haditha

jdlnelson

i don't know if this has been talked about already, but i just found out about it today.

i found this article at an australian newspaper's website: http://www.sundayherald.com/56107

and i found it disturbing on so many levels. we've heard all of these stories about soldiers walking into the living rooms of civilians and killing everyone in sight, but it's always the bad guys, the rebels, the enemy.

it's never north americans.

i don't know anyone who still supports the u.s. in iraq. i don't know why the army is still there. i don't. and i think that the fact that this story comes from sources outside of north america is a huge clue that we need to MAKE ourselves more informed and we need to get involved. that's mostly why i posted this: to make you informed and inspire you to get involved. i'm outraged.

it should be said that i'm canadian, but i don't think we're any less to blame than americans because we haven't stood up as a nation and said "stop".

alja

well, that is the way it is, it is sad but that's what comes when people or nations are so eager for power. The people don't want to know this kind of things they just want to keep thinking about the american dream. This is just one example of hundreds that shows the ignorance of us at the time of electing who is going to rule our country.

Donutey

nopaniers

Yes, if it's true (which it probably is considering that nobody is denying it) this is more than a little bit disturbing. I would not like to be an ordinary person in Iraq at the moment.

lyndonray

This is another bad event, showing how stupid this whole excursion into Iraq was. I don't think its the first nor the last. Part of me things the poor troops are so fed up with fighting a dumb war and being shot at, that they just blast anyone who seems the least bit shady. Hell, even a 5 year. You never know what 5 year olds are capable of packing nowdays.

All we can do is pray that things sort themselves out!!

ainieas

It is interesting to note that the people who are celebrating Zawarqi's death have steered clear of this topic.

Well....if you put civilians in the way of trigger happy troops....you might just have a Haditha in your hands. Bad job of covering up though. War crimes are not meant for the international news.