Iraq Police Chief Says U.S. Army Gunned Down Family (Frthr descrepancies)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - The police chief investigating the deaths of an Iraqi family gunned down in their car in northern Iraq said on Monday he was convinced U.S. troops were responsible, although the army has denied involvement.

Tensions have been rising in Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, since the bodies of the family were found on a nearby highway on Saturday. Coalition forces said the bodies were of a man, a woman and a child. General Mazhar Taha al-Ganaim, police chief of Salahaddin province, said four people were killed -- two men, a woman and a nine-year-old boy.

A fifth man who survived and was taken to Tikrit hospital has told local soldiers the car was fired on by a U.S. Army convoy. Mazhar said he had interviewed other witnesses and was "100 percent" sure this was true.

"The civilian car tried to by-pass the convoy. Because they tried to by-pass, they (the army) opened fire," Mazhar said, through an interpreter. The machine gunner on the rear vehicle of the convoy must have suspected the car posed a threat, he said. The Army's 4th Infantry Division (4ID) which patrols the area has denied any of its forces were involved in the attack. But a spokeswoman for the 4ID said other troops could have been involved.

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[TolstoyAndy]

1. lies

This is obviously Not True, because it contradicts what the US Army says.

Also, I have heard nothing about it on Radio-Managua-on-the-Potomac (NPR), which always reports whatever is embarassing to the US.

Did I mention I'm in a hospital for my sarcasm disorder? And that it's way past time for my meds?

:nuke: :puke: :mad: :mad:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. LOL.... My favorite way of tagging US Army statements and reports:

From the cast and crew of Saving Private Lynch.

Kinda says it all.

[Just Me]

2. So, they were merely trying to go around an envoy,...

is the gist I get from this particular article.

[TolstoyAndy]

3. Passing on the hwy = death sentence

welcome to the new free Iraq.

Of course, this is all the fault of the resistance,
we'll hear if such stories make it to the media:
if no one fought for their country to be free of foreign occupation, "we" wouldn't have to kill them.