US Raids Kill Family of 6 in Rebel-Held Iraqi City (new info - plz read)

[darknemus]

link : http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20041020/ts_nm/iraq_dc

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes killed a family of six in raids against rebels led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, while a top international aid agency suspended Iraq (news - web sites) operations on Wednesday after its manager was kidnapped. (snip..)

A Reuters witness saw a man and a woman and four children, two boys and two girls, being pulled out of the rubble of a razed home in the rebel-held city of Falluja, about 30 miles west of Baghdad.

(snip)

The U.S. military denied a family of six was killed, saying it launched four strikes against safehouses used by Zarqawi's fighters.

"Intelligence sources indicate a known Zarqawi propagandist is passing false reports to the media," it said in a statement.

(snip)

Holy geez, am I reading this right? Is the U.S. Military blatantly lying here? I'm still in America? Damn November 2nd can't get here soon enough.

FYI, over on Metafilter, they're saying Reuters has video of this horrible act.

(Here's the MeFi link: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/36397 )

-darknemus

[proReality]

1. Apparently covering their asses...

involves a lot of lies.

[UpInArms]

3. Welcome to DU November_2!

:hi:

covering the asses in this maladministration would take more fabric than all the lies that they weave together.

[knowbody0]

2. it was mom dad and their four children

earlier today they reported an armed man was seen outside the home.this one was reported, imagine the unreported. thank you, it somehow feels as though our acknowledging these things is important.our nation's karma sucks.

[LynnTheDem]

4. And all the wedding parties killed by US attacks...

were all really insurgents, even those babies andyoung children.

OF COURSE the US military is blatantly lying.

Like they blatantly lie about the wedding parties and the many children they've killed in Afghanistan...until they're forced to admit & apologize (somewhat) for those deaths when the proof is shown to the world.