.What happened to me is happenning to many others.
"I wrote a post about what happened to me when an American soldier shot at me. That post bring a lot of comments from many Americans, some regret for that action, other tried to find an excuse or to justify it.If there were no eye witness, " he was alone in his car, no eye witness" how do they know he was shot by an American soldier?
But what happened yesterday, (Thursday) afternoon, about 5:00 PM is beyond justification.
My uncle, the only living one from my mother side, is about 80 years old, a healthy, handsome and well looking gentleman. He was in his way to bring his wife home; she was in visit to her parents, when he shot by American soldiers, he was alone in his car, no eye witness, several bullets penetrate his car, three of them penetrate his body, he died immediately.
Iraqi police were there, they found his ID, and his mobile, with phone list, they called my cousin, a university Prof. who went to the postmortem unit at the main hospital to receive the body, the American officer there told him "we are sorry."
It is as simple as this, they are sorry and every thing is settled, no problems, as far as the victim is an Iraqi."
A Citizen of Mosul
posted by madtom at 5:20 PM
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No I won't delete it! I myself have had the very same suspicion for a very long time, about the sniper waiting for a convoy to pass to waste a few bystanders. I had not said it out loud, for the obvious security reasons, but those reasons seem to have gone by the way side if the tactic is going to be used against us on a regular.
What's amazing to me is that we see reports of death from every part of Iraq, except the administration, and yet every time someone dies, it was an American bullet. You never hear that an insurgent killed my friend or family. Those insurgents must be very good at picking targets with no friends or family.
On his family connections, well that just another avenue from which his identity is compromised. Way back when I told his daughter not to give away her identity, to remain anonymous, to everyone, not just us foreigners. but she would not listen to me. She saw no need to keep her identity hidden from her Iraqi friends and bloggers. Now I am sure that they hold this over their heads. Can you imagine getting this e-mail. Hello Dr. xxxxx I love your blog, make sure you say the right things or else. So I feel that his position is compromised, that even if he wanted too he could not say anything else but tithe things you hear. That said I still feel that the blog has value, but to and extent.
Good luck with your "think tank", remember don't drink and drive.
Well if I had the choice I would chose a women's panties over my own underwear every time!
All forms of speech are welcome here
"You mean as in choice of torture headwear or everyday utility usage?"
Well of course I was speaking about torture, in my case there is no choice, the need for adequate support dictate my choice of undergarments. :)
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