American Techniques of War and Iraqi Civilians

Based upon an excerpt from the the film The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, it appears the United States military used little discretion in their rounding up of enemy combatants.  US troops would burst into houses startling the Iraqi families, breaking and stealing.  They would then tie up the men and set them out on the curb.  This treatment humiliated the Iraqis, many who were not guilty of any crime.

Ahead of the troops, enemy takes were still burning and bullet holes were everywhere.  Troops were told to shoot if it looks like the enemy, although most US troops had never experienced combat before and thought all Iraqis looked like the enemy.