Iraqis weigh limits on U.S. military

[Flabbergasted]

Source: LA Times

Iraqis weigh limits on U.S. military
By Christian Berthelsen---Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 23, 2007


Leaders of parliament may seek to restrict American operations in response to a rash of civilian casualties.

BAGHDAD — Leaders in the Iraqi parliament said Monday that they were taking steps to examine the U.S. military presence in Iraq with an eye toward possibly restricting the force's activities, in a continuing backlash over an American raid that Iraqi officials say killed 13 civilians.

Before the end of the year, the United Nations is expected to take up its annual reauthorization of a Security Council resolution that allows the presence of U.S. troops here. Iraqi leaders have complained that the U.S. military has used too much force in responding to attacks, leading to the deaths of civilians, and that the Americans have not coordinated enough with Iraqi forces.

The U.S. military maintained that it killed 49 "criminals" in the raid Sunday on Sadr City, a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the Iraqi capital, and was unaware of any civilian casualties. But journalists for Western news organizations, including The Times, saw the bodies of two children at the Imam Ali hospital who were killed in the attack and interviewed other children who were wounded.

The parliament speaker's office, which includes representatives from all three of Iraq's major ethnic groups, issued a statement Monday saying: "The Iraqi parliament condemns these violations that are against the basics of military work and human rights. . . . The Iraqi parliament is taking these negative violations seriously as it touches the life and dignity of Iraqis."


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[htuttle]

1. Why...that's just so CUTE!

The Iraqis are acting like they actually have some say in the matter!

I love puppet democracies when they're this age! They act so earnest about everything...

[Demeter]

2. Invite US to Leave, Please!

And ask the UN to prosecute Bush and Cheney as War Criminals.

[rockybelt]

3. To Iraqi leaders

Kick the U.S. military out! But, before you do that, kick Blackwater out! Then kick the American contractors that are bleeding every nickle out of your country! Kicking the military out of Iraq would sure fuck up W's plans wouldn't it?:crazy: