"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. You drinking from the same source as basskisser?