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To: LindyBill who wrote (39018)	4/11/2004 5:54:14 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 793914

<<The marines have used almost no heavy weapons in Fallujah. >> That in itself shows a real reverence for life in general.

To: LindyBill who wrote (39018)	4/11/2004 5:55:14 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

Digital Warfighter - Did you get that memo? Why cease-fires sometimes suck... The most serious break in Sunday's peace came when a sniper opened fire on U.S. patrol, wounding two Marines, commanders said. In the ensuing gunbattle, at least one insurgent was killed."They are not playing by the rules, sir," Marine Capt. Jason Smith radioed to his commander after taking fire in another incident in which the troops did not fire back. Read more here. History is full of examples of major fighting taking place during cease-fires, or even after the war had ended. In Vietnam, the Tet offensive took place during an official cease-fire, in an act of conscious perfidy. During the War of 1812, American and British troops clashed in the war's major battle after the truce had been signed.Since this incident seems isolated, I'll guess that whether it is a deliberate violation or a case of poor communication is moot, but it reminds us that a cease-fire can be as dangerous as open conflict.

To: LindyBill who wrote (39018)	4/11/2004 6:45:55 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

So, what should he have reported? Here's what he said: "More than 280 Iraqis have been killed and 400 wounded this week in the U.S. Marines' siege of insurgents in this city west of Baghdad, the director of Fallujah's hospital said Thursday." What should he have said. He doesn't know if those numbers are good or not. He doesn't know what the breakdown of them is in terms of innocents and combatants. What should he have said? He's getting paid to file stories. He couldn't not file anything. He could have added a caveat that Iraqi hospitals' numbers are traditionally unreliable, but we all know that. We're not stupid He could have added that those numbers were unverified, although it's obvious that they aren't verifiable. That would give some distance, I suppose, without being too disrespectful. Is that what you want? If not, what do you want?