Iraqi government denies killing civilians in Baghdad

[bemildred]

You can't make this shit up.

BAGHDAD, May 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The Iraqi government on Monday denied reports that the Iraqi National Guards killed 13 civilians in Baghdad's northern neighborhood, accusing terrorists wearing military uniforms of involving in the execution." The reports which said the Iraqi army killed the 13 civilians in Baghdad's Shaab district are not true," Sadoun al-Dulaimy, the Sunni Defense Minister told reporters at a press conference in Baghdad.

"Terrorists wearing military uniforms committed the killing of13 people and let two of them alive to sent a massage to their families that the killers were Iraqi soldiers," Dulaimy said. The minister also announced that he had ordered all the Iraqi army units "not to detain clerics or search worship houses and universities." ]]

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"The detainees' families said they were kidnapped by the Iraqi forces and shot in the heads with hands tied behind their backs," he added.

"We have been informed lately that a force of the National Guards surrounded and searched the hospital in central Baghdad for the two survivors. The soldiers managed to arrest one of them but the other escaped," said Dhari.

China view

[merwin]

1. LOL. Terrorists are the ones wearing military uniforms? :-) So true...

[UpInArms]

2. question for Sadoun al-Dulaimy:

When did you stop beating your wife?

[rodeodance]

3. all sides have their proaganda machine in full swing. It is diffeicult to

what actually happened (in many cases).

[Career Prole]

4. The Iraqi government has *always* denied killing civilians.

Oh...wait a minute...that story's not about saddam!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. The more things change the more they stay the same. n/t

[Tempest]

6. Funny how these stories started popping up

Soon after Negroponte took control over the U.S. embassy and security training in Iraq.

[bahrbearian]

9. It worked pretty good in El Salvador.

and he got away with it too. Sick Bastard.

[Zorra]

7. "Man convicted of shooting 26 people in McDonalds claims he didn't do it"

(BS News Network)
Despite being caught wielding an Ak47 on videotape, a man....
(Totally:sarcasm:)

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. Who but the "Iraqi National Guards" would have the opportunity

to do such a methodical job of executing those people and then actually dig a grave for them. I doubt that "insurgents" would have bothered to rent or get access to a backhoe, somebody would have started asking questions, I think.