Collective punishment in Iraq
It seems like the Americans learned all the wrong lessons from
the Israelis:
It?s not a new tactic here in Iraq. The US military has been doing it for well over a year now. Last January 3rd, in the Al-Dora rural region on the outskirts of Baghdad, where beautiful farms of date palms and orange trees line the banks of the Tigris, I visited a farm where occupation forces had lobbed several mortars.
The military claimed they had been attacked by fighters in the area, while the locals denied any knowledge of harboring resistance fighters.
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He says three of his cousins were executed by Saddam Hussein?s regime before adding, ?We don?t want this freedom of the Americans. They are raiding our homes and terrorizing us at anytime. We are living in terror. They shoot and bomb here everyday. We have sent our families to live elsewhere.?