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 [Stevegilliard.blogspot.com] THE NEWS BLOG: The American investigation began June 24, one day after two soldiers "reported alleged coalition force involvement" in the deaths of the Iraqi civilians, the military said in a written statement. A preliminary inquiry conducted after that report determined that there was sufficient evidence to merit a criminal investigation, the military said.

 [Dallasnews.com] Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Front Page Stories: Both Mahmudiya and Yusufiya are in the so-called Triangle of Death, an extremely dangerous area along the Euphrates River Valley that has become a melting pot of insurgents, criminal gangs and lawless tribes. The American military considers the region a crucial strategic approach to Baghdad, with important highways running south to the holy city of An Najaf and the oil center of Basra, but it has never been able to establish control in the region.

 [News.bbc.co.uk] BBC NEWS | Americas | US investigates new Iraq killings: Dozens killed in Baghdad attacks

 [Uk.news.yahoo.com] US soldier charged with Iraq murder - Yahoo! News UK: The Washington Post, which put the daughters' ages at 15 and 7, quoted neighbour Omar Janabi as saying Abeer Qasim's mother told him on March 10 the young woman had complained about advances made towards her by U.S. soldiers at a nearby checkpoint.

 [Reconstitution] 14, or "How to get GIs killed": Given the area in which we are operating, the number of incidents is not large, but the violence of the incidents undoubtedly magnifies them a thousandfold in the eyes of an Iraqi. There weren't a huge number of My Lai type incidents in Vietnam either, but the reported incidents served to fuel hatred and stiffen up resistsnce, in much the same way that reports of things like the "Long March" enraged American soldiers in the WWII era, or German atrocities caused the people of the USSR to overlook the Stalinist excesses and dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to punishing the German occupiers.

 [9/11 Truth - www.TruthRing.org || Do not forget the 9/11 lies! ||] Soldiers charged in Iraq rape-murder case: Congressman: Impeach Bush For Violating Constitution - Not Partisan Payback, U.S.-Mexico merger opposition intensifies, Tiger Force Coverup - U.S. reaps what the Army sows, Planes of 911 Exceeded Their Software Limits, Soldiers charged in Iraq rape-murder case, American filmmaker sues Rumsfeld over detention in Iraq, Two dead soldiers, eight more to go, vow avengers of Iraqi girl’s rape, Look! Up in the Sky!

 [Frat Pack College Fraternity, Sorority, Frat Party Community Message Board Frat Pack Forum] Soldiers charged in Iraq rape-murder case: Officers say generals are cracking down to try to curb harm to civilians that have turned Iraqis against U.S. troops. One said a report submitted on Friday to the top general in Iraq should see action against Marine commanders who failed to act on evidence troops may have killed civilians at Haditha on November 19.

 [Sweetness & Light] Five More GIs Charged In Iraqi Rape, Murder... : Certainly the history of rapes of local girls in Okinawa by U.S. Marines lends the possibility of credibility to the charges. It’s not like it’s never happened before, and I can see where having access to weapons makes murders to cover up the rape an easy next step.

 [Vigilance] In What Sense Is This Acceptable?: All five were charged with conspiring with Green, accused by U.S. prosecutors of going with three others to a house near the checkpoint they were manning outside Mahmudiya, near Baghdad, and of killing a couple and their two daughters. The five could face the death penalty.

  Bush Out (by Gandhi): A fifth soldier was charged with dereliction of duty for failing to report the events of the night of March 12 when a group of soldiers are alleged to have abandoned their checkpoint to enter the home of an Iraqi family in the town of Mahmudiya. They allegedly raped and killed a young woman inside the house, and shot dead her parents and young sister.

 [A LIBERAL DOSE] Making a Killing: And this month, seven Marines and a sailor were charged with premeditated murder, kidnapping and other offences over the killing of a handicapped Iraqi man in the town of Hamdania near Baghdad in April.What makes these war crimes all the more sickening and shocking is that abundant evidence exists that at least some of these murders are being conducted in a horrifically insane sense of joyful "sport", as can be seen in the videos of unidentified UK contractors gleefully machine-gunning random cars on the Baghdad airport road, edited with an Elvis Presley soundtrack, or the video of the Apache helicopter cannon attack on farmers riding a tractor, or the video of the random street massacre in Fallujah (scroll down).

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