WOMEN AND CHILDREN AMONG IRAQIS KILLED BY US FORCES

U.S. Kills 54 Iraqis In Bloodiest Battle Since April

U.S. forces killed up to 54 Iraqis Sunday in Samarra in one of the
bloodiest battles since the fall of Baghdad. Pentagon officials
claimed all of the Iraqis killed were fighters but Agence France Press
reports that local medics said at least eight of the Iraqis were
civilians including an Iraqi woman and child. The Los Angeles Times
also reported that local residents said some of the victims worked at
a pharmaceutical factory which was hit accidentally by U.S. tanks. The
U.S. said the killings came in response to Iraqi attacks on three U.S.
convoys near Samarra.

GIVEN THE REGULAR KILLING OF CIVILIAN MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AS IS EXPECTED IN ANY OCCUPATION BY BRUTE FORCE, IT'S NOT SUPRIRSING
THAT "NOBODY...CAN STILL MAINSTAIN THAT THE MAJORITY
OF IRAQI CONSIDER COALITION TROOPS TO BE THEIR 'LIBERATORS'" AS NOTED:

November: Deadliest Month For Coalition Forces So Far
It came at the end of a weekend that saw coalition forces suffer 14
deaths including seven Spanish intelligence agents, two Korean
contractors, two Japanese diplomats, two US soldiers and a Colombian
contractor. A total of 111 coalition forces died in November marking
the deadliest month since the U.S. invaded Iraq. In Spain, calls for
the return of all Spanish troops increased. Polls show 85 percent of
the country believe the war in Iraq was a mistake. The newspaper El
Mundo editorialized "Nobody who saw the glee with which passersby
trampled the corpses of our countrymen can still maintain that the
majority of Iraqis consider coalition troops to be their liberators."
We'll have more on the reaction in Spain and Japan later in the show.

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