Gotta love Reuters. It's not 10 Iraqis they caught planting roadside bombs, it's 10 Iraqis they 'suspected'
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Ten killed in U.S. air strike on Iraqi village [10 Terrorists]
Reuters ^ | 12/29/05
BAGHDAD, Dec 29 (Reuters) - U.S. fighter jets dropped two 500-pound (225-kg) bombs on a village in northern Iraq, killing 10 Iraqis they suspected of planting explosive devices on a nearby road, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
The incident occurred on Tuesday in a small village near the town of Hawija, 50 km (30 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, the military said.
The pilots were flying a routine patrol when they saw three men digging holes by the side of major road and planting bombs in them, a statement said.
When they heard the planes overhead, the men jumped in a car and fled. They were soon joined by another car as the jets tracked them. They drove the cars into the village and tried to hide by parking between two buildings, the statement said.
The pilots then dropped two 500-pound laser-guided bombs.
"They were able to destroy the vehicles while causing only minimal damage to surrounding structures," the military said.
U.S. soldiers later raided the village and found assault rifles, a machine gun and bomb-making equipment in houses near the site of the air strike. They said they also found a bomb by the side of the road where the men were first spotted.
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Not only does the NY TIMES and liberal MSM media weep for them, but are now standing on their side, against us. |
