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2015-08-24 Afghanistan

Gruesome video purports to show Afghan soldiers killing Taliban bomber

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Posted by Fred 2015-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 Afhan soldiers seem to have the right idea. It goes back a long way to WWII, but there was a time when the U.S. addressed such problems in a similar way, e.g. after the massacre of U.S. GIs at Malmedy, German soldiers who committed the massacre were treated similarly.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-08-24 07:29|| 2015-08-24 07:29|| Front Page Top

#2 The videoclip war.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-08-24 09:23|| 2015-08-24 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "desert courts"

It has a certain... piquancy to it.

Posted by Pappy 2015-08-24 10:49|| 2015-08-24 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Summary execution of an unlawful combatant is perfectly fine by the Geneva Conventions. Arguably, it's required.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-08-24 12:26|| 2015-08-24 12:26|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder, would the same rule apply to 'journalists' who 'embed' themselves with terrorits?

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-08-24 12:41|| 2015-08-24 12:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Rob, I've been saying that for years. We should have been following the Geneva Conventions in Iraq: capture an illegal combatant, wring them dry of any useful intelligence, give them a summary court martial, followed by a firing squad.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-08-24 12:46|| 2015-08-24 12:46|| Front Page Top

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