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[UpInArms]

some type of "shooting order" - (my words)

see:

http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-11/07/article08.shtml

U.S. Forces Open Fire On IOL Correspondent

BAGHDAD, November 7 (IslamOnline.net) - The U.S. occupation forces fired at an IslamOnline.net reporter while on duty taking photos at the scene of a Baghdad explosion Friday, November 7.

The shooting spree began when Imam El-Leithy and his aide rushed to the area where they have just heard the blast, some 500 meters nearby, on the highway of the western Baghdad neighborhood of Al- Ghazaliya.

"They deliberately opened fire on us in a quick succession," El-Leithy recalled, adding that U.S. armored vehicles litter the highway to provide protection for their patrols, regularly passing by.

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