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Friday, April 02, 2004

Are You Really Surprised?

So, a mob of Iraqis torch, beat, mutilate and hang corpses belonging to four American defense contractors on the same day that five U.S. soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing. U.S. media was shocked and awed. Despicable, horrible, horrifying. While the killings are indeed gruesome and God help the families of those killed, I would like to ask what on Earth do you expect? These are people who suffered under 13 years of sanctions, constant and consistent bombing throughout the 1990s and persistent random trigger-happy killing of civilians by U.S. troops in the last year. Depleted uranium is destroying children and the future of Iraq. Joblessness, power outages, lack of communications -- no phones in 80 percent of the country -- and lawlessness. You want candy and flowers?

A good piece by Firas Al-Atraqchi on the recent killings of 4 American private mercenaries in Iraq.

posted by Joe Licentia  # 11:16 PM
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