(CNN) California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter said that as an artillery officer, his unit "killed probably hundreds of civilians" during his 2004 tour in Fallujah, Iraq. "I was an artillery officer, and we fired hundreds of rounds into Fallujah, killed probably hundreds of civilians, if not scores, if not hundreds of civilians," Hunter said. "Probably killed women and children, if there were any left in the city when we invaded. When pressed on a specific killing differing from collateral damage, Hunter argued that it was simply a matter of how people were killed. "As opposed to artillery killing civilians, women and children, because it's kind of indiscriminate in a way.

Source: CNN June 02, 2019 01:18 UTC