With all the controversy over Afghanistan, many have forgotten that the USA still has troops in Iraq. Just as the Canadians are going to do in Afghanistan, the Americans are teaching the Iraqis how to be soldiers.
In a scene straight out of The Man Who Would Be King (starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine -- one of Walt's All-time Top Ten) two American soldiers were killed and a third injured when two Iraqi soldiers opened fire on... errr... US troops, during training in the northern city of Mosul today.
"According to available information, two American soldiers were killed today during a shooting at a training session inside al-Ghazlani military camp. Two Iraqi soldiers suddenly opened fire at the American soldiers," said an Iraqi colonel who, for some reason, declined to be named.
A senior police official confirmed, "Until now, we don't have any information on why the two Iraqi soldiers opened fire." Presumably more information will be forthcoming after an exercise in waterboarding. The Iraqi soldiers have been arrested, although by whom remains unclear.
In Ottawa, a spokesthingy for Canadian Prime Minister "Call Me Steve" Harpoon said, "Nothing like that will happen to the Canadian trainers in Afghanistan. First of all... errr... it's Iraq, not Afghanistan which everyone knows is more peaceful. And they shot Americans. They only shoot Americans, not Canadians. They know the difference, eh."
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