Jun 8, 2006
Reports that a 13-year-old Iraqi boy was killed by British troops in southern Iraq are being investigated, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed today.
A MoD spokesman confirmed that the department was aware of reports that the teenager was killed by baton rounds in Maysaan province yesterday and was looking into the matter. Two other Iraqi youngsters are also believed to have been shot in the incident, which occurred after a mob of Iraqis began throwing stones at the British troops as they dealt with a roadside bomb. The soldiers were aware that they had hit, but not killed, the two youths, but media reports from the region suggest they also fatally hit the other teenager. 'We are investigating the reports,' the spokesman said, adding that there was no further information available at the present time. The shots were fired in order to keep a security cordon that had been placed around the explosive device, he added, as well as to protect the group of about 100 Iraqis who had gathered. Such reports will not be welcomed by defence chiefs, who have already come under criticism this week for prosecuting three British soldiers accused of the manslaughter of a 15-year-old Iraqi in 2003. The three troops were all cleared of drowning Ahmed Jabber Kareem in Basra, southern Iraq, at a court martial in Colchester on Tuesday. Comment: The three British troops who were cleared last week of the "manslaughter" of an Iraqi boy walked free, depsite the fact that they had thrown him into the Tigris river and watched him drown. Par for the course for the conduct of American and British troops as they go about the process of "freeing" Iraq.
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8 June 06 WASHINGTON - The death of al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq came as more Americans than ever thought the war in Iraq was a mistake, according to AP-Ipsos polling.
The poll, taken Monday through Wednesday before news broke that U.S. forces had killed al-Zarqawi, found that 59 percent of adults say the United States made a mistake in going to war in Iraq - the highest level yet in AP-Ipsos polling. |
By DONNA CASSATA
Associated Press June 9, 2006 WASHINGTON - The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that many Americans perceive the alleged atrocities against Iraqi civilians by U.S. forces as isolated incidents while saying the U.S.-led invasion was a mistake, an unusual disconnect that sets this conflict apart from Vietnam.
The survey of 1,003 adults was completed Wednesday, shortly before the announcement that U.S. airstrikes had killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaida leader in Iraq, and the Iraqi parliament's approval of candidates for ministers in charge of the army and police. It remains to be seen how those events could affect opinion, especially among a public paying close attention to war dispatches. |
By BOB HERBERT
New York Times 06/08/06 For the smug, comfortable, well-off Americans, it doesn't seem to matter how long the war in Iraq goes on - as long as the agony is endured by others. If the network coverage gets too grim, viewers can always switch to the E! channel (one hand on the remote, the other burrowing into a bag of chips) to follow the hilarious antics of Paris, Britney, Brangelina et al.
The war is depressing and denial is the antidote. Why should ordinary citizens (good people, religious people, patriots) consider their role in - and responsibility for - the thunderous, unending carnage? Enough with this introspection. Let's go to the ballpark, get drunk and boo Barry Bonds. The nation is in deep denial about Iraq. |
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