By now you've probably heard the reports about 13 Iraqi's killed during a protest yesterday.

U.S. troops shot dead 13 Iraqis and wounded dozens taking part in a demonstration west of Baghdad, witnesses said on Tuesday -- an incident sure to inflame anger and fuel anti-American sentiment.

It certainly has inflamed anti-American sentiment. The Iraq Body Count database, the anti-American group that pours over news reports each day for anything that might be used to undermine the Coalition of the Willing, already has them chalked up as being murdered by the U.S. They gleefully report that between 13 and 15 "demonstrators, including pre-teen children" were "targeted" by U.S. forces. Naturally, there is no regard for the truth in their reporting.

Even Reuters admits (albeit in the 12th paragraph) that there are conflicting reports, and the 'protesters' were said to be armed and firing at U.S. troops.

U.S. Lt. Christopher Hart said between 100 and 200 chanting people approached his men, who opened fire after two gunmen with rifles appeared on a motorcycle and started shooting. He put the Iraqi death toll at between seven and 10

Whereas Reuters usually refers to terrorists and armed combatants as 'freedom fighters', Iraq Body Count contends that anyone not in a uniform is a 'civilian'. Although they declare that "civilian casualties are the most unacceptable consequence of all wars," and "each civilian death is a tragedy," they make absolutely no distinction between armed hostile guerrillas and school children.