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2003-04-15 Iraq
US troops ’kill ten during Mosul protest’
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Posted by Murat 2003-04-15 09:27 am|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Murat = Cypriots Armenians Kurds... Kurdistan
Posted by anon1 2003-04-15 09:41:43||   2003-04-15 09:41:43|| Front Page Top

#2 pro american guy makes a speech

anti-americans, who beleive in using violence to stop speech they dont like gather. US troops allow them to do so.

Snipers shoot at US troops, US troops fire back.

Crowd, having learned intifada lessons, throws stones at nervous troops, who have just been fired on.

Troops fire at stone-throwers.

Incident blamed on Americans, by those who set up the whole thing for the very purpose of making Americans look bad.

Note - Mosul is hot button place, contested by Kurds and arabs, traditional recruiting area for Iraqi officer corps.
Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-15 09:47:31||   2003-04-15 09:47:31|| Front Page Top

#3 For one thing Murat There aren't many US troops in Mosul. Just Special Forces, so I doubt they did it. And how come only the aFP reported it. Something like that would be all oer the WEB. Especially from the leftist Guardian. I want to know more about this. Who actually did the firing (Perhaps Kurds). And secondly, if there is someone from the crowd firing perhap it was the guy fired from the crowd who dropped those people.
Posted by George 2003-04-15 09:48:58||   2003-04-15 09:48:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Doesn't this remind you of the riots in Venezuela last year?
Posted by Pink & Fluffy 2003-04-15 09:53:21||   2003-04-15 09:53:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Cypriots Armenians Kurds... Kurdistan
Posted by Frank G  2003-04-15 10:54:25||   2003-04-15 10:54:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Wasn't this reported by Baghdad bob?
Posted by Cyber Sarge  2003-04-15 10:04:57||   2003-04-15 10:04:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Nothing to see here...troll, etc.

Funny how Murat's posts come less and less frequently.

Why's that Murat? Difficult to find the anti-American news you so sorely desire?
Posted by mjh  2003-04-15 10:06:21||   2003-04-15 10:06:21|| Front Page Top

#8 The same article, almost word for word, is on Sky News here. Again, nothing specific about US forces firing on the crowd itself. It doesn't say anything about rock-throwing, or US forces shooting into the crowd.

I'm beginning to believe that "Murat" is a former Soviet Disinformation School graduate. Sure sounds like it, the way he twists stories to suit his purpose.
Posted by Old Patriot  2003-04-15 11:10:52||   2003-04-15 11:10:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Turkish agents provocateurs perhaps?
Posted by Hiryu 2003-04-15 11:40:01||   2003-04-15 11:40:01|| Front Page Top

#10 Does Murat know where the Iraqi information minister is hiding? It must also pain Murat that he is posting his anti-American propaganda using an American built computer.
Posted by RW 2003-04-15 11:59:03||   2003-04-15 11:59:03|| Front Page Top

#11 AFP is Agence France-Presse, so adjust your skepto-meters accordingly. I tend not to put too much weight on things French.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-15 12:48:18||   2003-04-15 12:48:18|| Front Page Top

#12 I appreciate that this is a news story as opposed to a pure opinion piece.

Tip for the rock throwers - if those guys with the guns get angry, you are toast.
Posted by flash91 2003-04-15 12:49:05||   2003-04-15 12:49:05|| Front Page Top

#13 aww...you americans...sticks ans stones!!!
Posted by Anonymo 2003-04-15 12:53:47||   2003-04-15 12:53:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Anonymo, what do you mean by "you Americans"?

Your pattern of language usage, diction, and tone, especially the typos you make, are very indicative of a US English speaker, albeit a fairly illiterate one.

So try better with your trolls. You're being way too obvious.
Posted by OldSpook 2003-04-15 14:18:58||   2003-04-15 14:18:58|| Front Page Top

#15 Yes, Anonymo - Sticks anD stones wil break our bones, but those rounds go in like a penny and out like a pizza.

Hmm. It doesn't have that certain flair that the original NURSERY rhyme has, but it will do for now.
Posted by Tadderly 2003-04-15 14:19:55||   2003-04-15 14:19:55|| Front Page Top

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