Massacre

There's a very disturbing story that's come out of Iraq, of U.S. Marines having shot and killed twenty-four unarmed civilians - including women and children - in their homes, last November. The details are pretty horrific and revolting.

Details of the incident, and the subsequent investigation after the revelation this month...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1198862,00.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060527.IRAQ27/TPStory/TPInternational/Africa/
http://www.progressiveu.org/032415-marines-slaughter-children-in-iraq

Here's what Moby had to say about it...

May 27, 2006

on november 19th marines in haditha killed innocent men, women, and children in response to a lance corporal who had been killed in a suicide bombing.the marines apparently shot, in cold blood, the women and children who were trying to shield their husbands and sons.

that's it. we have no more moral authority in the world. we, the united states, have squandered any moral authority that we ever had. the war in iraq should end tomorrow and the troops should come home and we as americans should apologize to the world for entering into this disastrous and bloody quagmire. america needs to do a moral inventory upon itself, and enter into a period of humility and contrition.

george bush should apologize to the world and say, 'we're bringing our troops home. these men and women have been asked to serve in unspeakably brutal conditions and in service of a war that was started on lies and falsehoods. we will fund the iraqi government as it puts it's security forces in order, but the troops are coming home. and i, as the president, apologize to the to the troops, to the iraqis, to my fellow americans, and to the world for ever starting this bloody and disastrous war.'

when i hear stories about americans killing innocent civilians in cold blood it makes me deeply saddened and ashamed to be an american citizen.

http://www.moby.com/journal