U.S. Troops Kill Pregnant Iraqi Woman Who Was Being Raced to Hospital to Give Birth
More grim news from the George W. "Culture of Life" Bush nightmare:Baghdad, Iraq - "God take revenge on the Americans and those who brought them here. They have no regard for our lives," said the brother of a pregnant woman who was killed by U.S. troops on Tuesday.
The woman was about to give birth. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, 35, "was being raced to the maternity hospital in Samarra by her brother when the shooting occurred."
"Jassim, the mother of two children, and her 57-year-old cousin, Saliha Mohammed Hassan, were killed by the U.S. forces, according to police Capt. Laith Mohammed and witnesses."
Jassim's brother, who was wounded by broken glass, said he did not see any warnings as he sped his sister to the hospital. Her husband was waiting for her there.
"I was driving my car at full speed because I did not see any sign or warning from the Americans. It was not until they shot the two bullets that killed my sister and cousin that I stopped," he said. "God take revenge on the Americans and those who brought them here. They have no regard for our lives."
He said doctors tried but failed to save the baby after his sister was brought to the hospital.
Khalid Nisaif Jassim, the pregnant woman's brother, said American forces had blocked off the side road only two weeks ago and news about the observation post had been slow to filter out to rural areas.
He said the killings, like those in Haditha, were examples of random killings faced by Iraqis every day.
The killings at Haditha, a city that has been plagued by insurgents, came after a bomb rocked a military convoy on Nov. 19, killing a Marine. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a decorated war veteran who has been briefed by military officials, has said Marines shot and killed unarmed civilians in a taxi at the scene and went into two homes and shot others.
"People in Samarra are very angry with the Americans not only because of Haditha case but because the Americans kill people randomly specially recently," Khalid Nisaif Jassim said.
Photo: "An unidentified man looks at the bloodstained seat of a car in which Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, 35, a pregnant woman, and her 57-year-old cousin, Saliha Mohammed Hassan, were killed."
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