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2005-02-02 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-02 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder if they were rioting because they were being deprived of the the opportunity to vote ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-02 12:38:38 AM|| 2005-02-02 12:38:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Other reports indicate this was a Sunni on Shia riot.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-02 1:47:25 AM|| 2005-02-02 1:47:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Troops shot the four dead with rifles after failing to quell rock-throwing rioters with plastic pellets fired from shotguns.

Oh no! I smell an ICC prosecution....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-02 10:52:04 AM|| 2005-02-02 10:52:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "...Out of our cold dead hands, will you pry these rocks!!"

Posted by smn 2005-02-02 5:18:15 PM|| 2005-02-02 5:18:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well it sounds like the less than lethal options were used. They didn't work so they went to the next level. SOP.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-02 5:28:16 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-02 5:28:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Army NG unit that had been guarding at Bucca was replaced a couple weeks ago by another outfit (USAF, I think), and I wonder if the prisoners were testing their new keepers to see what they could get away with.

Posted by Dave D. 2005-02-02 5:30:45 PM|| 2005-02-02 5:30:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I am wondering if they went to wood baton rounds, Those will kill if they make a direct hit at a close range.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-02 5:33:47 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-02 5:33:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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