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"We were shooting up people as they got out of their cars trying to put their hands up," said Mr Massey. "I don't know if the Iraqis thought we were celebrating their new democracy. I do know that we killed innocent civilians." Mr Massey said US troops in Iraq were trained to believe that all Iraqis were potential terrorists. As a result, he had watched his colleagues open fire indiscriminately. In one 48-hour period, he estimated his unit killed more than 30 civilians in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
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Wow, that is extremely sad, even after these poor souls complied with the Americans orders they were still shot dead, how unfortunate. Sadly, these same people are the ones that are going to be praised upon return; I think we have our perceptions on terrorism extremely mixed up.
May the innocent lives that were taken in away so fast (especially those of the children) for no reason rest in peace. Hopefully their killers will be brought to justice in some way shape or form, in this life or the next.
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