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2006-02-15 Europe

US says "No" to Spanish court over journo death

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-02-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The "Army of Journalists" is that like the "government of Journalists?" Sod off you Tranzi clowns.

Posted by Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-15 00:18|| 2006-02-15 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Heh, what he said.

Posted by .com 2006-02-15 00:45|| 2006-02-15 00:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Aye, sod off, Swampy, what they said.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-02-15 01:42|| 2006-02-15 01:42|| Front Page Top

#4 In November, Pedraz ruled that there was sufficient evidence to justify the lawsuit brought in May 2003 by relatives of the cameraman against the three US soldiers.

A lawsuit? From actions taken in a war zone? Please.

A war zone isn't a safe place to be, and any "journalist" in that war zone should understand that. Too bad their relatives don't.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-15 09:36|| 2006-02-15 09:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Couso added that "reading the US Army Operations Manual has given us new elements, like for example the understanding that (the tank crew) could not have fired on their own without authorization from their superiors.

"They had to request that authorization," he added.

Now, I have never been in the military, but I believe I am correct in calling BULLS**T on the above quote. Maybe to drop a bomb on a building from the B-52 and such you've got to run it up the chain of command. However comma I'm pretty sure the field troops are given their ROE BEFORE going into the field and are trusted to understand and operate within those parameters without having to ask permission every time they pull the trigger.

At most, I wouldn't see a request like that going beyond the tank platoon commander for approval. Maybe we have some wonderful tread heads in the audience today that can confirm or correct my assumption?

Posted by psychohillbilly 2006-02-15 12:48|| 2006-02-15 12:48|| Front Page Top

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