Police open fire on Iraq crowd -witnesses

[Barrett808]

Police open fire on Iraq crowd -witnesses
28 Jun 2005 08:49:11 GMT
Source: Reuters

SAMAWA, Iraq, June 28 (Reuters) - Police opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa on Tuesday wounding seven protesters, including one man who was shot in the head, witnesses and hospital staff said.

Four policemen were also injured by stones, doctors said.

Nearly 2,000 unemployed Iraqis were demonstrating in central Samawa because they had not been given jobs in the police in Samawa, 270 km (170 miles) south of Baghdad.

Protesters threw stones and police opened fire, first with warning shots and then shots aimed into the crowd, Reuters reporter Hamid Fadhil said from the scene.

Reuters photographer Mohammed Amin said he saw four demonstrators wounded, one of them hit by a bullet to the head.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28666571.htm

[maddezmom]

1. wonder if * will mention this progress in his speech tonight n/t

[Goldmund]

3. Hahahahaha good one

[maddezmom]

6. good thing the speech is on the War in Iraq not Aghanistan.....

or wlse he might have to mention the helicopter that is down with no word on casualties. :sad:

[bobo4u]

14. Actually, he'll spin it to prove his point...

...that "the Iraqis want to join the coalition to fight the insurgency so much, that the American troops have had to use 'unusual measures' to control their enthusiasm. This simply proves that Iraqis want freedom so bad, that they're willing to die for it."

See how easy it is?

[Atman]

2. Why doesn't the media ever report all the GOOD killings going on?

Sheesh. Always so negative.

[Dr Fate]

4. I want to hear POSITIVE news about Iraq so more Republicans will enlist.

What is this shit???

[JuniperLea]

5. my fear is this will be just like home

that the US will soon have the same 'progress' as iraq... you know, where we all get shot up for demonstrating?

[NNN0LHI]

7. Wonder if the DynCorp mercs trained these police? n/t

[pocket]

9. training police is always a good thing

according to some one this board.

These guys are thugs, and so are the American Dyncorp mercenaries who train them.

[Occulus]

11. SIGH

I think I got that one nixed. Dammit. I didn't intend that.

Maybe I should just read and not post from now on. Jesus Christ.

edit: I wasn't of that particular opinion. Just sayin'.

[TahitiNut]

18. Isn't it nice that the Clinton/Gore police initiative ...

... has some use? After all, when Bush/Cheney eliminated the additional funding for 10,000 police thos people had to do SOMETHING with their training (and work to eat). Imagine how many of them (1,000) now can "earn" $120,000/year tax-free working for DynCorp while the taxpayers pick up the deficit spending at a 50% overhead for corporate profits and life insurance!

Let's see, 150% x 1,000 x $120,000 = $180,000,000

Chickenfeed, right? :puke:

[zapp]

8. Freedom on the March, right?

[Karenina]

10. WHY are Amerikkkans

and their stooges killing Iraqi citizens?

[NNN0LHI]

15. And what are we doing with all the dead bodies?

They must be piling up somewhere after over two years of this shit.

Don

[Karenina]

17. Don, my neighbors are from Iraq

The cell phone rings... :cry::cry::cry:

[daleo]

12. It says they want jobs in the police

Jobs must be scarce if people riot to join the police. I am not sure I believe this explanation, though.

"Foreign troops, apparently from British or Australian units which operate in the area of southern Iraq, observed the violence from the roof of a local authority building.

There was no sign of Japanese troops, 550 of whom operate from a base in Samawa, conducting civil reconstruction work."

[Javaman]

13. Good thing we got rid of Saddam, huh?

[RamboLiberal]

16. Yeah - certainly a big improvement over Saddam

NOT

[lumpy]

19. Democracy at work.

x

[IndianaGreen]

21. No shit!

They should play Chimp's speech alongside the pictures of the people shot by the police.

[VegasWolf]

20. Monkey see what chimpanzee do. nt