those are the POWs...
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Andreina said:
let's hope that saddam really knows what the geneva convention is about...
Oh he knows, alright. He just ignores it, but then so has the US and allies by revealing Iraqi POW faces.
I can't begin to imagine how the families of the three (2 men & 1 woman) being publically interrogated must feel.
I feel just sick!
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Andreina said:
Definitely.
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here in the news they said that the U.S. Media have a news stop on that issue... as far as i have heard non of them is seriously injured. the woman has injured her foot, one of the guys has a non-lifethreatening insury on his torso. They belong to the 507. Corps which is responsible for mechanics and repairing and stuff.
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You mean the guy that murders his family and friends?
Not a hope, he'll delight in watching them die. The only chance is to get into Baghdad, and kill every one of them responsible.
They'll have fun with the female.
Hopefully by Tuesday, we'll be in there.
Not a hope, he'll delight in watching them die. The only chance is to get into Baghdad, and kill every one of them responsible.
They'll have fun with the female.
Hopefully by Tuesday, we'll be in there.
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Faux News now speculating that those smiling happy Iraqi troops that surrendered en masse yesterday overwhelmed a rear-echelon vehicle maintenance company once the combat arms units had pushed ahead. The U.S. Army had earlier decided to bypass a fortified Iraqi troop stronghold city in the south of Iraq, preferring to push on to Baghdad. The captured U.S. troops were alledgedly taken there.
International Red Cross has condemned showing interviews with captured U.S. troops, citing the anti- "humiliation" clause of the Geneva Convention. After reading some of the things the U.S. soldiers were alledged to have said, I think the Red Cross has a case. "I don't know what we're doing here in Iraq" "I would never fire a weapon" etc
International Red Cross has condemned showing interviews with captured U.S. troops, citing the anti- "humiliation" clause of the Geneva Convention. After reading some of the things the U.S. soldiers were alledged to have said, I think the Red Cross has a case. "I don't know what we're doing here in Iraq" "I would never fire a weapon" etc
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When I heard on Friday that we were letting them surrender en mass by simply poiting their guns away, rather than taking them in as POWs, I knew something like this would happen sooner or later.ThrobDownSouth said:
Idiot generals...
Now our troops are could get pinned in from ahead and behind.
Expecting a nation used to using chemical warfare and terror to keep it's people in line to respect surrender conventions without being disarmed and interned for the conflicts duration is just plain foolish...
Military generals spend oo much time with their 'eyes on the prize' and not thinking about how their plans might go astray.
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never mind
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schwaantz_nj
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not exactly
The generals are acting with real time logistics in mind. The amount of man power required to detain all surrendering Iraqis as POWs would bog down the forward movement of our troops towards Baghdad. The slow down of the troops would basically nullify the whole purpose of the "shock and awe" campaign.
I am sure the "generals" took your argument into account while they were formulating their plan of attack based on their years and years of military experience.
tenyari said:
The generals are acting with real time logistics in mind. The amount of man power required to detain all surrendering Iraqis as POWs would bog down the forward movement of our troops towards Baghdad. The slow down of the troops would basically nullify the whole purpose of the "shock and awe" campaign.
I am sure the "generals" took your argument into account while they were formulating their plan of attack based on their years and years of military experience.
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Re: not exactly
Years of military experience and training doesn't mean they can't muck up and make some stupid moves - this being one of them IMHO.
schwaantz_nj said:I am sure the "generals" took your argument into account while they were formulating their plan of attack based on their years and years of military experience.
Years of military experience and training doesn't mean they can't muck up and make some stupid moves - this being one of them IMHO.
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Re: Re: not exactly
If you actually understood the strategy behind the decision you would clearly see that it is not a mistake, the decision that is. There may have been a mistake made on this particular occasion, such as not proceeding with the proper caution when over taking Iraqi troops, which is completely different from the actual protocols set forth by the generals. There is no way our limited number of troops could march forth to baghdad as well as play corrections officer to hundreds of thousands Iraqi soldiers.
Hello_Kitten said:
If you actually understood the strategy behind the decision you would clearly see that it is not a mistake, the decision that is. There may have been a mistake made on this particular occasion, such as not proceeding with the proper caution when over taking Iraqi troops, which is completely different from the actual protocols set forth by the generals. There is no way our limited number of troops could march forth to baghdad as well as play corrections officer to hundreds of thousands Iraqi soldiers.
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This is just the beginning. It will only get worse as the ground battles in Bagdad and Kirkuk begin. But, what are the lives of a few hundred to possibly a thousand American lives worth when compared to the untold riches that a small group of fat old rich blue-bloods will reap when Iraq's vast oil reserves are fully under American control.
