Three killed in US air strike in Iraq (man, two daughters, home destroyed)

[Barrett808]

Baghdad: US warplanes launched an attack Tuesday midnight killing three Iraqis in Al-Dolouieya, 90 km north of Baghdad, police source said.

Police captain Yassine Khalaf said an Iraqi was killed along with two of his daughters, one aged 12, when their house was entirely destroyed by US warplanes.

A police source in Tikrit said air raids were also launched on Tikrit, 180 km north of Baghdad, after US troops raided the area.

The source said no details were available on the scale of casualties.

http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=75163

[sasha031]

1. Oh Gawd

Will they ever forgive us, my guess is no. It is all so sad, the horror of it all.

[saigon68]

8. FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH

SCREECHED THE CHIMPANZEE

[MasonJar]

2. Why? What is wrong with this country? Are we truly heathens?

[OneBlueSky]

3. this is not "collateral damage" . . . it is a war crime . . . n/t

.

[tatertop]

6. The US Army: We Bomb Civilians... Because We Can

[MrPrax]

4. Well seems to have worked...

The Juan Cole strategy:

"I'm suggesting that the sort of tactics used in northern Afghanistan be retrofitted. The Northern Alliance fighters (surely not that much better than the current Iraqi army) accepted Special Ops embeds. They told the Special Ops guys where the Taliban positions were, and the GIs put lasers on the targets and called down smart air strikes on warlord HQs, tanks, etc. Once the Taliban positions were disrupted and their armor and machine guns taken out, the Northern Alliance could advance on cities like Mazar and take them, even on horseback. I think the same sorts of synergies can be deployed to protect, e.g., the Green Zone from the Sunni Arab guerrilla movement should it mount an aggressive army to march on parliament."

http://www.juancole.com/2005/10/cockburn-misrepresents-cole-alexander.html

So long as police captain and his two daughters were 'painted' by Special Ops, then bombs away and have the men "even on horseback" pop 'round for burial.

No much hope for Iraqis if EVEN liberal intellectuals see nothing wrong in discriminate saturation bombing...

[acmavm]

5. We do not bomb civilians. Haven't you been reading the

press releases from the military. They are highly accurate surgical strikes that only kill 'evildoers'. We got the smartest bombs in the world. In the universe. They can tell if you've been bad or good so be good for...wait, that's Santa. I was confused for a minute, but I'm okay now.

Get with the program.

[brentspeak]

7. This is not a credible source

No news agency or reporter is credited for this article.

[tencats]

9. dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur is the credited source here.

Link M&C News
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1071890.php/Two_would-be_suicide_bombers_arrested_Iraqi_army_kills_11

[HysteryDiagnosis]

10. Our smart bombs finished school.... why can't our fearless

leaders?? Too busy drinking and carrying on?? Perhaps.


http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0320/p06s01-woiq.html
'Smart bombs' move to center stage in US arsenal

By Seth Stern | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

As the US unleashes its opening salvo in Iraq, "smart" munitions, guided by lasers and satellite, are playing a lead role. Pentagon planners hope they will enable the US to hammer the Iraqi military while minimizing civilian casualties.
Such weapons are far more accurate than bombs guided by nothing more than gravity. In World War II, for example, it took 108 aircraft, on average, dropping 648 bombs to destroy a single target. By the time of the 2001 campaign in Afghanistan, 38 aircraft were able to hit 159 targets on the first night of bombing.