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2010-02-20 Afghanistan

Corps to use more lethal ammo in Afghanistan

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-02-20 19:33|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 international law of war

Which one? The real one or the make believe one made up by activist lawyers and advocates?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-20 20:41|| 2010-02-20 20:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Outstanding. A ruling yet on the mercurized ammo the taliban are using? Or whatever it is which has caused some funky after-effects.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-02-20 21:26|| 2010-02-20 21:26|| Front Page Top

#3 ...an Army unit in Iraq temporarily banned the open-tip M118 long-range used by snipers after a JAG officer mistook it for hollow-tip ammunition,

So guys like this are gonna make the call?
And how come it appears okay for the SpecOp guys to already be using it?

Posted by tu3031 2010-02-20 22:39|| 2010-02-20 22:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Won't matter if they can't use it. :-(

Posted by gorb 2010-02-20 23:22|| 2010-02-20 23:22|| Front Page Top

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