I was shopping at about 11:30 a.m. at a compound of supermarkets and I saw the Turks shopping. They had parked their cars (armored navy blue Mercedes A class) and they were on foot, carrying their guns and wearing armors. It's ordinary to see them there.
I was going to the compound they entered when I remembered I wanted to buy meat so I entered the butcher's shop, about 50 meters away from the supermarket. Five minutes later, I came out as soon as I stepped out of the butcher's shop, I realized the rifle of one of the Turks was carrying accidentally went off (or that's what I think it was). Then the other Turks started shooting randomly (I think they thought they were being attacked).
They were shooting at people like they were not humans; they were shooting like they were shooting at dogs. People started to run and others tried to hide and I immediately went back to the Butcher's shop while they continued shooting. The whole thing went on for one or two minutes and then they ran back to their cars and drove away without thinking of what they did and who was injured or killed.
A few minutes later, I went to the site and I saw the people carrying two men…one of them was an old man injured in the head and was unconscious (most probably he was dead) and the other one was covered with blood. I think he was injured in the leg and torso (I think he will not survive).
I can't describe what my feeling was…no words can be satisfactory when you see innocent people killed like this for nothing. And the ones who killed them just went away like nothing happened.
The people who were carrying the injured stopped taxis and took them to hospitals. I saw two casualties but some say there were more on the other side of the street. I'm not sure but I saw two. Blood was all over the place.
Why? I just want to know why Iraqi blood is so cheap in the world's eyes. I'm sure it wasn't mentioned in the news and that's what makes me even angrier. I felt a deep urge to write this post - I want to expose what happened and I beg anyone who reads it to spread the word because this is the only thing Iraqis can do.
There is no one to ask justice from, nowhere to press charges. Justice can't be obtained in Iraq and justice is not for innocent Iraqis, so the only thing we can do is spreading awareness.
Who gave the authority to those Turkish bastards to shoot in a crowded street? Who are they to do that? I want justice. I want revenge for those poor innocent Iraqis who died in front of me At least I want the whole world to know what they did, although I'm sure nothing will be done like in the case of Blackwater.
I can't describe what I felt today - it was a combination of fear (during the incident) and anger, disgust and an urge for revenge after it. I'm in real sorrow for what Iraq is now. I'm in sorrow for the Iraqis who get killed everyday in crimes like this and their families can't do anything. I'm in sorrow for the way Iraqis are treated in the "new, liberated, democratic and luxurious" Iraq!
And I want the whole world to know.
