BAGHDAD — On Sept. 9 , the day before Army Gen. David Petraeus , the U.S. military commander in Iraq , and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker told Congress that things were getting better, Batoul Mohammed Ali Hussein came to Baghdad on business for the day.
As Hussein walked out of the customs building, an embassy convoy of sport-utility vehicles drove through the intersection. Blackwater security guards, charged with protecting the diplomats, yelled at construction workers at an unfinished building to move back. Instead, the workers threw rocks. The guards, witnesses said, responded with gunfire, spraying the intersection with bullets.
Hussein, who was on the opposite side of the street from the construction site, fell to the ground, shot in the leg. As she struggled to her feet and took a step, eyewitnesses said, a Blackwater security guard trained his weapon on her and shot her multiple times. She died on the spot, and the customs documents she'd held in her arms fluttered down the street
2007-09-29 10:09:21 · 14 answers · asked by Dream Realized 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
During the ensuing week, as Crocker and Petraeus told Congress that the surge of more U.S. troops to Iraq was beginning to work and President Bush gave a televised address in which he said "ordinary life was beginning to return" to Baghdad , Blackwater security guards shot at least 43 people on crowded Baghdad streets. At least 16 of those people died.
2007-09-29 10:10:17 · update #1
It's a good thing we are 'Liberators',
2007-09-29 10:12:06 · update #2
Oh dear.... I see the NEOCONS are still in denial...
For those that question my grammatical prose.. well have a word with Yahoo, moron.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20070929/wl_mcclatchy/20070929bcbcusiraqblackwaterweb_attn_editors_ytop
2007-09-29 10:26:10 · update #3
somebody is lying. We are told there will be troop reductions in Dec. of this year and more in July of next year. We are also told the surge is working, violence is down, and things are looking up. Yet the current request of $190 billion to fund the war is the highest amount ever for one year. Why is that??????
2007-09-29 10:17:20 · answer #1 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The press didn't tell us that everything in the General Betrayus ad was true.
They just focused on the words Betrayus. Therefore they weren't serving the public interest.
2007-09-30 01:14:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hilarious to see the sheep rally going on here!
There's no secret to a soul in this whole wide world that bush0 is a credulous, nasty, incompetent, moronic lier who has done nothing right in the last past 7 years and tried over and over to deceive Americans and rest of the world.
Then bush0 hires these morons with their reports already made up, to tell another lie and help bush0 gain some popularity!!! idiot!
It's just beyond me, how bush0 lovers not getting it! and like their leader, they deny every thing!!
Then again knowing maladroit bush0 and his presidency answers my Que.!!!
2007-09-29 17:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
More than %70 of Americans and I'm sure the rest of the world know the truth about, who and what Bush is.
A pathetic LIER!!
2007-09-29 17:43:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Can you prove one lie? Here are few lies for you!
Hillary and John Edwards have been whining for years that Bush nislead them into war. Now we find out they did not even read the info given them in the NIE but instead read a sunnary and then asked the Clinton admin Dems for advice before coming back and voting for war authorization. So who lied to you?
Dems blame Bush for troop rotation and tours of duty. They don't mention Clinton cut the military by 40% do they? Who's lieing to you? Clinton slashed the intelligence budgets and the Dems blame Bush for faulty intell the whole world agreed with.
Who lied to you?
2007-09-29 17:27:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋
Nope. they're telling the truth.
My daughter is an Army MP (Military Police) in Baghdad as I type this. She says things are a lot more calm now.
You'll forgive me if I believe her over the implication of your question.
Warm regards,
Douglas
Post Script: It's a war zone. Get a clue.
Post post script: ...can you name a city (here in the US)where Black protesters were shooting at Fire fighters while doing their duty? I can.
2007-09-29 17:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by prancinglion 5 · 2⤊ 9⤋
I have to wonder when you were over there. If you are still listening to move on. org I hope you will depend on them if you ever need protection. What have they ever done that was truthful or useful?
2007-09-29 17:35:48 · answer #7 · answered by question212 6 · 0⤊ 8⤋
You are so prejudiced, I cannot accept anything you write. To add to your offensive behavior, you used bad English grammar.
2007-09-29 17:14:05 · answer #8 · answered by regerugged 7 · 3⤊ 8⤋
Yes, but people have been too distracted by the idiotic moveon.org condemnation to notice.
2007-09-29 17:13:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 8⤋
So they're liars?
Who really cares?
You must be a terrorist, or incredibly uinpatriotic (which means you're not a scoundrel)
2007-09-29 17:14:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 9⤋