US military concedes women may have died in airstrike in western Iraq

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US military conceded that four to six women may have died in a US air strike that targeted foreign fighters in western Iraq earlier this week.

"There were a number of women, a handful of women. I can't remember if it was four or six, that were actually caught up in the engagement. They may have died from some of the fire that came from the aircraft," military spokesman Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said.

But he insisted ground troops taking part in the operation did not "not shoot women and children."

The coalition said earlier that a helicopter fired on a house, sheltering foreign fighers, killing 41 people Wednesday.

Iraqis who said they lost friends and relatives have claimed the attack hit homes in a village just outside the town of Qaim, on the Syrian border, after a wedding party.

Arab satellite news channel Al-Arabiya aired footage of bodies wrapped in blankets and loaded on trucks, and said the dead included women and children.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040521/pl_afp/iraq_us_raid&cid=1521&ncid=1480

But not to worry-- pretty soon even Iraqi toddlers will be potential "insurgents", just as Palestinian children are all "militants."

Today four or six, tomorrow maybe six or eight, etc., until the full story is out (or at least as much as they have to admit to). Also, it wasn't ground troops, they were just shot by helicopter gunships. Even if true, it is a bogus distinction.

Nice phrase, "a handful of women". I don't know anyone whose hand can comfortably hold six women.

Was that all that was left of them?

DAY ONE: deny that anything happened
DAY TWO: lie about it, blaming any scapegoat that can be found
DAY THREE: quietly admit the harsh truth as something new grabs the headlines

LYING LIARS CHAIN OF COMMAND



THE FIRST VICEROY OF IRAQ-NAM

Viceroy Pontius Paul Bremer I

announced that more former members of Saddam's military would be allowed to join the ranks of
the new US-trained army because of the poor performance of the Iraqi forces during rebel
attacks.(AFP/Pool/File/Damir Sagolj)



His hand picked puppet government in April in the Year of our Lord 2004, created a new flag
for the 51st state of the AmeriKan States of North AmeriKa NA





KRAZY KILLER KIMMITT enforcer for the Viceroy Pontius Bremer I

His quote " if you don’t like watching women and children die, change the channel."



SORRY SANCHEZ a/k/a Pistol Boy consiglieri to the Viceroy Pontius Bremer I

His quote “ We are going to Kill the Shia Cleric Criminal Muqtada al-Sadr !! ”




"Senor" Sleeze Senor mouth piece for the Viceroy Pontius Bremer I

His quote, “We must “cleanse “ this country of the divisive elements” !





CENTCOM



“Big Bad” John Abazaid

The top US military commander in the Middle East, General John Abizaid, pictured at front,
suggested he is likely to ask for another extension of the current troop levels in Iraq (news - web
sites) and might ask for even more troops.(AFP/file/Joyce Naltchayan)

His quote “ We are winning they hate us for it,, we need just a few more troops to turn the
corner”.




Gen. BLUE SUIT MEYERS puppet boy, US military catamite, appointed by Cheney Caesar in
the year of Our Lord 2001

His quotes “Duh, we are winning” and on the increased violence that flared up this month is "a
symptom of the success that we're having here in Iraq"



Also on the subject of Fallujah "We went in because we had to find the perpetrators and what
we found was a huge rat's nest that is still festering today. It needs to be dealt with,"

And last Again for His Encore Performance.

Viceroy Pontius Paul Bremer I














Viceroy Pontius Bremer (w/red tie, blue shirt) of the Amerikan Province of Eastern Iraq-Nam

With his Praetorian Mercenary Guard

Appointed by Cheney Caesar in the year of Our Lord 2003

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:thumbsup:

It's entirely appropriate to put it all into an imperialist perspective. Seeing it for what it really is...

It helps pull things together much better. Thanks for taking the time to supply the perspective.

Although, sometimes DAY TWO needs to be repeated a couple of times (also known as tapdancing).

They died from aircraft "fire". Which apparently doesn't mean shooting?

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"They may have died from some of the fire that came from the aircraft,"

--cut--
did not "not shoot women and children."

what sort of BS rationalization is this they are now spewing.

they are the worst of the worst. Targeting women from a safe position in a plane in a country without anti-air is the worst sort of cowardly act. We all know what kind of violent mindless person would take an oath to kill for Bush in the Army, but at least they face an opponent on more equal footing.

Looks like the old "nobody goes out in the desert" bullshit has fallen flizzat.

:shrug: These are War Crimes. Period. They're an occupying force continuing to behave like they're attacking some defensive military force. It's totally insane that this continues. These are War Crimes.

Even when they are faced with undeniable facts they still can't honestly retract their position.

This is disgusting. These liars should be mercilessly hounded whenever possible. We, as Americans, must redeem ourselves through our struggle against this evil.

People around the globe are getting sick of the step-by-step spin: deny in whole, deny in part, admit in part, never admit in whole.

:puke:

Every single day!!!!

:grr:

difference and big lie.

"Four or six women may have died. I can't remember."

WTF?????

These are human beings. Couldn't he even pretend a little that he might give a shit about the lives we're snuffing out?

little engagement?