"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John H wrote:

On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:15:52 -0500, Harry Krause

wrote:


John H wrote:


On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:29:27 -0500, "JimH" wrote:




"Some Guy" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message



ROME (Reuters) - U.S. forces fired at a car carrying Italian

reporter

Giuliana Sgrena......

Gabriele Polo, the editor of Il Manifesto newspaper, said Sgrena's

car

was fired on as it made its way to Baghdad airport.

What Reuters conveniently omits.......
(from CNN) ....According to a multinational forces statement,
the

car

approached the checkpoint at high speed about 9 p.m. (1 p.m. ET)

U.S. troops "attempted to warn the driver to stop by hand and arm

signals,

flashing white lights, and firing warning shots in front of the
car,"

the

statement said. "When the driver didn't stop, the soldiers shot
into

the

engine block, which stopped the vehicle, killing one and wounding
two
others."

In other words, US or other coalition forces used the same
checkpoint
procedures that have been in force in Iraq for a long, long time.
Anyone..... anyone..... who approaches a military checkpoint in
Iraq

at

night and fails to heed warnings is a silly damned fool, among
other
things,
and must bear a large share of responsibility for ensuing events.



Why am I not surprised?


Sorry, but I usually don't accept statements of explanation from US
military sources in the absence of independent verification. The
military lies a lot. We've had example after example of this in Iraq.



Harry, having caught this little bit of skullduggery, I 'unkillfiled'

you just

to see your response.

It was cute.

Back you go.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."



I'm sorry, John, but I live in a reality-based world, and that means I
discount the US military's "explanations" for its screw-ups. The news
here was that our military once again opened fire when it shouldn't
have. You believe the military's explanation, I don't.



You do not stop for a checkpoint with a bunch of armed men, and you
think
they won't shoot.

That's their story.

Happened in Watts, many years ago. You think that people would learn to
listen to a guy with a gun.