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Date Posted: 16:59:15 04/30/03 Wed
Author: Dano
Subject: General Garner�s incredibly insensitive statements after the second incident are bound to further infuriate the Iraqi people-
In reply to: Alie 's message, "Well, where he's right he's right. And he's been right again this morning when US soldiers again fired into an unarmed crowd protesting against Monday's shooting with at least three more dead and 50 injured. Well, they certainly know how to make friends." on 11:37:13 04/30/03 Wed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The retired general overseeing Iraq�s postwar reconstruction said on Wednesday that his fellow Americans should beat their chests with pride at having toppled Saddam Hussein without destroying the country's assets.

"We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in a mirror and get proud and stick out our chests and suck in our bellies and say: 'Damn, we're Americans!'," Jay Garner told reporters, saying that Iraq's oil fields survived the war almost intact.

His comments came after U.S. troops opened fire for the second time this week on an angry crowd protesting against the U.S. presence in the town of Falluja, west of Baghdad. Iraqi hospital officials said two men were killed in the latest incident. At least 13 died in shooting on Monday, they said.

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