Iraqi Trainees Killed U.S. Soldiers

[Sandman]

Look about mid-way down the article.

Iraqi officers fired on 2 GIs

You'll also want to listen to this:

Iraqi Trainees Identified as Killers of U.S. Soldiers

[Ripsnort]

It sucks, but #%$# happens. Probably offered $500 by insurgents to do the dirty deed.

But the Army's Criminal Investigation Command found that one or more of the Iraqis attached to the American soldiers on patrol fired at them, a military official said Tuesday. A Pentagon spokesman said he knew of no other similar incident, calling it "extremely rare

[Yeager]

Sounds like they were infiltrators.......need to keep our eye on the ball.

[Fishu]

It's surprising that this didn't happen before. I guess the infiltrators were just waiting for the right time before activating themselves. More of them to follow.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Fishu
It's surprising that this didn't happen before. I guess the infiltrators were just waiting for the right time before activating themselves. More of them to follow.

This happened in 2004. I'm willing to bet they screen potential candidates for patrol alittle better now.

[ChickenHawk]

Originally posted by Fishu
It's surprising that this didn't happen before. I guess the infiltrators were just waiting for the right time before activating themselves. More of them to follow.

"Iraqi forces who had trained with the Americans had fired at them twice before the incident that killed Patrick McCaffrey, and he had reported it to his superiors, Nadia McCaffrey said."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/21/soldiers.ambushed.ap/index.html

[Furball]

friendly fire is a *****...

[Maverick]

Originally posted by Furball
friendly fire is a *****...

Only a fool would equate friendly fire, an unintentional act, with deliberate murder by the enemy masquerading as friendly forces.

[FUNKED1]

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