained with blood, filmed the chaos.
Iraqis had gathered around the
wreckage of the US vehicle
The US military said the Bradley's crew of four were slightly wounded by the bomb and had been evacuated from the scene.
"Air support destroyed the Bradley fighting vehicle to prevent looting and harm to the Iraqi people," the US military said in a statement.
Reuters footage showed the crowd to be made up of unarmed boys and men, two of whom were standing on top of the Bradley.
Others were discussing what had happened and quietly watching the Bradley burn, sending thick black smoke into the sky. Then the attack began.
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Why would we fire on a crowd of people? These people were not the ones that damaged the vehicle these were people flocking to the scene of an accident to gauck at it. Do we really have that sensitive of equipment on our bradly fighting vehicles?
If we keep killing scores of Iraqi's we will only fuel their hatred twoard us. For every 1 we kill 10 more pop up to fill there place. We are stuck in a quagmire here. We need to drastically change our Iraq policy. Avoid the cities and let local governments run themselfs until elections are set up. We need to keep our troups away from the Iraqis because it is just making things worse.