Iraqi General says US troops shot him

[Charlie Brown]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&summit=&storyid=2005-08-20T185841Z_01_WRI068199_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-GENERAL.xml

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi general who commands the country's border defence force was shot and wounded while driving in Baghdad late on Saturday and accused U.S. troops of firing on his car, police and hospital sources said.

The report could not be confirmed directly with the general; a U.S. military spokesman said he was unaware of an incident.

[achtung_circus]

weel

"a U.S. military spokesman said he was unaware of an incident."

Is that a new spin on "don't ask, don't tell"

[Straight Shooter]

1. I guess they mistook him for an Italian journalist. n/t

[ElectroPrincess]

2. Oh, too funny!

You slay me and have an apt screen name = Straight Shooter. Yah, watch out for those Italian negotiators. :P

Yep, all you hispanic as well as us folks will dark olive skin tone of various European heritages (France, So. Germany, Italy, etc), watch your back! And remember even if you do stop and cooperate, the Brits are authorized to pump 5-7 bullets into your brain pan.

Gotta love perpetual war? :shrug:

[Roland99]

3. Isn't this the 2nd General our troops have shot?

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. That'll teach him to wear a burka.

Now don't you feel silly?

[NNN0LHI]

5. That will teach him not to be caught driving while Iraqi n/t

[Voltaire99]

6. They had to shoot that general to save him.

But he'll thank them once his country's free to pile up personal debt, snort McDonald's, drive SUVs, attend megachurches, and vote for Tweedle Dum or Tweedle Dee every four years.

Eye on the prize, general!

[arewenotdemo]

10. LOL!

[mom cat]

7. And we wonder what is happening to their troop strength.

[Robeson]

8. I wonder what he knew/knows?

[DemoTex]

9. Cheney: "Last throes."

Yeah? I think not Mr. Dick. Your little war is now one of the biggest clusterfucks in the history or the world.