http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040426/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_18
An explosion leveled part of a building as American troops searched it for suspected production of "chemical munitions," a U.S. general said. Two soldier were killed and five wounded in the blast, and a cheering mob of Iraqis looted their wrecked Humvees, taking away weapons and equipment.
Part of me wants to say "hey maybe there were chemical weapons there and they scuttled them" but then the more sensible part of me says "No, they wanted an ambush and realized how simple it would be to get us there quickly by mentioning chemical weapons. They know we'd jump at the chance to inspect, probably not taking the precautions we normaly would to vet the intel."
That's all speculation, naturally.
Afterward, dozens of cheering teenagers started to smash the ambandoned Humvees. One child climbed on a hood of one of the vehicles and beat it with a stick. Iraqis stripped the vehicles of equipment, one waving a heavy machine gun, another waving a U.S. helmet. One man sported military headphones.
A group dragged away one of the already burned-out Humvees, doused it with fuel and set it ablaze again.
Yeah, it's just a few bad apples. The average Iraqi loves us. The children are the evil ones, you gotta watch out for them.