U.S. drops 500-lb. bomb on wrong house, kills 14 - 7 of them children

[bobweaver]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050108/D87G57I80.html

[slor]

1. Just when you thought...

that the disaster could not get any worse.

[JoFerret]

2. Unforgiveable

.

[Xipe Totec]

3. This is news?

Let me know when they actually hit a terrorist, an enemy combatant, a dead-ender, or whatever the euphemism du jour is.

sheesh!

/outrage off

[efhmc]

4. Please amend this headline to day "GOP drops bomb...", not US.

I did not do it. I do approve of it and I refuse to take the credit or the blame!!!

[Just Me]

5. Breeding anti-americanism. Isn't that what is happening?

Did the neoconimperialists do this, breed anti-americanism, ON PURPOSE?

Or, were the neoconimperialists too freakin' self-involved in their radical, dysfunctional, power game to give a damn,...to actually anticipate how others would react to their bullydom?

One can only hope these buttwipes get precisely what's coming to them!!! They deserve nothing short of complete disgrace,...and deliverance to HELL!!

[NNN0LHI]

9. No, we are going to beat the Iraqis into submission

Every last man, woman, and child will learn to fear the most powerful military in the world.

At least thats what I think Chimpy's plan is?

Don

[arikara]

6. They were terraists

But just in case...

"Multi-National Force Iraq deeply regrets the loss of possibly innocent lives,"

[vpigrad]

7. And the thugs in green...

celebrate!

[hadrons]

8. I guess the pro-war folks will want to talk about how out troops gave ....

those kids bookbags before the bomb ... doesn't that "good news" more than balance this

[NNN0LHI]

10. Box of crayolas too n/t

[pinniped]

11. Yahoo reports at least five.

Such the optimists they are.

[Ilsa]

12. 7 kids. More than Andrea Yates can drown in one morning.

'Nuff said.

[underpants]

13. OUCH!

hey it's JUST a bomb

[Ilsa]

14. 7 kids killed by a sick immoral act vs 5

kids killed by a sick immoral act. The Yates kids were failed by their father and medical system. These 7 were failed by Bush and company.

[Massachusetts]

15. I can't tell if I'm awake

Tragedy doesn't subside.

[sonicx]

16. OPPS!

[Benhurst]

17. I wonder if Al Frankin has called the crew up to thank them

for their service.

[mulethree]

18. 500lb? gonna have collateral damage even if you hit the right house. n/t

[leftchick]

19. It's Fallujah all over again .....

This same fucking shit happened for months in Fallujah before the "offensive". God forgive AmeriKa!


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An Associated Press photographer said from the scene that 14 members of the same family - seven children, four women and three men - were killed, and six people were wounded, including another child in the house and five people from neighboring houses. By evening, all 14 victims had been buried in a nearby cemetery, Yousef said.

The U.S. military statement said coalition forces went to the area to provide assistance and said five people were killed. It said there was no other damage.



"Multi-National Force Iraq deeply regrets the loss of possibly innocent lives," the statement said, adding that an investigation was underway.

American troops recently sent more troops to Mosul, which has seen heavy clashes in recent weeks between insurgents and American forces. U.S. officials acknowledge the area is still too unsafe for the elections to take place there safely.

The election is the first democratic vote in Iraq since the country was formed in 1932, and the Sunnis are certain to lose their dominance to the Shiites, who comprise 60 percent of Iraq's 26 million people. Sunni leaders have urged the vote be postponed, largely because areas of Iraq where they dominate are far too restive for preparations to begin.

[Moderator]

20. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...