Here are some shining examples of the way our military has chosen to “defend our freedoms”:
On October 23, 2006 a U.S. soldier or marine peered through the telescopic sight of his M24 sniper rifle and trained it on the face of Nora, a five-year-old Iraqi girl. Her pretty face was close enough to kiss. Instead, he squeezed the trigger and sent a 7.62 round slamming into her skull. The medical report read, “Nora sustained an explosive bullet injury to her head that smashed the skull bones and ruptured her cerebral membrane.” Nora survived the sniper’s bullet.
During the battle for Falluja in 2004, U.S. snipers positioned themselves on rooftops covering the entrance to the only hospital still in operation, creating what locals called “sniper alley.” Iraqi men, women, and children seeking medical treatment were fired on. Ambulances delivering patients and supplies were fired on. Unlike Nora, many did not survive the sniper’s bullet.
On May 30, 2006 Nabiha Nisaif Jasiam and her cousin, Saliha Mohammed Hassen were shot from behind by a U.S. sniper as they drove to Samarra General hospital. Nabiha was about to deliver her third child. Neither survived the sniper’s bullet.
No U.S. president or general or lowly lieutenant acknowledged, much less apologized, for these illegal and immoral shootings. No sniper was held accountable.
The wounds we have inflicted on the Iraqi people and their society are deep and penetrating. It will require generations to repair that society. One can only hope that a future US will do all it can to make amends for the terrible damage we have done to the Iraqi people.
UPDATE 05/26/08 07:15 AM EDT: Certain wingnut blogs have suggested that no corroborating reports exist for the report that two women, one pregnant, were shot dead outside the Samarra hospital. Such claims are, of course, utter bullshit:
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Cao
Prove it. Verify with time, date, military branch, the names, the people who filed the reports, and the dates of the after action reports.
If you can, I would be surprised.
This blog is so full of hate I’m surprised you haven’t killed yourself with your pathetic self-loathing for being a white guy when you’d like to be black – and for hating the military so much you pimp a story that has absolutely zero facts in it.
And then you have the nerve to call other people liars!
That old question – are you a man or a mouse…? Applies here, although i already know the answer to that question.
May God forgive you for being such a hateful self-loathing ugly freak.
May 24th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Cao
You’re as ugly on the inside as you are on the outside, and THAT is REALLY saying something.
May 24th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
meatbrain
As usual, Cao contributes a few spittle-flecked personal attacks — and nothing else.