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30 rebels attacked slain U.S. troops in Iraq-witness
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| 6/21/06
Posted on 06/21/2006 10:03:01 AM PDT by TexKat
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:03:05 AM PDT
by
TexKat
To: SE Mom; mystery-ak; Dog; xzins; Ernest_at_the_Beach; La Enchiladita
30 rebels attacked slain U.S. troops in Iraq-witness PING
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:07:18 AM PDT
by
TexKat
To: TexKat
It is a War Crime according to the Geneva Convention to fail to wear identifiable uniforms.
"He said about 30 gunmen, some wearing ski masks and baggy black pants and others in white and red checkered headdresses, mounted the ambush."
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:08:32 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Zarqawi is Dead: Celebrate with a Pork Chop and a Beer!)
To: TexKat
At least maybe they were already dead before they were mutilated.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:09:48 AM PDT
by
Peach
(Iraq/AlQaeda relationship http://markeichenlaub.blogspot.com/2006/06/strategic-relationship-between.)
To: TexKat
they didn't have a chance. I wonder if this is the same farmer that warned our troops about the booby traps and probably saved some lives.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:09:51 AM PDT
by
RDTF
To: TexKat
It is a War Crime according to the Geneva Convention to murder a Prisoner Of War.
"Chief U.S. military spokesman Major General William Caldwell said there was reason to believe two bodies found in the Yusufiya area on Monday night were those of Tucker and Menchaca."
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:09:57 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Zarqawi is Dead: Celebrate with a Pork Chop and a Beer!)
To: TexKat
It takes 30 murdering terrorists (and not insurgents I hate that word) to take two of our soldiers yet the system goes complete agog about one dead Iraqi and 6 marines and one sailor charged in the death. Bullsh*t!
To: TexKat
It is a War Crime according to the Geneva Convention to harrass and terrorize the citizenry.
"Residents say the group was highly active in the rural area, terrorising families and forcing them to flee."
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:11:32 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Zarqawi is Dead: Celebrate with a Pork Chop and a Beer!)
To: Brad Cloven; TexKat
you are both speaking too rationally. These barbarians play by their own rules and always have and will. Civilized laws don't apply to them.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:12:48 AM PDT
by
RDTF
To: TexKat
It is a War Crime according to the Geneva Convention to fail to segregate oneself from non-combatants before initiating hostilities.
"a woman was killed in an exchange of fire between the insurgents and the soldiers."
started firing at the soldiers," recalled farmer Omar Abdullah, 49, who said he was some 200 metres (yards) away.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:13:15 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Zarqawi is Dead: Celebrate with a Pork Chop and a Beer!)
To: Peach
It is a War Crime according to the Geneva Convention to mistreat or torture Prisoners of War.
"At least maybe they were already dead before they were mutilated.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:14:05 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Zarqawi is Dead: Celebrate with a Pork Chop and a Beer!)
To: lilylangtree
It takes 30 murdering terrorists (and not insurgents I hate that word) to take two of our soldiers yet the system goes complete agog about one dead Iraqi and 6 marines and one sailor charged in the death. Bullsh*t! I totally agree lilylangtree!
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:14:13 AM PDT
by
TexKat
To: RDTF
It is a War Crime according to the Geneva Conventions to leave mines in an area where civilians can be expected.
"warned our troops about the booby traps and probably saved some lives."
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:15:49 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Zarqawi is Dead: Celebrate with a Pork Chop and a Beer!)
To: RDTF
I count six separate War Crimes associated with this story. Will the press ever mention that the enemy are War Criminals?
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:17:36 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Zarqawi is Dead: Celebrate with a Pork Chop and a Beer!)
To: Brad Cloven
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:17:54 AM PDT
by
Peach
(Iraq/AlQaeda relationship http://markeichenlaub.blogspot.com/2006/06/strategic-relationship-between.)
To: TexKat
"It was not possible to independently verify their account."
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But the press had no trouble running with the Haditha story when presented by a two-man "human rights group"!
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:18:18 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(Cynical romantic or romantic cynic.....you decide.)
To: Peach
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:18:22 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Zarqawi is Dead: Celebrate with a Pork Chop and a Beer!)
To: Brad Cloven; RDTF
It is a War Crime according to the Geneva Convention to harrass and terrorize the citizenry. Humph! I understand that it has been understood and accepted that this is a new day, a new kind of warfare. Well if that is the case then perhaps Geneva needs her Convention tweaked a bit.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:18:22 AM PDT
by
TexKat
To: Brad Cloven
I understand war crimes and the Geneva Convention. I still don't understand your point in highlighting my post that at least the soldiers were dead before they were mutilated. I would think that would bring at least some small measure of comfort to any family member to know that they weren't tortured while alive.
If 30 gunmen opened fire on those soldiers, it's unlikely they were alive while tortured.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:22:58 AM PDT
by
Peach
(Iraq/AlQaeda relationship http://markeichenlaub.blogspot.com/2006/06/strategic-relationship-between.)
To: lilylangtree
You nailed it. I was going to post the exact same words.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:23:35 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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