Thursday, May 22, 2008
Winning the hearts and minds in Iraq
It can be hard enough to do when you have troops shooting up the Koran but in the long run it is this sort of thing that loses friends.
A U.S. helicopter airstrike on Wednesday night killed eight civilians, including two children, north of Baghdad, police officials said on Thursday.
Colonel Mudhher al-Qaisi, police chief in the town of Baiji, said the attack was on a group of shepherds in a vehicle in a farming area. Relatives said some of those killed were fleeing on foot after the U.S. military arrived in the area.
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