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Tripledoc
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Originally posted by Ned
The main issue is getting Zarqawi. I have a gut feeling he has already gone and is in Baghdad. |
I thought the main issue was getting bin Laden.
So should Bagdad be leveled to the ground too?
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Tripledoc
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Originally posted by DanS
Tripledoc: Iraqi forces are not bound by the Geneva convention while fighting insurgents in their own country. |
Iraqi forces are under the command of American officers, and the Iraqi guerillas constitute a levee en masse amply protected by the geneva Convention.
Falluja constitutes a part of the Republic of Iraq. Allawi works for the occupation, without popular mandate.
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Tripledoc
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That is just like saying that the police should not act according to the law, because they claim to have information that say the supposed criminals are not acting acording to the law.
So it is not a logical argument.
Anyway, I must say that the guerillas are clearly marked. They wear black clothes and covered faces most if the time, and they have weapons. Certainly they are no less marked than the western mercenaries. Also a contravention of the geneva convention to inject these kind of people into battle. In fact mercenaries get absolutely no protection at all.
They are not using civilians as shield, they operate amongst civilians - which is a big difference. Most combat is set in an urban setting.
They are not deliberately targeting civilians.
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Dr Strangelove
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It would be nice to get some of the 380 tons of high explosives back. So long as that stuff is out there it will be a major supply for suicidie bombers. Until recovered or expended it is a major threat to the stability of the area and could be used to provide a major disruption of the impending election.
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Drachasor
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Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I don't see why you'd attribute the unaccounted for 200,000 tons of explosives solely to the incompetence of the Bush Administration. Saddam is the one who dispersed and hid the stuff. Almost seems like you have an axe to grind...
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He hardly "hid" them. He placed them in an extremely large Bunker and they were sealed there by the IAEA. You have a very odd definition of the word "hide."
Oh, and the latest info I got indicates that the complex was observed while it was being looted:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast...s.ap/index.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...2-2004Nov1.html
Oh and some other stuff has been lost too:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/p...html?oref=login
Lastly, I would note I can find no evidence that Army personel moved the explosives. Ned, can you give a link that supports this statement of yours?
Best I have seen is that some of the explosives in the area were destroyed, but the complex is very, very large, there were many, many looters that went through it, and there is no evidence the high explosives were destroyed.
-Drachasor
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