August 18, 2005
Chinese Propaganda: "US Troops Hold Iraqi Children Hostage"
It's so surreal that it's almost funny. The reason many in the world hate us--and the reason many terrorists believe they are engaged in a noble cause-- is because they read stories like this and believe them.
People's Daily:
US troops held five children as hostages to demand handover of insurgents near a northern Iraqi town on Tuesday, police said.
"The US forces surrounded the village of Mazraa near Baiji and detained five children under 10 years old, calling on the residents by loudspeakers to hand over several other children showed on TV channels celebrating the killing of US soldiers after roadside blast last week," a police source from Baiji told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The US troops threatened to sweep the village by Wednesday morning to detain the other children and suspected insurgents, he said.
The US military, however, said they had no information about the incident.
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if it was the Chinese armed forces in Iraq, there would no longer be an Iraqi people, period
Posted by: THANOS35 at August 18, 2005 11:30 PM (IJ51c)
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Can anyone prove it could not have happened? Since this logical paradox of "if you can't prove that there's no way it exists, it exists" works with gods and such, it applies here as well.
If it's true I suspect some guys were grumpy and drunk
(since the noble art of making booze out of rations has been known here for 500 years, your guys should know it as well) and figured they should get some revenge. Your army has a tainted recent history with kids, maybe they moved the guys paying African kids candy for sex and the guys who had sex with minors in Japan to Iraq.
(in case you didn't know, ever since WWII you've had a base in Japan, since they weren't allowed to have an army for a while and they needed one to avoid becoming Chinese)
Suspected response: "WHAT?!?! NEVER HEARD, NEVER HAPPENED, SOSIALIST BASTARD!"
Not sosialist, centrist, and yes it did happen since it was in the news here and EuroNews with big headlines, victims and interviews, and there's no way anyone can prove it could not have happened.
Posted by: A Finn at August 19, 2005 12:52 AM (lGolT)
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I'm sorry, I wanted to believe it, but there was a lack of pertinent information in this story...I was snookered too. There was no mention of what platoon, or company did this.
This goddam thing was posted everywhere, but no confirmation info...not even a name. Calling it a wash-out.
Posted by: bryant tillman at September 11, 2005 05:58 PM (ly14y)
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