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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Neeka who wrote (461146)	9/18/2003 4:09:26 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) of 769667

Iraq is not conducive to schedules and plans sent in from the Pentagon. <font color=brown> FALLUJAH, Iraq -- American soldiers who mistakenly killed eight Iraqi policemen and a Jordanian guard this month had been in this turbulent city for only one day and were in the midst of a handover from one military unit to another, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials. According to these officials, confusion and inexperience may have contributed to the Sept. 12 killings, the worst "friendly fire" incident since major hostilities were declared over May 1. Capt. Jimmy Cummings, spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division's headquarters in Fort Bragg, N.C., dismissed any suggestion that the soldiers -- who had been in Iraq for a week -- were ill-prepared. </font> chron.com TP

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