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2009-05-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2009-05-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 a little different war...

Posted by Skidmark 2009-05-06 01:31|| 2009-05-06 01:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Skid, that Vietnam picture is, IIRC, deceptive. It had the intended effect of ginning up the anit-war feelings, but the shooting itself was pretty much defendable. (Wish this old brain could pull forward the details.)

Posted by Glenmore 2009-05-06 13:44|| 2009-05-06 13:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Given that my memory is a bit shaky, I seem to recall the kid had murdered the shooter's whole family.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-05-06 14:45|| 2009-05-06 14:45|| Front Page Top

#4 RJ, that sounds about right - it was something like that.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-05-06 16:31|| 2009-05-06 16:31|| Front Page Top

#5 I heard it was something like that too. In any case the 'victim' was most definitely not innocent as the picture seems to show.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-05-06 17:08|| 2009-05-06 17:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Read more details about the picture here.

Interesting story.

The 'victim' had killed a one of Loan's (the shooter) officers and his entire family. Also note that the 'victim' is out of uniform - an illegal combatant. According to the Geneva Convention illegal combatant can be summarily executed.

And what the hell does that picture have to do with the article anyway?

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-05-06 17:26|| 2009-05-06 17:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Police Chief, Saigon. And yes, the VC being shot had just murdered his whole family.

Not that such a crime was necessary to be summarily executed, in that place, at that time.

Posted by mojo 2009-05-06 17:26|| 2009-05-06 17:26|| Front Page Top

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