Iraqi troops turn on American soldiers

happyending

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:31 PM
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Iraqi troops turn on American soldiers

Apache helicopters fire on Sadr supporters in Baghdad

"The fighting erupted when five trucks of US soldiers and the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) tried to enter the district and were attacked by Sadr supporters, Amid said.

Coming under fire, the ICDC, a paramilitary force trained by the Americans, turned on the US soldiers and started to shoot at them, according to Amid."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040405/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_shiites_baghdad&cid=1514&ncid=1473

Here's a page that'll give you some background on the ICDC.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/icdc.htm

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Walt Starr

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:32 PM
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1. And it's one, two, three what are we fighting for?

Don't ask me I don't give a damn.

NEXT STOP IT'S IRAQNAM!

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NewYorkerfromMass

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:33 PM
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2. Hmm... this sounds like Palestine:

"...US troops opened fire Monday wounding a child after a group of children stoned soldiers deployed outside the Karama police station, an AFP correspondent said. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040405/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_shiites_baghdad&cid=1514&ncid=1473

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metisnation

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:33 PM
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3. Looks like the turn over is starting to happen

Once again The Bush Crime family arms the Iraqis.

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MSgt213

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:36 PM
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4. What the fuck. We can't trust anybody there?

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truthspeaker

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:39 PM
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6. I think we can trust most Iraqis to fight for their country

Unfortunately, more and more of them are realizing that means fighting us.

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MSgt213

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:42 PM
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9. You got that right.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:38 PM
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5. Welcome to DU!

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Mari333

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:41 PM
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7. Bring the Troops Home Now

Bring our son home NOW
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com

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enough

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:42 PM
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8. A fresh nightmare to contend with.

Edited on Tue Apr-06-04 01:02 PM by enough

This is going to hell even faster than I thought.

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Az_lefty

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Tue Apr-06-04 12:52 PM
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10. This is really a bad sign...

Our best way out of this mess is turning it over to the Iraqi Army to subdue the wacko's. If their against us, forget it.

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