Re: Evidence Mounts That U.S. Military is LYING About "Victory At Samarra"

Logic Defying Fact #2
People actually believe that the fedayeen are "freedom fighters" and islam
is a religion of peace.

"Winston Smith, American Patriot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Logic-Defying "Fact" #1:  U.S. suffers not one death, but kills 54 Iraqis
> ("Saddam fedayeen") who have some or even extensive military
training.....?
> And it takes fewer Iraqis to kill 2-3 U.S. troops in other "ambushes."
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> Iraqis dispute Samarra battle casualties
> Monday December 1, 2003
>
> The aftermath of the weekend battle in Samarra, which the US has claimed
> was the deadliest since the war ended, today appeared murkier than first
> reports suggested, as residents of the central Iraqi city accused
> Washington of exaggerating its death toll.
>
> Initial US statements put the number of Iraqi dead at 46, with five
> American soldiers injured, but the US today put its figure up to 54 Iraqi
> fatalities.
>
> It also said that many of the dead Iraqis were wearing the uniform of the
> Fedayeen, the militia most closely associated with Saddam Hussein and most
> loyal to him
>
> But the Associated Press reported that some in Samarra believed fatalities
> were much lower than the US's figures and that most of the dead were armed
> civilians.
>
> It quoted one of the city residents claiming that civilians had grabbed
> their guns when the US soldiers fired on insurgents who had attempted to
> ambush their convoy.
>
> "Civilians shot back at the Americans," said 30-year-old Ali Hassan, who
> was wounded by shrapnel in the battle. "They claim we are terrorists. So
> OK, we are terrorists."
>
> The battle, fought by the US with tanks and machine gun-equipped Bradley
> fighting vehicles, followed simultaneous ambushes on a US convoy
travelling
> through Samarra on the main road from Baghdad to Tikrit.
>
> Lieutentant Colonel William MacDonald of the 4th Infantry Division said
the
> response had sent a "clear message" that US would use its firepower to
stop
> such attacks.
>
> The US has been stepping up the scale of its response to the insurgents in
> recent weeks.
>
> The scale of the attack and its apparent coordination has, however, shown
> that rebels retain the ability to conduct synchronised operations despite
> the offensive.
>
> At least 104 coalition troops, including 79 from the US, have died in Iraq
> in November, the deadliest month since the war ended.
>
> Samarra is within the so-called Sunni triangle north of Baghdad, the
> heartland of Saddam Hussein loyalists.
>
> The scars of the battle were today evident in Samarra. About a dozen cars
> lay destroyed in the streets, many apparently crushed by tanks, and
> buildings were strewn with bullet holes.
>
> Six destroyed vehicles sat in front of the hospital, where witnesses said
> US tanks shelled people dropping off the injured. A kindergarten was
> damaged, apparently by tank shells. No children were hurt.
>
> "Luckily we evacuated the children five minutes before we came under
> attack," said Ibrahim Jassim, a 40-year-old guard at the kindergarten.
"Why
> did they attack randomly? Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank
> shells?"
>
> The weekend also saw seven Spanish intelligence agents, two Japanese
> diplomats, a Colombian oil worker and two South Korean engineers killed in
> Iraq.
>
> US officials said insurgents were targeting citizens of nations that
> support the occupation of Iraq in an effort to undermine public support
for
> the operation.
>
> Both Tokyo and Seoul said that the attacks would not deter them from
> sending troops to Iraq.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1097338,00.html