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Originally Posted by yankeefan1970
Is it not a tradition for wedding parties in Iraq to fire guns into the air? I remember reading something about one of the "guests" at this particular "wedding party" being questioned about gun fire.
The military typically has video cameras set up to record their shots, and the time leading up to the shot. How much do you want to bet that "wedding party" or not, there were shots being fired into the air.?
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You donīt listen to the news much, do you?
The wedding was rased to the ground because acording to the US military, they were fired upon. But the witnesses on the ground say they were just
firing into the air, in celebration.So yes, there
were shots into the air, Yankeefan.
So, would be fair to say that if they were fired upon, there must be some bullit holes in the chopper, hummm? Can we see them? Anyone wounded?
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Let's also not forget that Iraq has been notorious for "spiking" a scene and then calling in the press. An explosion happens somewhere, and the area is seeded with fragments from a US missile. We've heard many stories in the past of the US firing on innocent victims, only to learn later that they were planted in a hostile environment (socall "human shields") or that they were actually corpses brought into an area to make it look like something that was not.
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Cīmmon, youīre not really serious on this, are you? You think the iraqis drive around with 40 dead bodies in the trunk of the car, hoping to stumble on a bombed site to drop the bodies all over and later accuse the US?
The incident was filmed. The press was there within minutes, along with ground troops. You donīt think they would notice a few guys carrying dead bodies into the place, hmmm?
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I think we need to hold off on this "wedding party" and hear all the evidence before passing judgement that the US somehow wronged some innocent Iraqi again. Somehow, I have my doubts
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The wedding party was real. There was a bride, there was a groom, there were guests, whole families, therefore
ipso facto there was a marriage.
Another FACT is that several women and children were killed. So what is there to doubt about?
Even if it wasnīt a marriage, the women and children would still be dead!
Those imbecils probably heard firing and called in for immediate strike, without even knowing who was down there, and what they were doing.
Hell, even i fire into the air during new yearīs eve!! Should i be worried?
Trigger happy fools, thatīs what they are.
Oh, by the way, itīs true that they always have a camera filming the strikes, so itīs to be expected that there is a footage on that particular bombing run. If the US military is so confident of what happened, how about releasing it?
They release any other footage, so why not this one too? Or maybe they are hidding something?