US Troops Using An Iraqi Home in Ramadi as an 'Outpost'?

Wtf? Where is the family that should be living there?



U.S. Marines and U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division rest in an Iraqi home used as an outpost in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Elsewhere, the U.S. military recovered the bodies of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers missing and reportedly kidnapped, and Iraqi officials said the Americans were first tortured and then killed in a 'barbaric' way. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)



U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Lowe, of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, from the 101st Airborne Division, smokes while resting in an Iraqi home used as an outpost in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Elsewhere, the U.S. military recovered the bodies of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers missing and reportedly kidnapped, and Iraqi officials said the Americans were first tortured and then killed in a 'barbaric' way. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)



A U.S. Army soldier from the 101st Airborne Division reads during a quiet moment in an Iraqi home used as an outpost in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Elsewhere, the U.S. military recovered the bodies of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers missing and reportedly kidnapped, and Iraqi officials said the Americans were first tortured and then killed in a 'barbaric' way. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

in the 'guest quarters' at abu-ghraib

I hope these troops haven't forgotten that with respect to Iraqi civilians.

...are spread over a reasonably large area, and possibly across the outside walls of the building.

Like they owned the place. It's what you used to see during the German occupation of France.

...another Geneva Conventions violation if I'm not mistaken. The propaganda is pretty thick too-- note that each caption contains the completely unrelated information "Elsewhere, the U.S. military recovered the bodies of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers missing and reportedly kidnapped, and Iraqi officials said the Americans were first tortured and then killed in a 'barbaric' way."

...RPG-toting 'insurgent' to drive around Ramadi, looking for an apartment with a big yellow tapestry hanging in the window? I guess neither the troops nor the photographer think much about basic operational security.

Already knows where it is.

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

:(