AP - "It was a heinous crime where a group of National Guards were targeted," Allawi said. "There was great negligence on the part of some coalition forces. It seems there was sort of determination on doing Iraq and Iraqi people harm."
The attack on the soldiers, who were returning home on leave, occurred on a remote eastern highway when their buses were stopped by insurgents at a fake checkpoint, police and defense officials said.
These comments will no doubt soon be used by the Kerry/Edwards campaign as further evidence of Bush's poor performance in Iraq despite the fact that campaign spokesman Joe Lockhart once referred to Allawi as a Bush "puppet."