tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post1537576833700394691..comments2008-10-06T10:28:09.036-04:00Juan Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794922740548563607jricole@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-1894451472119003432008-10-06T02:24:00.000-04:002008-10-06T02:24:00.000-04:00<I>" A US raid on a suspected guerrilla safe house left 11 members of a family dead on Sunday, including three women and three children. The US military insists that the dead men were members of "al-Qaeda" and that the house was full of arms, and that, indeed, some of the destruction was caused by a secondary explosion. Iraqis seem to be denying the US charges.<BR/><BR/>The main political significance of the dead women and children is that they certainly will be thought relevant by at least the Sunni Arabs in parliament to the status of forces agreement being hammered out between Prime Minister al-Maliki and the Bush administration."</I><BR/><BR/>There is always the hope that after a Republican defeat at the polls, Diebold not withstanding, a proper war crimes prosecution can begin.james_speakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07454225159307109824noreply@blogger.com