Civilians Killed in Airstrikes in Iraq; 72 Killed, 8 Newborns, 27 Wounded

[grahamhgreen]

Airstrikes in northern Iraq have accidentally killed civilians, including seven newborns at a hospital. This would not be the first government strike against civilian targets, accidentally or purposefully. Overall, at least 72 people were killed and 27 were wounded. Those were the documented casalties. Security forces reported killing and injuring dozens of militants in Anbar province.

Iraqi warplanes bombed a Hawija hospital, leaving 18 dead and 16 wounded. Eight of the fatalities were newborns housed in a premature baby wing that collapsed due to the strike.

http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2014/09/06/civilians-killed-in-airstrikes-in-iraq-59-killed-27-wounded/?

[malaise]

1. They are just collateral damage

but when it's Americans killed, that's another story - terrorists and barbarians are the terms used.

[grahamhgreen]

3. 8 newborn babies! Think of what this does to rally the jihadists!

[malaise]

4. Precisely but

that's the part they continue to ignore.

[grahamhgreen]

5. “F*cking hell! When they do these bombings it creates more insurgents, that’s what creates them...

don't think of a bomb as going down there and destroying stuff, think of it as like a seed that goes into the ground, and grows insurgents out of it. It creates more terrorism, doing it.”

- Russell Brand

[malaise]

7. On the other hand

war and chaos are both very profitable for neo-cons and warmongers.

[jamzrockz]

10. I usually buy into the line

that American adventures in the Middle east create more insurgents. But this time around these terrorists came about because of US support for them. They have exactly the same goals as the US and right now, it is the removal of secular shia leadership in Syria. Then again the terrorists would have happily killed the innocent Iraqi civilians if they got to them first.

These guys just thrive of middle east instability and the pumping in of arms by western and gulf state countries. Sorry, bu this bombing will not create any extra insurgent or terrorist

[whatchamacallit]

6. "At least we didn't behead them"

Except for maybe the people whose heads ripped off as we were blowing their bodies to bits.

[malaise]

8. Remember they don't count - or so folks believe

They are collateral damage

[whatchamacallit]

9. American Dementia

Just wars, exceptable losses... Americans are forgetful, impressionable, irrational...

[Downwinder]

2. Have to stop marking targets with a red "X" in computer trainers.