Or did the military report it? The same military that did the shooting?
If she were a "human shield," they wouldn't have shot in the first place, right? Unless they didn't mind killing the hostage. But she was shot. And just because someone is shot and lives doesn't mean that the shooter intended that they live. Quite the contrary.
"Terrorists continue to deliberately place innocent Iraqi women and children in danger by their actions and presence," the statement said.
That is neoconspeak for, "We shot (and killed) some women who were there too."
It was the third time in less than a week that Iraqi women have been killed or wounded during U.S. raids.
On Wednesday, two women died when U.S. forces backed by aircraft killed eight al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents during a raid near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Sure looks like a pattern of women killed by "U.S. forces backed by aircraft." The pattern therefore necessitates a cover, such as the neoconspeak "They were using these women as 'human shields,' and that is why they keep getting shot (and most killed)."
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