Firefight Breaks Out on Baghdad's Haifa Street

[leftchick]

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3847749

US troops fought a running gunbattle today with insurgents along Baghdad’s busy Haifa Street, sending passers-by scurrying for cover and forcing stores to close down, witnesses said.


The fighting broke out after armed rebels appeared on the street, saying they were hunting for Iraqis collaborating with the occupation forces. Witnesses said they killed a man they said was working for the Americans.

The US military had no immediate comment.

Haifa Street, a thoroughfare running through central Baghdad, has been the scene of frequent clashes between US troops and resistance fighters.

[izzie]

1. These people are going to start thinking Saddam was peaceful

I think we have lost it.

[leftchick]

2. I believe they already do....

security without 'freedom' is looking a lot better to Iraqis these days.

[KingChicken]

3. Liberty or death?

I don't care what we do from here in Iraq, no matter what, there will never be a full presence of freedom or democracy as long as the U.S. war and propaganda machine is around.