Canadian sniper cleared of desecrating al-Qaeda body

National Post ^ | February 8, 2003 | Stewart Bell

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..Good. Jihadis have a tradition of violating corpses and performing nasty mutilations(eyes gouged out, penises severed and inserted into the mouths)....

So you want our side to behave like Jihadis?

Sheeesh.

[The KG9 Kid]

Oh, come on Byron... You're not saying that you're upset about the way the unlawful combatants at Camp X-Ray were transported, are you?

[swarthyguy]

Allegedly cutting a finger or sticking a smoke in the jihadi's mouth is nowhere near to acting like them. Even taking a crap on them is worth more as a chuckle than as any serious postdeath mutilation.

This is the heat of battle and men will do things they would not tell their wives about.

At least he was acquitted.

[VaBthang4]

They look comfy to me.

No picks in their hands. Dont seem to be laying railroad or picking up trash along the freeway. Aint picking tobacco, aint chopping wood, aint detassling corn...

They're just sittin there chillin. Breathing fresh filtered air and soaking up the shade on a caribbean island.

[swarthyguy]

>>So you want our side to behave like Jihadis?

Actually worse. Pigskin burials facing away from makkah and the like with videotapes broadcast would be effective in making some of them think twice about their actions.

Not burying their head with their bodies is another option, too but rather messy.

Actually, cremation for these types violating all their religious convictions would be good too.

In fact, they have it all too easy at Gitmo. No korans, no direcions to makkah, beer and ham sandwiches, no hallal meals.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...yeah, you outed me....

That's right. I did. And you're the fourth I've witnessed.

I'll tell you what always makes me laugh about you internet Munchausen types. It's always gotta be the 'Marine Recon', and the 'body full of 7.62s.' None of you are ever able to say, 'Dad worked in Graves Registration', or 'Dad spent the war in an air-conditioned office in Saigon processing paperwork' (not that there's anything wrong with that.) No. It's always gotta be a pastiche of Chuck Norris movies and a chest full of medals. Next time, under another screen name or on another website, try toning it down a bit, for scam longevity? Later, phony.

[VaBthang4]

"So you want our side to behave like Jihadis?"

Our side? Australians were serving in combat in Afghanistan? I really didnt know.

By the way...did your boys retaliate for the SE Asian al qaeda attack that killed so many of your countrymen?

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...you're not saying that you're upset about the way the unlawful combatants at Camp X-Ray were transported, are you?....

My point was, let's not have any of this nonsense that it's a holiday camp. Cheers, By.

[VaBthang4]

~Grin~

I'd mock your slander but I know the refutation in itself isnt your goal.

~Wink~

Nice try.

Haha

[donozark]

The caloric intake of the Gitmo EPWs exceeded that of their Marine guards. They are free of bugs-for the first time in their lives and fat as a late-spring calf. Seen regularly by doctors. We have over 600 of them to prove such excellant care. They had but one of ours, and MURDERED him...yet the ACLUseless, etal, remain silent on that point.

The Aussies at Long Tan did not embrace the enemy in so loving a way...why should we?

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..this is the heat of battle and men will do things they would not tell their wives about....

I understand that.

But this did NOT happen 'in the heat of battle.' Quite revealing, the way some war crime apologists on FR are in denial about that.

[swarthyguy]

This was a little fun and games with a dearly departed enemy. Nothing to get steamed about. Boys will be boys.

[hopespringseternal]

It's that kind of code that separates us, from the enemy.

Actually, what separates us from them is the fact that we won't murder their wives and children out of spite.

In fact, while engaging in a battle with those who murdered our unarmed loved ones, women, and children, we will take great pains not to harm their women and children. Even to the point of feeding and clothing them. And doing a better job of it than they ever could even if they weren't squandering their time and meager resources on killing our women and children.

Certainly, desecrating corpses is a sick and disgusting act and not to be tolerated, but we could crap on every last grave in Afghanistan and still be better than them.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...they look comfy to me....

Vab, how do you think your scam would work, in there?

...my daddy was a tough mujahadeen, with a chest full of 12.7s....

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...boys will be boys....

Hmmm. I dunno.

Would you rely on that defence, at your courtmartial?

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..the caloric intake of the Gitmo EPWs exceeded that of their Marine guards...

Let's avoid thread creep, okay? This discussion is about Canadian soldiers desecrating enemy dead. Regards, By.

[VaBthang4]

Haha....no. I'd tell'em he was from Australia. That'll straighten them out real quick.

LOL!!

[VaBthang4]

You kinda glazed over it so I'll repeat the question.

Did your boys retaliate for the SE Asian al qaeda attack that killed so many of your countrymen?

[VaBthang4]

You also flew by this one.

Australians were serving in combat in Afghanistan?

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...actually, what separates us from them is the fact that we won't murder their wives and children out of spite....

Read back up the thread, Hope.

Many posters on this thread would do exactly that. FR has a dark underbelly with this kind of thing. Thankfully, only a handful of Freepers have signed up for it, but there are some here for whom this kind of thread brings out their torture/murder fantasies in the same way a Britney Spears thread might be bring out their sexual fantasies. It's sick stuff, it's wrong, and it has to be confronted. I'm quite surprised that a poster of your stature is on their side, but like Piasa above, a few Freepers have taken leave of their commonsense since 911.