U.S. Kills 40 At Wedding

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The U.S., a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Maybe because we weren't invited? Maybe because our soldiers can't tell partygoers from terrorists? Or maybe because the Bush Re-Election War[TM] needed some fresh victims?

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(CBS/AP) A U.S. helicopter fired on a wedding party Wednesday in western Iraq, killing more than 40 people, Iraqi officials said. But the U.S. military said it could not confirm the report and was investigating.

Lt. Col Ziyad al-Jbouri, deputy police chief of Ramadi, said between 42 and 45 people were killed in the attack, which took place about 2:45 a.m. in a remote desert area near the border with Syria and Jordan. He said the dead included 15 children and 10 women.

Dr. Salah al-Ani, who works at a hospital in Ramadi, put the death toll at 45.

Associated Press Television News obtained videotape showing a truck containing bodies of people who were allegedly killed in the incident. Most of the bodies were wrapped in blankets and other cloths, but the footage showed at least eight uncovered, bloody bodies, several of them children. One of the children was headless.
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Tried to find my sock
No good it's lost
Something's gone wrong again
Need a shave
Cut myself need a new blade
Something's gone wrong again
And again and again and again again and
Something's gone wrong again
Something's gone wrong again

Tried to fry an egg
Broke the yolk no joke
Something's gone wrong again
Look at my watch just to tell the time
But the hand's come off mine
Something's gone wrong again
Something's gone wrong again
And again and again and again again and
Something's gone wrong again
Something's gone wrong again

Nothing ever happens to people like us
'Cept we miss the bus
Something goes wrong again
Need a smoke use my last 50p
But the machine is broke
Something's gone wrong again
Something goes wrong again
And again and again and again again and
Something goes wrong again
Something goes wrong again

[Solo]

Something goes wrong again
And again and again and again again and
Something goes wrong again
Something goes wrong again

Nothing ever happens to people like us
'Cept we miss the bus
Something goes wrong again
Need a smoke use my last 50p
But the machine is broke
Something goes wrong again
Something goes wrong again
And again and again and again again and
Something goes wrong again
Something goes wrong again

Turn up early in time for our date
But then you turn up late
Something goes wrong again
Need a drink go to the pub
But the bugger's shut
Something goes wrong again
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And again and again and again again and
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Something's Gone Wrong Again -- The Buzzcocks
 
Well theres no way we were gonna be outdone by the Israelies!!!



Israelis fire on crowds in Gaza

Dozens of injured were carried to hospital
Israeli troops have opened fire during a protest by Palestinian demonstrators in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza.
At least 10 people were killed and 60 injured, though some reports put the number of casualties higher.



http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3728681.stm


(cheap shot but I coulnd help myself. Plus Im suprisedno one has mentioned this story.)
 
Tmy said:
Well theres no way we were gonna be outdone by the Israelies!!!



Israelis fire on crowds in Gaza

Dozens of injured were carried to hospital
Israeli troops have opened fire during a protest by Palestinian demonstrators in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza.
At least 10 people were killed and 60 injured, though some reports put the number of casualties higher.



http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3728681.stm


(cheap shot but I coulnd help myself. Plus Im suprisedno one has mentioned this story.)
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Yeah, I just noticed that one. I'll stick around to see what sort of explanation Skeptic has for that one.
 
Obviously, we are becoming a "savage nation" and putting Micheal Savage's strategy into practice. You go for a wedding party 'cause you can get a lot of them, and it eliminates at least one breeding pair....afterall, they are sub-human (according to micheal Savage).
 
"Dr" Savage wouldn't know a sub-human even if he were looking into a mirror.

Edited to ad "n't"
 
Diogenes said:
A wedding at 2:45 a.m.?


Sounds to me, like we really have all the facts in this case..:rolleyes:
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possibly, and facts are confused on the ground over there, so we'll have to wait. If it is a wedding, it is surely a most unfortunate accident....however, to your point: I know that my wedding was still going strong at 2:30 am...when my bride and I left, and I am told it went to at least 6 in the morning. Of course, that was war-torn Detroit, so conditions were at least as bad as Iraq....
 
If the US keeps "freeing and liberating" these Iraqis from the tyranny of Saddam, soon there'll be no more Iraqis left.

Charlie (perhaps the helicopter pilot saw a WMD) Monoxide
 
headscratcher4 said:


possibly, and facts are confused on the ground over there, so we'll have to wait. If it is a wedding, it is surely a most unfortunate accident....however, to your point: I know that my wedding was still going strong at 2:30 am...when my bride and I left, and I am told it went to at least 6 in the morning. Of course, that was war-torn Detroit, so conditions were at least as bad as Iraq....
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I too was puzzled that someone would be surprised that a wedding would go long into the night.
Glad to see that you personally upheld Detroit's party rep.
"Ain't no party like a Detroit party, cause a Detroit party don't stop."
 
I recall the same thing happened in Afghanistan, where the wedding guests were shooting guns into the air and U.S. plane "returned fire". It might be a good Idea if the practice of shooting off guns for celebratory purposes be stopped while fighting is going on. Just a thought.
 
The Pentagon says it was a military operation on a safe house for enemy fighters. I wish it were easy to determine the truth in these things. Maybe I'm biased but at this point I'm leaning towards believing the US.
 
SRW said:
I recall the same thing happened in Afghanistan, where the wedding guests were shooting guns into the air and U.S. plane "returned fire". It might be a good Idea if the practice of shooting off guns for celebratory purposes be stopped while fighting is going on. Just a thought.
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Do you have a source for this one?

I'd be interested to know a few other things as well. Such as, how did the planes know they were being fired upon? Were the guns a notable risk (short of a lucky shot) to the planes? Could they not have confirmed their target before returning fire? Touchy-feely questions, I know, but remember the US does all it can to avoid civilian casualities. Or so they reckon.
 
I have a feeling when all is said and done the title of this thread will have two factual errors (body count and where it happened).


(please note: my stating the above does not deter from my opinion that GWB is the biggest douchebag ever)
 
Mr Manifesto said:


Do you have a source for this one?

I'd be interested to know a few other things as well. Such as, how did the planes know they were being fired upon? Were the guns a notable risk (short of a lucky shot) to the planes? Could they not have confirmed their target before returning fire? Touchy-feely questions, I know, but remember the US does all it can to avoid civilian casualities. Or so they reckon.
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From the cnn article here, it appears that coalition forces on the ground came under fire and air support was called in.
 
Sane said:


From the cnn article here, it appears that coalition forces on the ground came under fire and air support was called in.
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I'm talking about the wedding in Afghanistan, not this latest episode.
 
SRW said:
Wedding in AF.
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The aircraft were "engaged by anti-aircraft fire from the ground" by what were described as "anti-aircraft guns, heavy weapons." The planes returned fire, including dropping bombs, he said.
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Doesn't sound like the sort of guns fired at wedding parties in Afghanistan. I'd say this was more of a case of, "Oops! We missed!" which has been too common in the Afghanistan/Iraq wars.
 
Tmy said:
Well theres no way we were gonna be outdone by the Israelies!!!



Israelis fire on crowds in Gaza

Dozens of injured were carried to hospital
Israeli troops have opened fire during a protest by Palestinian demonstrators in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza.
At least 10 people were killed and 60 injured, though some reports put the number of casualties higher.



http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3728681.stm


(cheap shot but I coulnd help myself. Plus Im suprisedno one has mentioned this story.)
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What's the point, it's not a massacre.
 
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