Just another bloody day in occupied Iraq

by peace dove Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 2:29 PM

U.S. occupation troops came under fire today (tues. oct. 2nd) while on patrol in Falluja, Iraq. It was said to have been a "drive by shooting" by Iraqi guerillas. The occupation troops returned fire and killed a bystander along with wounding several others. Hey George... where are those Iraqi weapons of mass destruction you launched this war over?

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U.S. occupation soldiers walk past the blood of a man they killed in an attack on soldiers, opposite the mayor's office in Fallujah, Iraq. Hospital officials said the slain man was a bystander. Police said several people were wounded when American troops returned fire after coming under attack.

Iraqi policeman Asaad Abdul-Karim said the Iraqi man was killed and a woman and a six-year-old girl were wounded by U.S. gunfire. They were apparently caught in the crossfire during the battle in which two Iraqi police were also wounded, he said. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

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