Baghdad Violence (pic heavy)

[Giancarlo]

All well deserved. Anti-american forces will not prevail. They will all die.

[Tingkai]

People dancing should definitely be shot.

Besides, you'd think the Iraqis would learn that if they go out on the streets than the Americans will probably shoot them.

And one of these days, journalists will realise that the US has an obvious tendency to accidentally shooting them. Oops, they shot another one.

[notyoueither]

Those *****es will eventually learn.

[Tingkai]

And if they don't, it doesn't matter.

Unarmed civilians are always valid targets in a war zone.

[The Mad Monk]

But you only get the bonus points if you achieve the primary goal.

[dannubis]

i wonder if they will ever learn to stay inside when things start blowing up.

i don't approve of civilian casualties but if you go dancing on a burning vehicle full of ammo and fuel you're kinda asking for trouble.

[Chemical Ollie]

This will go on for years and years. Bring more body bags.

[MikeH]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1303827,00.html

This guy was lucky to escape the scene with his life.

Makes me sick.

It's a vicious cycle, Americans kill/injure loads of civilians, Iraqis kill Americans, Americans retaliate and kill/injure another load of unarmed civilians, Iraqis want to kill more Americans and cheer / dance when they do.

Anyone celebrating helicopter gunships slaughtering civilians should be ashamed of themselves. Did you stop and think why they were celebrating in the first place?

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Sandman
Still, with all the journalists in the area, you'd have thought that at least one of them would be able to corroborate this story that the helicopters came under attack.

Only if they weren't killed by the gunships.

[MikeH]

And none of those Iraqis in the pictures are armed.

[Tattila the Hun]

In the old days, when war raged on some area, people used to evacuate, not throw parties, dancing and whatnot.

I wonder, if a cartridge from the bradley ignited, and the apache pilot thought they were fired upon?

[DinoDoc]

Wonder if this will make them get further back while dancing around burning vehicles soon to be blown up. Morons.

[GePap]

And of course the chattering masses miss the point-no one in Iraq who does anything, for or against us, will say "dumb people-they deserved it". They will say "God damned American butchers".

So in the end, another PR hit, without any military significance for us whatsoever-hence a strategic defeat.

[MikeH]

Exactly.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Sandman
And who says that the gunships were fired on? The military. That's what they always say when civilians get killed; the crowd fired first. Of course, there's conveniently no way to prove that's what didn't happen.

Sure there is. Listen to the tape that was being filmed when the Bradely was fired upon by the helicopter. Hmmm, no gun fire. Guess the military's lying.