our troops act nasty even in the green zone

http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8224287


Iraqi Lawmaker Says U.S. Soldier Grabbed His Throat


An Iraqi lawmaker accused a U.S. soldier of grabbing him by the throat and shoving him to the ground Tuesday after he parked his car in Baghdad's Green Zone.

Fattah al-Sheikh, an independent, said he had parked his car before a session of parliament when U.S. troops approached him and told him he didn't have the right permit.

He said a soldier then kicked his car, insulted him and grabbed him by the throat with both hands as others looked on, before tying his hands behind his back with white plastic cuffs and shoving him to the ground.

"I don't speak English and so I said to the Iraqi translator with them, 'Tell them that I am a member of parliament,' and he replied, 'To hell with you, we are Americans,"' Sheikh told parliament, fighting back tears as he recounted the story.

The U.S. military said it was investigating the incident.

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hearts and minds with each passing moment.

It's nothing else BUT.

We're not over there for ONE benefit of the Iraqis.

Every colonizing power has to lie to their people so they will happily send their kids to the front line.

Has it ever been different?

and there was a freeper spouting off about how this guy was wrong..i wonder how long this freeper lasted.
i bet the military is investigating...you know what is worse is that these guys maybe living on your block?

Isn't this how the British ruled India for hundreds of years? They're trying to turn Iraq into the American Raj, using much the same barbarian tactics.