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To: NickSE who wrote (107884)	7/25/2003 10:24:14 AM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If they hate him so much why do they have to promise $25,000,000. Seems they should do it for free out of their hatred. Rascal @moneytalks.com

To: NickSE who wrote (107884)	7/25/2003 6:36:37 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Were Odai and Qusai Assassinated? The legalities of killing Saddam Hussein's sons. By Brendan I. Koerner slate.msn.com The U.S. military has released post-mortem photos of Odai and Qusai Hussein, the two sons of Saddam who were slain Tuesday. Since the pair were major political figures in Iraq, do their killings count as assassinations, which are prohibited by the United States? Not even close. The prohibition dates back to President Gerald Ford, who issued a 1976 executive order banning political assassinations after embarrassing revelations about U.S. efforts to kill Fidel Castro. President Reagan extended the ban with Executive Order 12333. But that ban doesn't apply to combat situations. According to most accounts of the Mosul raid, the American soldiers were fired upon when they entered the house. The moment gunfire was exchanged, the operation became a combat engagement, and anyone involved in the hostilities was legally fair game. Yet even if the Hussein brothers had not engaged the American forces, their killings still might not have qualified as assassinations. During wartime, it is generally acceptable to attack figures who are involved in military operations, and it is widely believed that Odai and Qusai were helping to coordinate resistance to the American occupation. As long as the brothers weren't killed by treacherous means—say, by luring them to a peace conference, then shooting them—they are legitimate targets. A close parallel is the 1943 killing of Japanese Adm. Isoruku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor. When U.S. aircraft* ambushed his plane, Yamamoto was the mission's sole target. However, because the admiral oversaw military operations against the United States at the time, the killing is generally not considered to have been an assassination. [cont'd...]