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作者：Anonymous 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Marines on Wednesday defended their decision to attack a mosque compound in the Iraqi town of Falluja saying the fact insurgents were firing from inside meant it lost its status as a protected structure.
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"U.S. Marines observed anti-Coalition Forces today firing from the Haj Musheen Abdul Aziz al-Kubaysi mosque complex in Falluja," the Marines said in a statement.
"In order to gain access to the compound housing the mosque, Marines used air support to breach a wall located several hundred yards away from the actual mosque structure."
The statement said there was no damage to the actual mosque. It said one insurgent was killed and that there were no reports of civilian casualties. Iraqis on the ground said at least 25 people had been killed.
The statement said the mosque had been used throughout the day to target Marines battling insurgents in Falluja. Guerrillas fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms from inside the compound.
Scores of Iraqis have been killed in the past few days after U.S. forces launched an offensive in response to the killing of four U.S. contractors in the town last week.
"The ACF (anti-coalition forces) firing from the mosque wrongfully violated the law of war by conducting offensive military operations from a protected structure," the statement said.
"As a result, the mosque lost its protected status and therefore became a lawful military target. Nevertheless, the Marines only targeted the wall surrounding the compound in order to prevent damage to the mosque."
The top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq (news - web sites) earlier told CNN that two 500 pound bombs and fired rockets and the mosque wall.
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