US representatives negotiating with the militias in Fallujah and Najaf want, as the BBC put it, “those responsible for the recent murder of four US security contractors to be brought to justice.”
Fair enough. But why is no one calling the deaths of the hundreds of civilians gunned down deliberately by the US soldiers murder?
Why are civilian deaths OK and the deaths of mercenaries not?
Inside Fallujah
Here’s an account of life inside Fallujah with the US beseiging and shooting at civilians. Click here. The story will open in a new window or tab.