"I've come to not only look you in the eye. I've also come to tell you that when America gives its word, it keeps its word."
-Bush told Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a five-hour visit to Baghdad today.
A man at the scene holds up the body of a small child said to have died during a U.S.-led raid near Baqouba in Iraq, Monday, June 12, 2006. According to the U.S. military the raid was staged in the area where terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed and the targeted terrorists had ties to senior al-Qaida leaders across Iraq. The U.S. military said coalition forces had killed seven terrorists and two children, whilst local residents accused the Americans of targeting civilians. (AP Photo)
Iraqi women mourn as they sit near stains of blood at the site where a car bomb exploded in Kirkuk. At least 32 people have been killed in Iraq, including 18 in five car bomb attacks in the oil city of Kirkuk, after warnings by Al-Qaeda of vengeance for the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)
Iraqi women mourn as they sit near stains of blood at the site where a car bomb exploded in Kirkuk. At least 32 people have been killed in Iraq, including 18 in five car bomb attacks in the oil city of Kirkuk, after warnings by Al-Qaeda of vengeance for the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)
The mother of one of the victims is comforted by her brother at the hospital in Kirkuk, after a series of explosions struck the oil rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 killing at least 16 people. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)
A man grimaces while holding his injured head as he walks away from the scene of one of the six coordinated bomb attacks in the oil city of Kirkuk, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, June 13, 2006. (Slahaldeen Rasheed/Reuters)
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A music video posted on the Internet that tells a tale about a U.S. Marine killing members of an Iraqi family is being condemned by an Islamic group and investigated by the Marine Corps.
The four-minute song, "Hadji Girl," appears to be sung by a Marine in front of a cheering audience. The lyrics talk about the Marine gunning down members of an Iraqi woman's family after they confront him with automatic weapons.
Lt. Col. Scott Fazekas, a spokesman for the Marines, said Tuesday that the Marines were aware of the video. Fazekas said officials don't know the identity of the singer or whether he is in the military.
The song was "inappropriate and contrary to the high standards expected of all Marines," Fazekas said. He said Marine officers are looking in to the matter.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/13/marine.video.ap/index.html
"The U.S. military said coalition forces had killed seven terrorists and two children, whilst local residents accused the Americans of targeting civilians."
So...it was due to bad aim that Zarqawi and seven terrorists were killed when American forces missed their intended target of civilians? (Well, they did get two civilians, but still....)
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