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HarmlessRabbit · 08-01-2003, 12:23 PM

<b>the_dude</b>
here is a cnn story confirming most of the details:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/...irq.main.intl/

here is a washington post direct source confirming at least five of the 11 deaths.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Jul28.html

<i>Jerez de la Frontera, Spain: The other day, U.S. soldiers, failing to find Saddam in a house in Mansour, murdered up to five innocent civilians traveling in a car. Witnesses, according to the BBC, called it a cold-blooded killing for no reason, except for the anger and fear of the troops. Do Americans think this sort of behavior is now okay?

Anthony Shadid: Civilian casualties are a tough issue. The U.S. military does not release Iraqi casualties, so it's left up to the media to track their stories down and report them. It's a story I think we all view seriously. It's difficult to say whether the killings in Mansour were an aberration or a sign of recklessness among the military. Could we have reported more about it? Probably. Will we? I think so. </i>

here's the search i used, you can see a lot of other reporting about the incident:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ed...nG=Search+News

08-01-2003, 12:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
HarmlessRabbit Junkie Location: San Jose, CA	<b>the_dude</b> here is a cnn story confirming most of the details: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/...irq.main.intl/ here is a washington post direct source confirming at least five of the 11 deaths. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Jul28.html <i>Jerez de la Frontera, Spain: The other day, U.S. soldiers, failing to find Saddam in a house in Mansour, murdered up to five innocent civilians traveling in a car. Witnesses, according to the BBC, called it a cold-blooded killing for no reason, except for the anger and fear of the troops. Do Americans think this sort of behavior is now okay? Anthony Shadid: Civilian casualties are a tough issue. The U.S. military does not release Iraqi casualties, so it's left up to the media to track their stories down and report them. It's a story I think we all view seriously. It's difficult to say whether the killings in Mansour were an aberration or a sign of recklessness among the military. Could we have reported more about it? Probably. Will we? I think so. </i> here's the search i used, you can see a lot of other reporting about the incident: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ed...nG=Search+News