BBC shows what “sensationalist” US media will not. The photos was taken just after two Iraqi parents were killed in the front seat of their car by US troops for not seeing “hand signals” at an ad hoc checkpoint; their six children were in the back of the car.
“If anyone gets too close to us we fucking waste them,†says a bullish lieutenant. “It’s kind of a shame, because it means we’ve killed a lot of innocent people.†–The Economist, Dec. 29th 2004 article about US tactics on the ground in Iraq
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