U.S. Raids Baghdad Slum; 26 Iraqis Die

Finally an honest headline! Looks like the Iraqi Government is tired of Bushco too...

Published: 6/30/07, 4:45 PM EDT
By LEE KEATH
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned a U.S. raid Saturday in Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City slum - a politically sensitive district for him - in which American troops searching for Iranian-linked militants sparked a firefight that left 26 Iraqis dead.

The U.S. military said all those killed in the fighting were gunmen, some of them firing from behind civilian cars. But residents said eight civilians were killed in their homes and angrily accused American troops of firing wildly during the pre-dawn assault.

Sadr City is the Iraqi capital's largest Shiite neighborhood - home to some 2.5 million people - making U.S. raids there potentially embarrassing for al-Maliki's Shiite-led government. The district is also the stronghold of the Mahdi Army, a militia loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who was once al-Maliki's ally.

"The Iraqi government totally rejects U.S. military operations ... conducted without prior approval from the Iraqi military command," al-Maliki said in a statement concerning the Sadr City raid. "Anyone who breaches the military command orders will face investigation."

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because apparently, n one else gives a damn about dead Iraqis... or the fact that it seems like the Iraq Government is getting fed up with the US over there..

Some truth finally coming out, and no one gives a damn... yet we wonder why our Country is in the shape it is today. It's because of APATHY!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1220006&mesg_id=1220006

And of course, this will not be shown on the evening news.

This is a blow for democracy! 26 Al Qaeda dead! Man, I have to admit I had my doubts but this recent Operation Everyone We Kill is Al Qaeda has me convinced of the righteousness of *our* cause.

Did you also read of the 30 Al Qaeda killed in Afghanistan?
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-06-30T122148Z_01_SP209249_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-AFGHAN-AIRSTRIKE-COL.XML

We are so good and noble, this has to be the first war were ZERO civilians have been killed. Thumbs up!

I care and have the deepest sympathy! :kick: