[Shahnawaz]

***US says 7 militants killed in Iraq raids***

By JOHN AFFLECK,
Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 54 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Raids on al-Qaida forces in northern Iraq have left seven insurgents dead, the U.S. military said. But local police said Friday that two women and two U.S.-allied fighters were among those killed.

The U.S. military said in a statement that one target of the raids late Wednesday and early Thursday was an alleged al-Qaida leader in the Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad. It wasn't clear if he was killed or captured.

According to the military account released Thursday, troops killed two insurgents during a gunbattle in one area, then called in air support, which killed another four fighters. One civilian was wounded and evacuated for further care, while troops detained 15 suspected insurgents.

All those killed were "terrorists associated" with al-Qaida in Iraq, said Lt. Michael Street, a military spokesman.

An Iraqi police officer in the area, however, said a house that was bombed belonged to a Sunni Arab and tribal leader, and that six family members died. The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information, said the bombing occurred about 33 miles southwest of Kirkuk and two of the victims were women.

Another two of those killed, he said, were part of an Awakening Council, one of the Sunni groups that last year abandoned their support for al-Qaida and began joining the U.S. in its effort to clear out insurgent forces.


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But it didn't take long for the truth to expose the propaganda.

***Mistaken Iraq Battle Kills 6 Fighters Allied With U.S***

BAGHDAD — Six members of an Awakening Council, groups composed mostly of Sunni Muslims who have turned against the insurgency, were killed early Thursday after they mistakenly fired on American soldiers in the north, the Iraqi police said.

The American forces fired back, killing them and two women in nearby houses, the police said. A police commander said the group had thought that the Americans were insurgents.

Local American commanders said they could not confirm the episode. But it appeared to underscore the growing danger to Awakening Council members, wedged between United States forces and the insurgent groups many of them once supported, amid a recently begun operation to go after insurgents more aggressively in certain areas.

In recent weeks, Sunni extremists have increasingly aimed their attacks at Awakening Council members, killing at least 33 people in car bombings aimed at the groups this week alone. The American military reported Thursday that it had killed 7 insurgents and arrested 16 in north and central Iraq.

The firefight between American troops and Awakening Council members occurred near the village of Raween in Salahuddin Province, northeast of Baghdad, an area that has remained restive despite a 60 percent decrease in violence in Iraq since last summer, after the United States military increased its troop strength by 30,000 soldiers.

[MossadConspiracy]

so when the terrorists that you support blow themselves up to kill "Awakening council" guys, its ok, but when American troops kill them in alleged friendly fire attacks its wrong?

Shouldnt you be happy that the sunni arabs are getting killed because they betrayed the al-qaeda guys that you are backing in this fight?

[Shahnawaz]

I'm sorry but I don't seem to have passed any judgement on this incident? My title only suggests how deceptive these reports are, be they from "news outlets" or straigt from the military.

[MossadConspiracy]

in that case your point makes even less sense because both of your reports, the "propaganda" one and the "true" one are from the "news outlets", as you described western sources. You gave no author or source for the second one (on purpose no doubt), but a simple google search shows that its from the New York Times.

[MossadConspiracy]

PS: I assume congratulations are in order over the mass murder of campaign workers employeed by one of Benazir Bhutto's allies in Pakistan that just happened