GI Special 4J25: The Slaughter Of The Firemen - October 25, 2006

Thomas F. Barton

GI SPECIAL 4J25:

Great Moments In U.S. Military History:
The Slaughter Of The Falluja Firemen
10.24.06 Reuters

U.S. troops pulled over a fire truck and killed four Iraqi firefighters in a case of mistaken identity on Monday after a report that a fire truck had been hijacked in western Falluja, the military said.

The firefighters, who U.S. troops first believed were armed insurgents, were responding to a call.

Ishikawa and Kuroshima would understand: insert troops into a hell on earth and there's no way to prevent atrocities. Yet the real fiends in their capital suites are never spattered with a single drop of blood. Solidarity, Z

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