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January 6, 2005
Kurdish Blogger Friendly to U.S. Accuses U.S. Forces of attack on innocents in Irbil (Hawler), current capital of Kurdistan
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesI don't know much about this and I can't imagine that our forces would attack innocents intentionally. I'm hoping that there is much more to the story than as is described by Kurdo's World, but I trust him to say what he believes to be the truth. Here is what he has to say in his own words:
Per Kurdo's World..
Last night at around 12 a.m. local time, a group of US soldiers backed up by US helicopters and fighter jets, attacked "Saydawa" district in Irbil (Hawler).
The US forces claimed that a house has sheltered some terrorists. When they entered the house, they couldn't find no one there.
On going out, the US forces blindly fired the civilians in that district. A woman travelling home in a taxi was injuried.
Then the US forces attacked the Halls of Residents in the Saladdin University, they set fire to the place injurying 4 other innocent students preparing for their mid-term exams.
The Interium Ministry of the Kurdistan Regional Government has denounced the attack saying that the US forces could have worked with the Kurdistan police forces. If the US forces would have co-worked with the Kurdish police they wouldn't injury innocents.
Kurdistan TV interviewed several locals and this is what they said :
"If the US attacks us with no reason, then what was the difference between them and Saddam ?"
"We were asleep, suddenly shooting started out of the no where, all the children were waken up by the explosion sounds".
I think this was a stupid unnecessary job. Kurdistan enjoys a high level of peace and prosperity comparing to the rest of Iraq.
Logically,
when you want to capture someone, you don't take your whole army there.
No need for helicopters, no need for fighter jets. We have police
forces who speak the local language. You contact the local police, and
you send a 5-6 of your guys, you go to that address and find who you
want.
It seems that the US commander in Iraq is a military man
who doesn't speak the language of politics and "winning hearts and
minds".
I think that the US military are very good in losing
"Hearts & Minds". So last night, many hearts and minds were lost in
a place known until last night as a "pro-US area".
Hawler (Irbil)
click here for mapHawler is the largest Kurdish city which hosts the Kurdistan parliament and the KDP-Kurdistan Regional government. It is the current capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government with a population of around 2 Million people.
Go to Kurdo's blog for more images.
Images from Kurdo's site (click on image to enlarge)
UPDATE: This story has been updated with a more recent post here.....
Posted by Hyscience at January 6, 2005 12:39 AM
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Comments
I hate when they do dumb things like this.
Posted by: Jane at January 6, 2005 8:12 AM
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