U.S. Wrapping Entire Iraq Towns in Barbed Wire: "As the guerrilla war against Iraqi insurgents intensifies, American soldiers have begun wrapping entire villages in barbed wire.
In selective cases, American soldiers are demolishing buildings thought to be used by Iraqi attackers. They have begun imprisoning the relatives of suspected guerrillas, in hopes of pressing the insurgents to turn themselves in.
"In Abu Hishma, encased in a razor-wire fence after repeated attacks on American troops, Iraqi civilians line up to go in and out, filing through an American-guarded checkpoint, each carrying an identification card printed in English only.
'If you have one of these cards, you can come and go,' coaxed Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman, the battalion commander whose men oversee the village, about 50 miles north of Baghdad. 'If you don't have one of these cards, you can't.'
... an Iraqi man named Tariq muttered in anger. 'I see no difference between us and the Palestinians,' he said. 'We didn't expect anything like this after Saddam fell.' "

Barbed wire around villages. Demolishing houses. Kidnapping people and holding them to ransom. What is going on in Iraq?

This is not any way to create freedom or democracy. This is a way to create hatred and help the terrorists recruit more bombers. What is our military thinking?

Stop this, now. For God's sake.
- posted by geoff @ #