Reuters: US forces fire on Iraq minibus, kill 4 - witnesses

[Eugene]

US forces fire on Iraq minibus, kill 4 - witnesses
23 Nov 2006 08:17:47 GMT
Source: Reuters

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BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (Reuters) - U.S. troops hunting a kidnapped American soldier
opened fire on a minibus, killing four passengers, during a raid on Baghdad's
Sadr City district on Thursday, police and witnesses said.

U.S. military spokesman Colonel Christopher Garver said the vehicle had ignored
signals and warning shots from U.S. soldiers who had blocked off the area as
they raided a house and seized five suspects. He had no casualty figures.

Residents told Reuters the passengers were workers and not militants. The four
dead were three young men and an older man, television pictures showed.

Eight people were also wounded when the vehicle was hit by a burst of machinegun
fire, the residents said.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23184407.htm

[saigon68]

1. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"We're winning their Hearts and Minds", he continued

[bigdarryl]

2. They just created four more family's of insurgents nice going guys