Some POWs executed: report
26mar03
SOME of the US army soldiers captured over the weekend near the southern town of Nasiriya may have been executed by their Iraqi captors, possibly in front of townspeople, the New York Times reported.
Footage of five prisoners and seven dead soldiers - mechanics with the US Third Infantry Division who apparently got lost in the desert and were ambushed by Iraqi forces - was broadcast on the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television network on Sunday.
The footage, provided by Iraqi state television, showed at least four bodies, some apparently with shots to the head.
US officials told the Times that the information was based on a sole communications intercept, and that they were attempting to confirm the information.
“When the full story comes out, people will be outraged,” a senior US official told the Times.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6191834%255E25777,00.html
Makes the US’s treatment of prisoners seem mild.