A Special Kind of Alarming.

While getting ready this morning I began listening to Monday's episode of Democracy Now. You're right, something caught my attention. Feel free to read the full transcript at democracynow.org (it's linked to on the right).

"Meanwhile, the US military has announced 350 innocent Iraqis were killed at US checkpoints last year – an average of at least six killings per week. A senior intelligence official told Reuters that out of a total 4,000 incidents in which US troops responded to a perceived threat -- less than two percent were later found to have posed an actual threat."