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1 posted on 09/19/2008 2:43:04 PM PDT by xzins
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To: RedRover; Girlene; Lancey Howard; brityank; jazusamo; lilycicero; smoothsailing; 4woodenboats; ...
According to information that came out during the trial, the unit’s patrol was fired upon, and the soldiers detained two Iraqi men who were seen running away from a place where weapons were found. Two more Iraqi men were later detained.

I bet money these troops believed these insurgents would be released....just like in the Behenna case. They thought they were preventing future dead Americans.

2 posted on 09/19/2008 2:45:01 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain Opposing -> ZerObama: zero executive, military, or international experience)
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“I said I was cool with it. ... I understood at the time that taking care of them would mean that they would end up dead. I didn’t care,” he testified.”

Its callous and idiotic mindsets like that which ensure we win the war but lose the peace. One wonders how many terrorists have been spawned due to his psychopathy.


8 posted on 09/19/2008 4:45:17 PM PDT by KantianBurke (President Bush, why did you abandon Specialist Ahmed Qusai al-Taei?)
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