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On the subject of exaggeration , below you will see a Reuters snippet about a car bombing in Karbala , a horrific event to be sure . Four paratroopers were killed Saturday in Karbala , a holy Shiite city about 60 miles southwest of Baghdad , after a group of men wearing U.S. military uniforms reportedly entered a government compound and opened fire with grenades and guns . American soldiers frequently complain that sympathetic Iraqi police and soldiers tip off targets of raids in advance , but Iraqi officials marveled at the brazenness of Saturday 's attack in Karbala , a city controlled by Shiites . In Karbala , a Marine held a 9-millimeter pistol to the back of a detainee 's head while another Marine snapped a picture .