Regarding Civilian Deaths in Iraq

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On Thursday, the U.S. military admitted that it had killed five women and four children in a raid by fighter jets on a house in the small Iraqi village of Babahani on Tuesday. (The Pentagon had initially reported only that "seven suspected insurgents" had been killed in the airstrike on the civilian neighborhood.)

A statement issued by the occupation force explained the attack thusly:


"Structures in the area have historically been found to be used as safe houses for Al-Qaeda. Coalition Forces searching a nearby house located (bomb)-making material including command wire, batteries and timers."


At this point, we must, reluctantly, take issue with the statement of the unnamed military spokesperson. With all the due respect and deference now mandated by the United States Senate toward each and every military official, we must politely insist that it is not strictly correct to say that "structures in the area have historically been found to be used as safe houses for Al-Qaeda."

On the contrary. Historically, in this area there was never any presence of al Qaeda (or any group purporting to be allied with al Qaeda, or any group accused of being connected with al Qaeda) -- until the United States invaded and occupied Iraq.

So, even assuming the truth of the assertion that some structures in the area are now being used as safe houses by al Qaeda – and it would of course be disrepectful to point out the unfortunate lack of credibility that has, historically, attended assertions by U.S. government spokespersons in regard to Iraq – the fact remains that there would not be any al Qaeda in Iraq if not for the Commander-in-Chief who ordered the invasion and occupation.

Thus let us properly appportion the guilt for the murder of these innocent people, especially the children. It belongs, first and foremost, to George W. Bush. Then, from this most rotten of heads, it flows down through all those in the Administration who planned, promoted and carried out the war crime, and to all those outside the Administration who championed it, and to all those who, like the majority of Democrats in Congress, countenanced it and funded it (and do so still), and so on and on, coursing through the natural gates and alleys of the whole body politic, barking it about, most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust.

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1. Kill and Heal - US Marines taking out Iraqi bus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?eurl=&v=0Py_cMPyku4