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The War
Profiteers - War Crimes, Kidnappings, Torture and Big Money |
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Iraq: IED Attack (X) Against U.S. Military Convoy -
January 2007 |
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Background “[…] In the heart of [the] Sunni core of Baghdad, now under insurgent control,
lies al-Khadra. The sort of area where the future of the US plan will be
decided, it used to be a modestly prosperous 1970s suburb, bisected by
important highways now leading to the US military headquarters at the
airport, the half-ruined city of Fallujah and the notorious prison at Abu
Ghraib. Another highway leads to Taji, north of Baghdad, where there have
been repeated insurgent attacks. […] Al-Khadra was predisposed to favour
armed resistance to the US. […] Sunni inhabitants often came from the great
tribes of western Iraq, such as the al-Dulaimi, al-Rawi and al-Hadithi, who
are at the heart of the insurgency. US vehicles often used the important
roads leading through al-Khadra, and as often came under attack. The most
common weapon was the [… IED], frequently consisting of several heavy
artillery shells wired together. […]” Excerpt of an Independent article from January 28th,
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IED Attack against convoy at U.S. military base |
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The Video |
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Blood and Wreckage in Baghdad - January 2007 |
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Before a school |
At a market |
At a commercial district |
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Video & Photo Credits The Video 1) The “Jaish Al-Mujahedeen” insurgents group released the video in
January of 2007 and claimed responsibility for the attack. No date was given.
The attack happened at a U.S. military base west of Baghdad, according to the
group. Blood and Wreckage in Baghdad 1) An Iraqi student
walks past a pool of blood at the entrance of her school in Baghdad's al-Adel
neighborhood after it was targeted by a mortar attack.- January 28th,
2007 - Wisam Sami/Agence France Press/US Army; 2) Iraqis gather at
the site where two suicide bombers blew up their vehicles in Baghdad's Jadida
district. - January 28th, 2007 - Ali Yussef/Agence France Press; 3) A boy looks at
bloodstains on the ground after a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad January 28,
2007. A roadside bomb killed five people and wounded 20 in a commercial
street in the southern Bayaa district of Baghdad, police said. - January 28th,
2007 - Mohammed Ameen/Reuters; |
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