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Iraq-Jordan
Danish Soldiers Kill Iraqi at Checkpoint
2004-05-07
Danish soldiers killed an Iraqi man after the truck he was driving didn't slow down as it approached their checkpoint, the military said Friday. The soldiers, part of the nearly 500-man Danish military contingent in Basra and nearby Qurnah, 250 miles southeast of Baghdad, were manning the checkpoint when the shooting happened. A spokesman for the Army Operational Command said the soldiers fired warning shots at the truck to make it slow down.
"Halt!"
When it didn't, they opened fire, killing the driver.
BANG! "We said halt, dammit!"
A passenger in the truck escaped.
Good fire discipline, poor judgment.
Danish military officials didn't say what the truck was carrying but said a team would investigate the matter.
Posted by:Steve

#9  Z. I've been to Solvang, and yes they are tasty.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-07 7:09:01 PM  

#8  "That Iraqi try to steal our milderpoese."

It's spelled "medisterpolse" and they're quite tasty too.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-05-07 7:06:57 PM  

#7  I'm sure there will be a followup article linking the shooting to the scandinavian beer-drinking episode posted yesterday.

Anyone know how to send a case of lager to Fajullah?
Posted by: Mercutio   2004-05-07 3:55:27 PM  

#6  The truck contained not only a dead Iraqi, but also a load of pastry, and sausages from back home. Those Danes are probably hungry and homesick. "That Iraqi try to steal our milderpoese. I haven't had any good sausage in months."
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-07 10:59:13 AM  

#5  Mr Davis - from the Latin "barbarinus" and Greek "barbaros," themselves derivations of the Proto-Indo-European 'barbar,' meaning "strange, foreign, ignorant" and thought to originate as a derogatory immitation of the babbling of foreigners who didn't speak the language. Thus, people and/or behavior who are not like "us," therefore foreign, strange, bad, possibly dangerous.

Woops. Sorry. Librarian attack under control now.

Sofia the Imperial Librarian
Posted by: Sofia   2004-05-07 10:57:41 AM  

#4  Typical Viking barbarity.

Where does that word barbarity come from, anyway?
Posted by: Mr. Davis   2004-05-07 10:46:39 AM  

#3  Shoulda got those brakes fixed yesterday...
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2004-05-07 10:12:58 AM  

#2  Abuse! Torture! HUMILIATION!!!!!!
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-05-07 10:03:05 AM  

#1  "It's carrying a dead Iraqi"
"Brilliant Holmes!"
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-07 10:00:48 AM  

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