Thursday, April 01, 2004


Yahoo! News - Iraqis Drag Bodies Through Streets After Attack
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A vengeful crowd of cheering Iraqis dragged the burned and mutilated bodies of four American contractors through the streets of Falluja Wednesday after killing them in a vehicle ambush.

In a separate attack, five American soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb was detonated beside their armored vehicle convoy west of Baghdad, the U.S. army said.

In the television pictures, a member of the jubilant crowd was seen kicking the head of one incinerated body and stamping on its head, while others in the crowd dragged a charred and blackened body by its feet.

As one corpse lay burning on the ground, an Iraqi came and doused it with gasoline, sending flames soaring into the air. At least two bodies, their skin burned away, were tied to cars and pulled through the streets, witnesses said.

"This is the fate of all Americans who come to Falluja," said Mohammad Nafik, one of the crowd surrounding the bodies.

Um, I suggest we stay the hell away from Falluja then. Seems we have failed to win the hearts and minds there.