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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (485402)	11/2/2003 9:09:45 PM
From: Smartypts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Iraqi child crushed by US tank - By Nurah Tape Sunday 02 November 2003, 22:11 Makka Time, 19:11 GMT A tank like this one in Abu Ghraib crushed the Iraqi child A six-year-old Iraqi child has been crushed to death by an American tank. The incident was said to be reminiscent of scenes caused by the Israeli occupation of Palestine as the child was crushed underneath the tank's tracks. The tragedy occurred during clashes between US troops and Iraqi civilians in the Abu Ghraib area, on the outskirts of Baghdad on Friday. Locals said skirmishes developed in the market area of the town twice in three days, and by Sunday night military bulldozers had demolished stalls set up near the roadway “We do not provide information on Iraqi casualties” US military spokeswoman Reports indicate that up to 1000 civilians were protesting the occupying forces’ imprisonment of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison, when fighting broke out near the market place and police station on Friday. Up to 14 Iraqi civilians were killed and five wounded. One Iraqi policeman is also reported killed. There were more casualties the following day. It is not clear how the fighting on Friday, which lasted more than seven hours, began. However, it is understood armoured tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, mechanised and airborne infantry joined in the battle. This, after a coalition decision was made to turn the crowd back. No comment The crowd began burning tyres and waved religious banners, including one reading: “Ramadan makes you closer to God”. The conflict escalated after people in the crowd fired mortars at the police station. However, it is unlikely the American media will report the death of the child since the US m ilitary only releases figures of US casualties and rarely keeps records of Iraqi occupation deaths A coalition press office spokeswoman, could not confirm the incident, except to say that two US soldiers were wounded in a mortar attack at the Abu Ghraib police station. Iraqis walk in front of US soldiers in Abu Ghraib during clashes “We do not provide information on Iraqi casualties”, the spokeswoman told Aljazeera.net. However the American-based New Trend Magazine quoted a report by the Washington-based NPR about how the child had been killed by the US tank. "First reports indicated that these were clashes between civilians and US troops somewhat like the Intifada in Palestine. During the demonstrations a US tank crushed a six-year-old Iraqi child," reported NTM. Trigger-happy CNN reported that 14 Iraqi civilians were killed when US troops opened fire on demonstrators. However the following day, on November 1, the US media widely reported that the 14 were killed while trying to attack US troops, added NTM. Centcom officer, Sergeant Major Louis Madson, said it was “another terrible tragedy”, but could not confirm whether the child crushed by a tank was amongst the 14 casualties. CAIR spokesperson Ibrahim Hooper, said he deplored the incident, saying numerous incidents of “trigger-happy soldiers” cannot go unnoticed. Night patrol - US soldiers are on round-the-clock alert in Iraq Speaking to Aljazeera.net, Hooper said “such action by occupying forces creates tremendous resentment that damages any possibility for peace in the region”. He added that the action by US troops can only hurt the situation and not help the Iraqi people. CAIR is the Council on American-Islamic Relations and is a critic of the occupation of Iraq. It's website is www.cair-net.org

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (485402)	11/2/2003 11:11:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Hey. I have said all along that WMD's don't mean squat to me. I haven't been duped into a dang thang. The only thing I wanted out of this deal was unimpeded access to Iraq to make dang sure she doesn't have WMD's. That is what Bush said he wanted and that made a whole HEAP of sense to me. Yeah, now you have proof there were no WMDs in Iraq before March but don't be surprised when new ones start showing up. Now, I got proof. Yay! Yeah.......stupid is as stupid does!