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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I don't think it's clear, from these 2 articles, just who was driving or how many were in the car.
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Then it gets even more interesting. Sgrena, the wounded journalist, says there was no checkpoint. Military spokesman would not deny it. Who is telling the truth?
Again, the bottom line. Americans are routinely firing weapons in Iraq because Iraq remains that dangerous - as should happen when Bremmer even violated fundamental principles of war defined even in 500 BC. A BBC interview of two female Iraqi doctors at a confernce in Europe said life in Iraq had become worse. Why? Safety. Security. What good is democrary when you cannot even go safely in the street?
American troops routinely fire upon anything they consider a threat - including someone standing at the roadside talking on a cell phone. He might be triggering an explosive device. But again, the local US propaganda downplays how danagerous Iraq still remains and how many Iraqis die only because they might be a terrorist. What happened to Sgrena is normal in Iraq. Even in the south - Basara - are about two violent attacks per day. From the perspective of American troops, everyone is a probably enemy which is why so much 50 calibre rounds are routinely expended - 'into automobile engines' as warning shots.