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The
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The Abu Ghraib Shooting |
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Background -
July 21st, 2009 “When insurgents attacked an American convoy with
AK-47 rounds and a couple of grenades on a dusty highway in a Baghdad suburb
this week, U.S. soldiers returned fire, chased the suspects through narrow
alleyways and raided houses. Tuesday’s clash killed two Iraqi adults and a
14-year-old and wounded four people, including two children. When the
shooting subsided, another confrontation began. A senior Iraqi army commander
who arrived at the scene concluded that the Americans had fired
indiscriminately at civilians and ordered his men to take the U.S. soldiers
into custody. The U.S. military said the soldiers had acted in self-defense
and had sought to avoid civilian casualties; U.S. commanders at the scene
persuaded the Iraqis to back down. […] ’What happened is a crime,’ the Iraqi
commander said Friday during a brief interview in his office. ‘Civilians were
killed.’ The commander and a senior Iraqi police official, who also
characterized the American response as a ‘crime,’ spoke on the condition of
anonymity, citing ministry regulations that bar them from speaking to the
news media without written approval. […]” Excerpt
of a Washington Post article
from July 25th, 2009 |
Wounded shooting victim |
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July 25th, 2009 - After the Shooting,
Another Showdown 1 news article
from the Washington Post July 23rd, 2009 - U.S. Military Says
Kills Two Iraqi Gunmen 1 news article
from Reuters July 22nd, 2009 - US Says 3 Killed in
Iraq Attack 2 news articles
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Background 1) "I hate the Americans," said Sufian
Neda, 9, who was wounded when U.S. troops and insurgents traded gunfire near
Baghdad. - July 23rd/24th, 2009 - Ernesto Londoño/Washington
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