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| Iraqis Blame U.S. for Massacre of Children | |
| 2004-10-02 | |
Families of the 35 children who died in a string of bombings in Baghdad blamed American troops for the tragedy, accusing them of attracting insurgents to a ceremony where the attacks occurred.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 I'm sure they think Israel is our fault too. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-10-02 9:30:59 PM |
| #12 Not everything is our fault. After all, there is Israel. |
| Posted by: jackal 2004-10-02 9:23:09 PM |
| #11 Iraq is still thoroughly infiltrated by Saddam's social reformers(TM), some of whom make a living by doubling as journalists. Just as when Saddam held sway, ordinary Iraqis cannot refuse to answer Saddam's officials, even when they show up in the guise of journalists. No one wants to be killed as a "collaborator" for refusing to answer questions. When these questions are asked, what are they going to say? Whatever keeps more members of their families from being killed by Iraqi social reformers(TM). |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-10-02 7:14:05 PM |
| #10 It was our fault for passing out candy to children. We should have known, given the example of Beslan, that a crowd of children is too tempting a target for the Islamic extremists to pass up. I hope there is a special section of Hell reserved for these bastards where every one of their nerve endings is in excruciating pain for all of eternity. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-10-02 6:11:33 PM |
| #9 Al-Jizem got cranked up on that one. |
| Posted by: John 2004-10-02 5:50:20 PM |
| #8 I feel terribly bad for the children because they are too young to have sex with the 72 virgins. Oh, I know, maybe they can pass time by counting rasins. Nobody wants to feel bad for the Israeli children, hypocrite bastards. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-10-02 3:52:28 PM |
| #7 Ome of the interviewed is of course a Imam at a local mosque. When I got top to this point in the article early this am I quit reading. A pure propaganda peice. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-02 3:01:40 PM |
| #6 I think it's simply because they have a better chance to score cash for "their losses" from us then the terrorists. They really do show that they have no shame. |
| Posted by: 98zulu 2004-10-02 2:56:49 PM |
| #5 On reading the intro I knew at once that the journalist was either Muslim or Middle Easterner. My first supposition was that the article was written by Reuters or AP. I was right in both cases. Both organizations simply do not use "Western" journalists in Iraq. The present situation is similar to having Dan Rather as moderator in a Presidential debate. You already know on which side he will come down. |
| Posted by: Tancred 2004-10-02 10:38:36 AM |
| #4 Before you get your knickers in a bind, you overlooked the AP byline. Just what did you think they were going to file? The media is generally just a renamed Isvestia and Pravda, circa 1960-70s. First check who is the source before buying into the story. Next you'll be believing o'Dan again. |
| Posted by: Don 2004-10-02 10:30:59 AM |
| #3 Of course they're going to blame us. It's not as if we're really going to target their kids, and we aren't stopping the guys who will target their kids from doing so, and after the "multilateralists" win the election here, the Iraqis will have to live with the guys who target their kids, for the rest of their lives... |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-10-02 10:07:23 AM |
| #2 Yeah, couldn't see this coming... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-02 10:05:47 AM |
| #1 Well, of course it is. If we aren't doing something completely "evil," we didn't do enough when we did something good. F 'em. |
| Posted by: nada 2004-10-02 10:03:24 AM |