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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (230346)3/23/2003 11:42:43 AM
From: Secret_Agent_Man  Respond to of 436258
 
picture on BBC news.bbc.co.uk



To: Terry Maloney who wrote (230346)3/23/2003 11:44:48 AM
From: orkrious  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
Speculation (by a US general on CBC radio) that your media is withholding the tape for morale reasons.

morale? there is no question that this stuff is sanitized for our viewing. we see what they want us to see.

The general went on to say that these POWs better be treated very, very well ... )


they are reporting here that the dead bodies in the video appear to have been executed. I'm not sure what the general expects.



To: Terry Maloney who wrote (230346)3/23/2003 12:53:35 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
they aren't POWs, they have the same status as the people being held at Gitmo: illegal combatants. payback is a bitch. i feel very bad for those troops, their lives aren't worth a plugged nickel.



To: Terry Maloney who wrote (230346)3/23/2003 2:31:03 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
I think that general forgot this time is Different. If Iraqi regime could survive, they would have treated the US POW well, if not for any other reasons, at least later they could have exchanged some captured Iraqi back. But this time, the regime will be eliminated, so there is NO reason they behave as usual.