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Iraq
U.S. kills 800 in 3 weeks in Sadr city - Mostly Baby Ducks, Kittens and Bunnies
2008-04-26
U.S. occupation forces have killed more than 800 people, most of them innocent civilians, in their three-week long military campaign to subdue the Mahdi Army in Sadr City, the leader of Sadr movement in Baghdad said. Sheikh Salaman al-fariji ...
... who for some inexplicable reason is still alive ...
... said the troops have also injured more than 1,800 people and caused large-scale destruction of private property and the cityÂ’s rickety infrastructure. Fariji made the remarks as he accompanied a delegation of 20 members of parliament on a tour of the impoverished city home to more than 2 million people.

U.S. troops have imposed a tight embargo on the city and bombing by war planes and helicopter gun ships in the densely populated Baghdad neighborhood continued even during the MPsÂ’ tour.

Falah Shanshal, an MP, said the group would write to the parliament to lift the siege of Sadr City and reach a peaceful solution to the standoff with Mahdi Army.
Good luck with that.
Mahdi Army is the military wing of Sadr movement which has 30 deputies in parliament. “The MPs were shocked by the scale of damage,” said Fariji.

Shanshal said: “The people of Sadr City undergo horrific humanitarian conditions as a result of U.S. military operations and embargo.”
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#5  Poor illegally armed militias who oppose democracy and decency.
Posted by: Crolusing tse Tung2778   2008-04-26 20:26  

#4   Mostly Baby Ducks, Kittens and Bunnies

Some of you are, no doubt, sadly shaking your heads at this terrible news. As for me, I see great opportunites for my newly formed baby ducks, kittens and bunnnies exporting business.
Posted by: SteveS   2008-04-26 16:55  

#3  They sure don't act like brave freedom fighters that are winning.
They act more like craven douche-nozzles that know their time is short unless they find some friends to put a stop to this.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-04-26 10:02  

#2  No, that means they successfully recovered their weapons.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-04-26 08:17  

#1  U.S. occupation forces have killed more than 800 people, most of them innocent civilians

Does it mean no virgins for them?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-04-26 07:34  

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