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To: michael97123 who wrote (88472)	3/31/2003 9:05:09 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

When in doubt, make things up, eh, Mike? This story seems to have come straight from the Army. Ours, not theirs. In a statement tonight, the Army said that at 4:30 local time this afternoon a civilian vehicle approached a military checkpoint on Route 9 near Najaf, about 100 miles south of Baghdad. The Army said soldiers at the checkpoint motioned for the vehicle to stop but were ignored. The soldiers then fired warning shots, which were also ignored by the driver, the Army said. The soldiers then fired shots into the engine of the vehicle, ``but the vehicle kept moving toward the checkpoint,'' the Army said. ``Finally, as a last resort, the soldiers fired into the passenger compartment of the vehicle,'' the statement said. The Army said that upon further investigation, it determined that 13 women and children were in the vehicle. Seven of the occupants were killed, two were wounded and four were unharmed, the Army said. nytimes.com

To: michael97123 who wrote (88472)	3/31/2003 9:35:24 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>> I will bet you a Bud against a Molson that there was a fedayeen driver who did this as a psychological suicide bomb hoping for this result. I think you are sick. Seek psychiatric help. I'll join the people who put you on ignore. You and that other rationalizer quelbo or whatever. By the way, NPR/PBS reported that the embedded reporter heard American soldiers in the platoon question whether any timely warning was given to the vehicle.