U.S. Curbs Iraqi Civilian Deaths In Checkpoint, Convoy Incidents

sabra

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Tue Jun-06-06 01:54 AM
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U.S. Curbs Iraqi Civilian Deaths In Checkpoint, Convoy Incidents

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U.S. Curbs Iraqi Civilian Deaths In Checkpoint, Convoy Incidents

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military has cut the number of Iraqi civilians killed at U.S. checkpoints or shot by U.S. convoys to about one a week today from about seven a week in July, according to U.S. defense officials in Iraq.

The reduction in civilian casualties shows that months before the killing of 24 Iraqis in the western Iraqi town of Haditha came to light, the military was pushing to reduce the number of Iraqi civilians killed or wounded at the hands of U.S. forces. The drop since July, however, suggests that hundreds of Iraqi civilians were killed at U.S.

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Karmakaze

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Tue Jun-06-06 03:29 AM
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1. Doesnt this mean...

that the excess civillian deaths at checkpoints before were AVOIDABLE?

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saigon68

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Tue Jun-06-06 03:34 AM
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2. Its a lessening of the popular military directive

"Kill em all, let God sort em out"

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Theduckno2

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Tue Jun-06-06 03:42 AM
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3. Shhhh. You are not supposed to notice the little man behind the curtain.

Sadly though, you are right. So much of this was avoidable; the looting, the lack of adequate infrastructure and the widespread corruption to name a few. But with dimson at the helm, not very surpising.

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