FALLUJAH, Iraq, Aug 14 (AFP) – Eight Iraqis were killed and 10 others wounded, mostly women and children, on Saturday after US troops clashed with insurgents in the flashpoint city west of Baghdad and warplanes struck two homes, hospital sources told AFP.
They don’t even bother claiming to have had “intelligence” about their bombing targets anymore.
The US military said earlier it struck positions suspected of being used by insurgents after they attacked a US marine postition on the outskirts of the city at about 2:00 pm (1000 GMT) with rocket propelled grenades and machine gun and small arms fire.
My emphasis. These bombings of houses are clearly meant to be lessons in due process and the American legal tradition of innocent until proven guilty.