The Telegraph, quoting a NIKE SHOX officer in the area who had spoken to soldiers involved

The Telegraph, quoting a NIKE SHOX officer in the area who had spoken to soldiers involved, said the

victims were American employees of Halliburton unit Kellog, Brown & Root, the biggest NIKE SHOX

military contractor in Iraq.

At least two of the men were dragged alive from their vehicle, which had been badly shot up, and forced

to kneel in the road before being killed, it said.

“Killing one of the men with a rifle round fired into the back of his head, they doused the other with

petrol and set him alight,” the newspaper report said.

“Barefoot children, yelping in delight, piled straw on to the screaming man’s body to stoke the

flames.”

The Telegraph said NIKE SHOX soldiers escorting the convoy were unable to respond quickly because the

hatches on their Humvees were closed.

The hatches on their Humvees were closed? That’s an odd thing to say, isn’t it? Were the soldiers

locked in or what?

As if on cue, the New York Times has posted another story featuring death by fire:

The Bradley fighting vehicles moved slowly down this city’s main boulevard. Suddenly, a homemade bomb

exploded, punching into one vehicle. Then another explosion hit, briefly lifting a second vehicle up

onto its side before it dropped back down again.