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2003-04-05 Iraq

8 Bodies Found in Raid Were U.S. Soldiers

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Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-05 12:23 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If there is evidence any were executed then I expect there will be a retalitory strike - and a good chance it will be against Tikrit or Saddam's home village. MOAB anyone?

Posted by Phil B 2003-04-05 00:41:27|| 2003-04-05 00:41:27|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm with Phil B... If it can be proven that our troops were executed it's definitely MOAB time in Tikrit.

Posted by Targus 2003-04-05 01:10:54|| 2003-04-05 01:10:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Patience, wait for the right moment.. and then
Champs Elysee.

Posted by Dishman 2003-04-05 01:25:47|| 2003-04-05 01:25:47|| Front Page Top

#4 I agree completely.

Remember the "Today Baghdad,
Tomorrow Paris"
inscription on the M1.

"Revenge is Best Eaten Cold."

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-05 01:32:55|| 2003-04-05 01:32:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Its important to understand what this war is really about and its not WMD or oil. Its an object lesson to regimes (and other entities) that threaten and kill people (their own citizens their neighbours, and the international community).

MOAB on Tikrit will drive home the message that the disadvantages of your favourite son becoming a murdering dictator outweigh the advantages.

I don't relish killing a lot of civillians, but its a greater good thing.

Posted by Phil B 2003-04-05 01:41:25|| 2003-04-05 01:41:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Come on, folks, get real. We're not going to suddenly start deliberately bombing civilians. That would be counterproductive. We are getting a lot of information from Iraqi civilians about the locations of the Baathists and the Fedayeen, which we are using to target the bad guys while not killing the civilians.

We will, however, spare no effort after the war is over to find ALL of the Iraqis who have committed war crimes, and bring them to justice.

Justice, by the way, should come at the end of a rope.

Posted by BarCodeKing 2003-04-05 03:51:59|| [barcodeking.blogspot.com/] 2003-04-05 03:51:59|| Front Page Top

#7 If I was the guy who found Sammy alive, I would damn well make sure he doesn't get out of that bunker intact to face a trial in The Hague. No friggin way.

Posted by RW 2003-04-05 06:35:16|| 2003-04-05 06:35:16|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't think killing Saddam would be the best thing to do. Shooting him in the kneecaps and elbows, however, plus a really hard smack between the eyes (and elsewhere... ) with a rifle butt, then drag him out of the bunker by his hands. Throw him on the back of a deuce-and-a-half and haul him out to the center of Baghdad. Put him in a glass box, and glue the seams shut. Let the people of Baghdad watch him turn blue. I'm sure they will feel a great relief when it's all over.
Kind of a catharsis thing.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-05 13:47:03|| 2003-04-05 13:47:03|| Front Page Top

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