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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 10:42 AM Original message |
Civilian cost of battle for Falluja emerges |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. collective punishment of civilians is another U.S. war crime.... |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. So much for upholding the "rule of law" and all of that. n/t |
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getoffmytrain (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Any civilian casualty |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. but when other people attack us, we don't call it a "tragedy" |
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getoffmytrain (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Reality. |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Reality is that the US is responsible for genocide |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. 600 civilians died in Falluja during the "limited" incursion in April |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. The reality is that the US has the big bombs, is capable of |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. The Iraqis in Fallujah DID NOT THREATEN us! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. This is NOT "warfare". Even we admit that. Please don't call it "warfare" |
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getoffmytrain (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Of course this |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 06:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. INVASION. Worse than a "war", this is an INVASION by the USA. |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. We USED TO BE the good guys |
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lindashaw (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Not anymore. No one can be a good soldier in a bad war. |
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ScrewyRabbit (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 11:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. A 500 lb bomb isn't as precise as you'd like |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. see my post #8 |
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ScrewyRabbit (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You're right of course |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. here's some "precision" bombing |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Um, not quite... |
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RyomaSakamoto (393 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. we seized their hospitals first, hello |
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getoffmytrain (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. More people would have died had |
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RyomaSakamoto (393 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. propaganda |
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getoffmytrain (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Why did Japan not surrender if they were beat |
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RyomaSakamoto (393 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. once their 1 condition was met, they surrendered |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. This isn't Japan and we were never never never ever attacked by |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Please don't haul out that tired old tripe. It's Eisenhower-era propaganda |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 06:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
57. BULLSHIT. You REALLY need to read up on the REAL U.S. history |
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NCN007 (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. this is probably for another discussion |
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getoffmytrain (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. How dare you |
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RyomaSakamoto (393 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. BS |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Truman used the bomb as a warning to Stalin... |
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RyomaSakamoto (393 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. our first SHOCK-n-AWE to the WORLD |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. So we occupied Japan after WWII ended, but we never "invaded" them? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 07:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
58. BULLSHIT. |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. It's not a war |
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Branjor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Does anyone have the link |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Is this what you're thinking of? |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. thanks, JudiLyn |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Damned unbearable to witness, too, isn't it? So sad. n/t |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Thanks JudiLyn |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. well then... do it |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is disgusting and criminal... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. If we're a 'culture of life', why are we so haphazard about protecting it? |
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Magleetis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. How can this be? |
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WeShallWinMore (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. Strange. Why would the journalist refuse to be named? |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. He's afraid of retaliation |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Perhaps because more than 100 journalists |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Presumably you're unaccustomed to seeing stories |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Because Allawi has issued an edict forbiding reporters from speaking... |
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bin.dare (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. my question too |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hope chimpanzee can sleep at night, but crazy people often do. |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. that pic reminds me of Ali: Gloats like a neocon, stinks like a pee. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
59. distinguishing civilian from combatant targets is so passe - |
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RyomaSakamoto (393 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. our NANKING |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. Falluja - A War Crime in progress.... |
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eleonora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 06:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. -sigh- |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. Perspective from an Iraqi girl's blog |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Thanks for this link and |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
54. kick |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-15-04 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
60. Is This The "Precision" Targeting They Are Talking About ?(Video Link) |
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