Re: British army urged to learn lessons of Iraq abuse ... In Iraq The US is only second to the insurgents in killing innocent ... In Iraq in an effort to capture or kill 200 insurgents the US laid siege to the city of Falujah, in the battle that followed the city was almost entirely destroyed and thousands of civilians killed in the air and artillery bombardment, The bulk of the insurgents plus their leader escaped. ... Akbar, 34, threw grenades into tents housing troops from the 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait and then fired at soldiers as they ran to escape the blasts. ... Private Lynndie England was infamously photographed holding a leash attached to the neck of a naked Iraqi inmate.... (misc.survivalism)
"Hadji Girl" explains why the war is going badly for us ... If you want to understand why the war is going so badly in Iraq,... or even Bangladeshis" and is also "the word many soldiers use ... store operated by Iraqis) or "haji patrol". ... (alt.politics)
Re: Why was this allowed to happen? -- It Is Just Not Walter Reed ...Ray Oliva went into the spare bedroom in his home in Kelseyville, ... flooded in from soldiers, their family members, veterans, doctors and ... million of whom have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... post-traumatic stress and has worked in Veterans Affairs hospitals.... (alt.support.chronic-pain)
Re: British army urged to learn lessons of Iraq abuse ... Mr Lloyd was covering the British and American invasion of Iraq as a "unilateral" journalist, rather than those "embedded" with UK or US forces, who were subject to military censorship. ...Marine Lance Corporal Tyler Jackson, 23, told a military court that his unit deliberately targeted Hashim Ibrahim Awad, believing he was an insurgent. ... Specialist Barker is one of four US soldiers charged with murder. ... The death of the Marine came two days after British soldiers were accused of shooting civilians in Afhganistan following a suicide bombing that injured three commandos. ... (misc.survivalism)
Re: British army urged to learn lessons of Iraq abuse ... Mr Lloyd was covering the British and American invasion of Iraq as a "unilateral" journalist, rather than those "embedded" with UK or US forces, who were subject to military censorship. ...Marine Lance Corporal Tyler Jackson, 23, told a military court that his unit deliberately targeted Hashim Ibrahim Awad, believing he was an insurgent. ... Specialist Barker is one of four US soldiers charged with murder. ... The death of the Marine came two days after British soldiers were accused of shooting civilians in Afhganistan following a suicide bombing that injured three commandos. ... (misc.survivalism)
