Bush* Junta kills more civilians in hunt for Saddam

3 Iraqis Killed as G.I.'s Set Up Raid in Hunt for Hussein
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and ROBERT F. WORTH


BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 27 — American soldiers fired on a Toyota passenger car in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood late this afternoon, killing at least three Iraqis, as an American Special Operations team prepared to raid a nearby house in what an Iraqi policeman later described as an unsuccessful attempt to capture Saddam Hussein.

A military spokesman confirmed that the operation involved Task Force 20, which is leading the search for Mr. Hussein, but he declined further comment about what led to the raid and whether the troops had found any evidence that the deposed dictator had recently been there.

The shootings outraged local residents, who said the Americans had not offered adequate warnings before firing on the Toyota and on another car half a block away, in which three other people were wounded. The people in the Toyota were members of a family that lived near the site of the raid, said Qais Estefan Ibrahim, who said he was a neighbor.

Witnesses said two other people traveling in a sport utility vehicle had also been shot by soldiers who chased their vehicle after it left the scene. Other reports from a Baghdad hospital said a total of five Iraqis had died during the operation. - http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/international/worldspecial/28IRAQ.html?hp

I am crying for our country....

justifiable homocide?