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Jittery U.S. Soldiers Kill 6 Iraqis
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| Aug 10th 2003
| SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI
Posted on 08/10/2003 8:37:25 PM PDT by CanadianFella
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To: cyborg
OK that's fine, but sitting here in our cushy living rooms and armchair quarterbacking doesn't help their morale NOR give them the tools/education they need to fix/prevent any further incidents. If you're complaining about morale then don't harp and make it worse. I'm betting they're already in serious trouble for it, especially if they did not follow procedure. However if the family was out after curfew, I'm betting they were. And if they really feared being out after curfew I wouldn't be silly enough to speed through the streets trying to get home, I'd either take shelter or just before curfew seek some help FROM the soldiers in getting home. Anything but racing through the streets looking suspicious.
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:01:27 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
("multipass!")
To: MEG33
How is this Viet Nam? It's Viet Nam because he's starting out cynical, is my guess.
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:02:11 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
("multipass!")
To: CanadianFella
...and for what reason... 'This account has been banned or suspended.' CanadianFella???
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:02:22 PM PDT
by
easonc52
To: Numbers Guy
Thanks for that post. I echo your sentiment.
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:03:04 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
("multipass!")
To: easonc52
yeah just saw that myself. I shoulda looked earlier.
Prairie
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:03:17 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Middle East terrorists to the world: " We don't want no STINKING PEACE!!")
To: CanadianFella
What are you people talking about? You have to put yourself into the boots of the person handed the responsibility. It's not Vietnam, it's an experiment.
I say cut to the chase, tell America the truth about Islam and go from there. Baby steps to reality. They want us dead.
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:03:17 PM PDT
by
NewRomeTacitus
(This has been a public service announcement.)
To: easonc52
guess it can't respond anymore...
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:03:32 PM PDT
by
easonc52
To: jeepit
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
Polar bear!
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:03:47 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
("multipass!")
To: easonc52
I wish I had been snottier in my postings to it. heh
Prairie
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:05:15 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Middle East terrorists to the world: " We don't want no STINKING PEACE!!")
To: King Prout
SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI Miss Sheherezade seems to have gone to the Bulwer-Lytton School of Prose
All these "Iraqis" seem to have Iranian names.
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:05:37 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(Every democratic politician should live next door to a pimp, so he can have someone to look up to.)
To: CanadianFella
I was trying to figure out what does not sound right...If the family started a half a mile before the checkpoint, they must have been accelerating toward the checkpoint. This would have most likely given the soldiers at the checkpoint the impression that they were being charged....Sounds like some drivers ed might be in order. I am very sorry for the loss of this family but I also know that there is clearly more to this story. I also find it interesting that no member of the unit manning the checkpoint had a chance to make a statement....Very interesting....
Vietnam no....More like Somalia where our soldiers get dragged through the streets as thanks for trying to help...
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:07:10 PM PDT
by
dwd1
(M. h. D. (Master of Hate and Discontent))
To: prairiebreeze
checking is just a habit for an 'it' so far from my belief system - lol
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:09:14 PM PDT
by
easonc52
To: Terriergal
OK that's fine, but sitting here in our cushy living rooms and armchair quarterbacking doesn't help their morale NOR give them the tools/education they need to fix/prevent any further incidents.
* I am sure they're wondering why they don't have air conditioners. Or why the British have reported looters stealing cable that supplies electricity to power Iraqis' AC.
If you're complaining about morale then don't harp and make it worse. I'm betting they're already in serious trouble for it, especially if they did not follow procedure.
* You are right. I am sorry for sounding like a whiner. I am sorry I didn't read the part where one of the women said, she wants to drink Bush's blood. Not exactly a sympathy engendering response...
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:09:14 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(i'm half and half... me mum is a muggle and me dad is a witch)
To: CanadianFella
The Iraqi loyalists have already shown some skill in manipulating the press in the propaganda war. What better way to stir things up than to dress in US/UK uniforms and ambush civilians?
Never saw the checkpoint? US troops 'jittery' and shooting willy nilly? Murdering innocents en masse? Just doesn't ring true for me. Methinks something sinister is afoot.
If a US soldier was really shot and injured by another trooper, I've got to believe the press would have been all over it.
The allies already recovered bunches of US & UK uniforms stashed by the Fedeyeen in the sand early on in the war. Willing to bet they recovered them all?
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:10:24 PM PDT
by
frostbit
(Non Sibi, sed Patriae. "Not self, but country.")
To: CanadianFella
Yahoo ^ | Aug 10th 2003 | SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI,,, is this guy a tea boy for Robert Fisk? One thing, war gives parasites like Faramarzi and Fisk better bank balances too.
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:10:56 PM PDT
by
shaggy eel
(Checking in from 41º 18'S 174º 47'E)
To: CanadianFella
Some aliens intend to be alienated.
Some things don't make sense in this story, but I don't know what the procedures are. Are checkpoints conducted without any lighting at night? When a shooting occurs at a checkpoint, do our soldiers just disappear, without checking on the suspects? Why would a soldier bother with pulling the child out and then not do anything for the others?
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:12:54 PM PDT
by
skr
(The liberals are only interested in seeking Weapons for Bush Destruction)
To: Alouette
The Persians had control of what is now Iraq for centuries. There would be some cultural and familial bleedover as a natural consequence.
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:14:20 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: CanadianFella
A no win situation. Let's get the hell out.
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posted on
08/10/2003 9:15:12 PM PDT
by
RLK
To: CanadianFella
Up your canadian SARS vacation Fag Boy!
I love your home page.
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