http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/07/6221/
Published on Monday, January 7, 2008 by Inter Press Service
Killer of US Soldiers Becomes a Hero, Exposes Underlying Tensions
by Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail
BAGHDAD - The recent killing of two U.S. soldiers by their Iraqi
colleague has raised disturbing questions about U.S. military
relations with the Iraqis they work with.
On Dec. 26, an Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. soldiers accompanying
him during a joint military patrol in the northern Iraqi city Mosul.
He killed the U.S. captain and another sergeant, and wounded three
others, including an Iraqi interpreter.
Conflicting versions of the killing have arisen. Col. Hazim
al-Juboory, uncle of the attacker Kaissar Saady al-Juboory, told IPS
that his nephew at first watched the U.S. soldiers beat up an Iraqi
woman. When he asked them to stop, they refused, so he opened fire.
