Four American soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber driving a car bomb in Iraq yesterday - and the Iraqi Vice President has warned that that's "only the beginning." The attacker, dressed in civilian clothes, drove a taxi to a checkpoint near the city of Najaf, waved to the soldiers, and then detonated his bomb as they approached. The Iraqi government awarded the suicide murderer, a soldier in the Iraqi army, two posthumous medals for his act, as well as the equivalent of $35,000 for the terrorist's family.
The Palestinian Authority, world leader in producing such suicide murderers, showed its admiration for the attack by renaming the main square in a Jenin neighborhood in the northern Shomron in memory of the murderer.
Also yesterday near Basra, two Iraqis flagged down several U.S. soldiers and said they were members of the Saddam Fedayeen paramilitary group and had been ordered to conduct suicide bombings against U.S. and British troops. A CNN correspondent who saw the incident said that the Iraqis told the Americans they had taken off their uniforms and wanted to surrender because they did not want to die for Saddam Hussein.
In Kuwait today, between 10-15 American soldiers were injured when a truck ran them down near an American army base. U.S. Commander Tommy Franks called it an "attack, not an accident."
Interesting. I would have written the article as such:
Four American soldiers were killed by a suicide
bomber driving a car bomb in Iraq yesterday - and the Iraqi Vice President has warned that that's "only the beginning." The attacker, dressed in civilian clothes, drove a taxi to a checkpoint near the city of Najaf, waved to the soldiers, and then detonated his bomb as they approached. The Iraqi government awarded the suicide
bomber, a soldier in the Iraqi army, two posthumous medals for his act, as well as the equivalent of $35,000 for the
soldier's family.
The Palestinian Authority, world leader in producing suicide
murderers, showed its admiration for the attack by renaming the main square in a Jenin neighborhood in the northern Shomron in memory of the
soldier.
Also yesterday near Basra, two Iraqis flagged down several U.S. soldiers and said they were members of the Saddam Fedayeen paramilitary group and had been ordered to conduct suicide bombings against U.S. and British troops. A CNN correspondent who saw the incident said that the Iraqis told the Americans they had taken off their uniforms and wanted to surrender because they did not want to die for Saddam Hussein.
I think that if it was the official Palestinian authority responsible for the renaming of the square in Jenin that says that IMHO they are pretty p*ssed with America right now (lack of action with respect to Israel/Palestine, invasion of arab country that in their eyes is similar to invasion of Palestine). I do not condone such "respect" for Saddam's soldiers - but clearly this is more an anti-US statement than a Pro-Saddam one.
Also, I'm confused as to how one soldier can murder another soldier when both sides are at war with each other? He may have been dressed in civilian clothing - but when you're fighting a losing battle (as the Iraqi's no doubt are) then you would expect them to use such tactics in order to have some effect on the enemy. If the Iraqi was driving into civilian centres and exploding that would IMHO be terrorism and murder - but these are military targets, this is a decisive war/invasion and nobody wants to lose. It seems that the term "terrorist" is being misused because the Iraqi used the same tactics as the well-known Palestinian suicide bombers (who are terrorists).
Cheers,
Andy