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There was a detailed writeup and pictures in the Guardian yesterday of this incident which backs this up entirely, when he arrived there were wounded and a burning bradley, soon after the choppers arrived and opened fire on the crowd repeatedly despite the lack of any arms or return fire and continued to do so except when ambulances were collecting the dead and dieing. The US is losing in Iraq, fast. If they think they can bomb slums into submission with airpower they're kidding themselves.

There was a snippet from a father at a funeral from his son I saw the other day, translated as "we want to support the US but how can when they they kill our families and destroy our homes". How can they? The country is a mess, no security, no safety, nothing is any better, every day people are dieing in increasing numbers. The US seems to be slowly pulling back, more and more 'no go zones' controlled by militas and criminals, more use of air power rather than on the ground work.