US forces fired blindly on the innocent

BAGHDAD (AP) -- American soldiers rolled into Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City slum on Saturday in search of Iranian-linked militants and as many as 26 Iraqis were killed in what a U.S. officer described as ''an intense firefight.''

But residents, police and hospital officials said eight civilians were killed in their homes and angrily accused U.S. forces of firing blindly on the innocent. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned the raids and demanded an explanation for the assault into a district where he has barred U.S. operations in the past.

Separately, two American solders were charged with the premeditated murder of three Iraqis, the U.S. military said Saturday. And in Muqdadiyah, 60 miles north of the capital, police said a suicide bomber blew himself up near a crowd of police recruits, killing at least 23 people and wounding 17.


"A huge bomb explosion followed by a hail of gunfire and grenades killed five U.S. soldiers, the military said Friday. The attack climaxed the deadliest three-month period for the Americans since the war began." Bush Said Just the Other Day that the "Surge" Was Going Well. He Must Have Meant the Surge of Our GIs Being Killed in Record Numbers Because No One Will Impeach Him and Cheney for High Crimes, Misdemeanors and Egomaniacal, Sociopathic, Grand Delusional Behavior.

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US forces fired blindly on the innocent

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turkey likes to say hi-they want to get even concerning human rights I guess