ANOTHER "OBJECTIVELY PRO-TERRORIST" EVENT

Our fighting tactics in Iraq seem designed to add to the insurgency.

26 Iraqi workers wounded as US troops mistake them for rebels
Tue Aug 16, 9:31 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050816/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest


BAGHDAD (AFP) - A group of Iraqi workers in Baghdad came under fire from US troops who mistook them for insurgents.
An interior ministry source said US troops fired on a crowd of workers in the central Baghdad neighbourhood of Alawi, while a defence ministry source reported an exchange of fire between suspected rebels and US forces in the area.

But a number of casualties lying in Al-Yarmouk hospital told AFP that a US helicopter fired at them as they were gathered outside a hotel.

"The electricity went out at around 0500 (0100 GMT), so we exited the hotel to the street to have breakfast in the fresh air. A helicopter then opened fire into the street," said Ali Mohammad, who sustained neck and leg injuries.

Makki Hassan, a 50-year-old resident of the neighbourhood, said that a number of people sleeping on the roofs of their houses were also struck by gunfire.