Iraq: 5 school kids killed by convoy

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD - Five school children were killed Tuesday after being struck by a car in the convoy of a top judicial official during a chaotic gunbattle with checkpoint guards, police and hospital officials said.

The children, ages 6 to 10, were hit by the car during an exchange of gunfire between the official's security team and Iraqi police who opened fire after the convoy failed to stop at a checkpoint in central Baghdad.

The police and hospital officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they feared reprisals, said the children were heading to school about 8 a.m. in the al-Salhiyah district near the Foreign Ministry compound.



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[patrice]

1. I want to say "God forgive us" but I can't.

It feels like that would minimalize this horror.

:cry:

[DemoTex]

2. "Kafkaesque" would be an understatement.

So bizarre on so many levels.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kafkaesque

[saigon68]

3. Just another day in Paradise

She calls out to the man on the street
sir, can you help me?
Its cold and Ive nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?

He walks on, doesnt look back
He pretends he cant hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there

Oh think twice, its another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, its just another day for you,
You and me in paradise

[DemoTex]

5. BTW Saigon68: Saigon was never as bad as Baghdad (IMO).

I've been reading all written about Tet-68 in prep for the 40th anniversary (two weeks hence), and except for Tet and sporadic terrorism, Saigon was E-Z! I loved Saigon in the later years (70-71). I'm getting ready for a trip back, too!

[sabra]

4. "gunfire between the official's security team and Iraqi police "

:crazy:

[DemoTex]

6. Refer to dictionary link in post #2.

Kafkaesque.

[maddezmom]

7. I'm thinking of a simpler term

Clusterf*ck

[annm4peace]

8. what is one more child... probably over million have died already

all blood on our hands

[DemoTex]

9. The US right-wing says that the UK "Lancet" study is wrong.

But the US R/W offers no numbers in rebuttal. Specious argument. A big "F" on that!

[xchrom]

10. on point, demotex

kafkaesque.