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1 posted on 08/18/2004 12:11:15 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
"hold your fire, hold your fire!

"But he's still moving Sir"

2 posted on 08/18/2004 12:13:25 PM PDT by Viet-Boat-Rider ((KERRY IS A NARCISSISTIC LIAR, GOLDBRICKER, AND TRAITOR!))
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To: HAL9000

Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin.


3 posted on 08/18/2004 12:13:42 PM PDT by randog (What the....?!)
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To: HAL9000

That's the way the bullets bounce.


4 posted on 08/18/2004 12:15:09 PM PDT by theDentist ("John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute.")
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To: HAL9000

Here we go...let's see if Peter, Dan, and Tom will cover this as the top story tonight.


6 posted on 08/18/2004 12:16:55 PM PDT by cwiz24
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To: HAL9000
Non-lethal ammunition failed to disperse the group

This war has been allowed to be so damn PC that our troops guarding the worst of the worst prisoners are issued rubber bullets!!!!!

It is a sham and a shame!!!!
7 posted on 08/18/2004 12:27:09 PM PDT by TomGuy (After 20 years in the Senate, all Kerry has to run on is 4 months of service in Viet Nam.)
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To: HAL9000

Should have backed off and let them kill each other. The vast majority there are either common criminals or terrorists.


9 posted on 08/18/2004 12:44:01 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: HAL9000

Title Correction:
U.S. Soldiers save life of Iraqi prisoner.

Soldiers used rubber bullets in an attempt to quell a prison riot, but were forced to use lethal force and shoot two prisoners who were beating a fellow prisoner during Prison riot.

From being damned to being Heroes.


10 posted on 08/18/2004 12:45:50 PM PDT by Prost1 (Why isn't Berger in jail?)
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To: HAL9000

They should let a guy with severe muscle spasms guard the prisoners. With a tripod-mounted mini-gun. That'll keep 'em calm.


12 posted on 08/18/2004 12:50:45 PM PDT by Shryke (Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.)
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To: HAL9000
August 18, 2004
Release Number: 04-08-58


ABU GHRAIB FIGHT LEAVES TWO DETAINEES DEAD, FIVE WOUNDED

Aug. 18, 2004

BAGHDAD - A fight that broke out among detainees at the Abu Ghraib detention facility early this morning resulted in the death of two detainees, with five others wounded.

The altercation among the detainees broke out at about 5:45 a.m., when guards observed a large group of security detainees attacking another detainee using rocks and tent poles. Guards attempted to intervene with verbal warnings, but the situation continued to escalate and the number of detainees involved swelled to over 200, resulting in the use of non-lethal rounds to disperse the group.

When this failed to quell the situation and it was determined that a detainee's life was still at risk, lethal force was authorized, and the situation was brought under control.

Medical assistance was immediately provided on site and at the detention hospital. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation.

TEXT PROVIDED BY MNF-I DETAINEE OPERATIONS PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT LTC BARRY JOHNSON AT barry.johnson@vcmain.hq.c5.army.mil , (914) 360-3495 or Iraqna 07901 92 86 58.
 
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/news_release.asp?NewsRelease=20040858.txt

14 posted on 08/18/2004 4:40:15 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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