John Bruhns: We were told we were there to liberate these people. They were shooting at us.
John Bruhns, US Army Infantry Sergeant. Baghdad 2003 – ’04:
One day there was a riot in the Abu Ghraib market area.
We had 2,000 people from the community protest our presence in their country. These were not terrorists.
We were told we were there to liberate these people. They were shooting at us.
To keep American soldiers in Iraq for an indefinite period of time, being attacked by an unidentifiable enemy, is wrong, immoral, and irresponsible.
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