Can anyone tell me why, they would welcome us with flowers?

Iraqi girls clean up their home after a U.S. raid in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Saturday, June 30, 2007. U.S. soldiers killed 26 suspected insurgents before dawn Saturday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the military said. Iraqi police and hospital officials said the victims were civilians killed in their homes. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Two US Soldiers Charged With Murder Of Iraqis

AP HAMID AHMED June 30, 2007 08:42 AM
American soldiers rolled into Baghdad's Sadr City slum on Saturday in search of Iranian-linked militants and as many as 26 Iraqis were killed in what a U.S. officer described as "an intense firefight."
But residents, police and hospital officials said eight people were killed -- all civilians in their homes, and angrily accused U.S. forces of firing blindly on the innocent. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned the raids and demanded an explanation for the assault into a district where he has...LinkHere

US Soldiers "Firing Blindly" on Civilians

"American soldiers rolled into Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City slum on Saturday in search of Iranian-linked militants and as many as 26 Iraqis were killed in what a US officer described as 'an intense firefight,'" writes Hamid Ahmed of the Associated Press.