two men and a woman were shot down at the gate as they tried to surrender

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US raid kills 7; Iraqis say they were civilians

<snip>According to the U.S. command, troops acting on tips surrounded a house believed to be holding the suspected insurgent leader. They called for those inside to surrender during an hourlong standoff, but opened fire when an armed man appeared in a doorway, killing the main suspect, the command said.

The troops then called in an airstrike that killed three other suspected insurgents and three women, the military said, adding that an Iraqi child was pulled from the rubble and taken to a U.S. base for medical treatment.

Most of the house was demolished and a pair of women's slippers lay near bloodstained ground, according to AP Television News video. Relatives wept as blanket-covered bodies were loaded onto pickups to be driven to the hospital.

“Sadly, this incident again shows that the AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq) terrorists repeatedly risk the lives of innocent women and children to further their evil work," a military spokesman, Col. Jerry O'Hara, said.

Iraqi police and hospital officials put the death toll at eight and some said two men and a woman were shot down at the gate as they tried to surrender.

Police Capt. Mohammed al-Douri, who reported five men and three women killed, said one of the dead was Ali Hassan Ali, a truck driver. Ali called the police station about 2 a.m. to say U.S. troops had surrounded the house and opened fire, al-Douri said.

>>>U.S. airstrikes and conflicting claims about civilian deaths have been common throughout the war, prompting public outrage and underscoring the challenges faced by American forces fighting enemies who live among the population and don't wear uniforms.>>>

Is it possible that they "live among the population" because they *are* the population?

"Is it possible that they "live among the population" because they *are* the population?"

We started this war on a lie and continue this war with lies.

kill, kill, kill and plunder all resources at home and abroad - that's the Bush doctrine.