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To: HawaiianGecko
>>"A firing squad is used for military executions."

>That's not true. The state of Utah uses firing squads.

Just because Utah does it, doesn't mean it's not used for military executions. Also, I don't think that Iraq is in Utah's jurisdiction. :-)

486 posted on 12/31/2006 9:06:56 AM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Gondring
Hmm... I must have misunderstood your post in 474 saying:

A firing squad is used for military executions. If a firing squad were granted to Saddam, then it would indicate POW status, which he was denied...and if he had POW status, it would trigger many other things by the Geneva Conventions.

I understood that paragraph to mean that only the military uses firing squads, therefore, the use of a firing squad on Saddam would indicate a military execution. I guess it doesn't say that. Many thanks for the correction. :-)


487 posted on 12/31/2006 10:04:09 AM PST by HawaiianGecko (Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.)
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