Painful legacy - by Firas Al-Atraqchi
While world media discusses the Haditha and Ishaqi atrocities "and the guilt or innocence therein of the United States military", it should be stressed that the beginning of the Iraqi resistance movements in Iraq can be traced back to several similar incidents during and after the March 2003 invasion. Since the days of the beginning of hostilities in Iraq, Iraqis have complained that US troops were ruthless and trigger- happy, often responding to incidents of violence with disproportionate force and caring little for Iraqi casualties.
In the first two years of the post-Saddam Hussein war, US military officials have repeatedly told the media that while they do not target civilians, they did not conduct a tally of civilian casualties.
t is incumbent upon the Iraqi government and the US military to reopen all allegations of murder and killing of civilians in the past three years. It is one thing to seek to build a democracy in Iraq. It is another to do so without encouraging the pursuit of justice and prosecution of war crimes.
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