Iraqis Say U.S. Soldiers Steal During House Raids

Killarney

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Tue May-25-04 11:29 AM
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Iraqis Say U.S. Soldiers Steal During House Raids

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040525/ts_nm/iraq_raids_dc_1
Besides the prisoner-abuse scandal, there is another, more pervasive problem Iraqis say they suffer daily at the hands of U.S. troops -- theft of money and other property during aggressive American raids.

Iraqis say the raids often target the wrong people, are carried out in an aggressive, even destructive manner and complain that lifetime savings, precious jewelry and family heirlooms are regularly stolen in the process.

"...the Americans are creating enemies by the score."

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Bandit

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Tue May-25-04 11:36 AM
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1. Let's see we Loot ~ Rape ~ Pillage

Genghis Khan had nothing on the new Amerika. :shrug: Ain't Amerika Grand?

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prodigal_green

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Tue May-25-04 11:39 AM
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2. Probably raiding the fridge too, since they aren't being fed

Edited on Tue May-25-04 11:39 AM by prodigal_green

properly by Brown & Root.

I'm not dismissing their behavior, but good leadership should be able to keep this sort of stuff to a minimum. I suspect that there is a feeling among soldiers that there is utter chaos in the upper eschelons, so what the fuck, every man/woman for him/herself.

An Army of One.

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Killarney

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Tue May-25-04 02:01 PM
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3. You're probably right.

It stems from poor leadership.

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