New tape emerges with evidence of massacre in Ishaqi

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The BBC has uncovered new video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians.

The video appears to challenge the US military's account of events that took place in the town of Ishaqi in March.

The US said at the time four people died during a military operation, but Iraqi police claimed that US troops had deliberately shot the 11 people.

A spokesman for US forces in Iraq told the BBC an inquiry was under way.

The new evidence comes in the wake of the alleged massacre in Haditha, where US marines are suspected of massacring up to 24 Iraqi civilians in November 2005.

'Massacre'
The video pictures obtained by the BBC appear to contradict the US account of the events in Ishaqi, about 100km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on 15 March 2006.


The US authorities said they were involved in a firefight after a tip-off that an al-Qaeda supporter was visiting the house.

According to the Americans, the building collapsed under heavy fire killing four people - a suspect, two women and a child.

But a report filed by Iraqi police accused US troops of rounding up and deliberately shooting 11 people in the house, including five children and four women, before blowing up the building.

The video tape obtained by the BBC shows a number of dead adults and children at the site with what our world affairs editor John Simpson says were clearly gunshot wounds.

The pictures came from a hardline Sunni group opposed to coalition forces.
It has been cross-checked with other images taken at the time of events and is believed to be genuine, the BBC's Ian Pannell in Baghdad says.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5039420.stm
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5039420.stm[/QUOTE]

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their blood is on Bush's hands
 
[quote name='XxFuRy2Xx']They just cleared them of any wrong doing earlier today. This could get interesting...[/quote]

I don't think the military has much credibility at this point, and, while I obviously can't say it definately occured, I view todays results as more of inaction on the part of the military than anything else.

But, you have to wonder how you can conclude an investigation in under 24 hours after new evidence emerges.
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']

But, you have to wonder how you can conclude an investigation in under 24 hours after new evidence emerges.[/QUOTE]

Maybe becuase it happened in NOVEMBER of last year and has been under investigation for 6 months, not 24 hours.
 
The military dismissed the claims. I can't remember when they began investigating ishaqi, but if I remember correctly it was a month or two ago. It was mentioned in a few articles.

But, on the eve before the announcement the video appeared. You think any serious inquiry would at least give it an extra day or two.
 
No, it's been under investigation since the incident occurred. You should be questioning the timing of the video "evidence" instead of the millitary's conclusion of the investigation. The former is more suspicious. Especially since it comes from the BBC.
 
[quote name='bmulligan']No, it's been under investigation since the incident occurred. You should be questioning the timing of the video "evidence" instead of the millitary's conclusion of the investigation. The former is more suspicious. Especially since it comes from the BBC.[/quote]

The investigation for Ishaqa could not possible have been going on for six months as you suggested, as it occurred in march.

But the tape is there. The releasing of it doesn't change its content. Whatever you think of the bbc, they got evidence that was already made before they got a hold of it. The u.s. military is forming the conclusion themselves.
 
[quote name='bmulligan']No, it's been under investigation since the incident occurred. You should be questioning the timing of the video "evidence" instead of the millitary's conclusion of the investigation. The former is more suspicious. Especially since it comes from the BBC.[/QUOTE]

no, we should be questioning the U.S. officers account of the incident, since the video at Haditha clearly shows that the buildings DID NOT fall on anyone

only bullets killed those people

i wonder which one was the terrorist?

the 3 year old baby, or the 75 year old man?
 
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