[Media-watch] An embedded reporters tale

[james doleman]

http://www.irakwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=3267&lang=en


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Later, there was some open terrain. The Marines were advancing and taking up 
position, hiding behind mounds of earth. They were still really tense. A 
small blue van was moving towards the convoy. Three not-very-accurate 
warning shots were fired. The shots were supposed to make the van stop. The 
van kept on driving, made a U-turn, took shelter and then returned slowly. 
The Marines opened fire. All hell broke loose. They were firing all over the 
place. You could hear 'Stop firing' being shouted. The silence that set in 
was overwhelming. Two men and a woman had just been riddled with bullets. So 
this was the enemy, the threat.



A second vehicle drove up. The same scenario was repeated. Its passengers 
were killed on the spot. A grandfather was walking slowly with a cane on the 
sidewalk. They killed him too (SEE PHOTO IN LE MONDE). As with the old man, 
the Marines fired on a SUV driving along the river bank that was getting too 
close to them. Riddled with bullets, the vehicle rolled over. Two women and 
a child got out, miraculously still alive. They sought refuge in the 
wreckage. A few seconds later, it flew into bits as a tank lobbed a terse 
shot into it.





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