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To: Ish who wrote (135841)	6/6/2004 6:21:32 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>> See, we in the US try not to kill civilians. No I don't see. In fact I see the opposite. How many civilians did Osama Bin Laden kill in the US ? How many civilians did the US kill in Afghanistan ? I know you don't like to look things up. So I'll answer. 2200 in the US. 6000 in Afghanistan. How does that support your statement of "See, we in the US try not to kill civilians." ? Another example. How many civilians did Iraq kill in the US ? ZERO. How many civilians did the US kill in Iraq ? 10,000 or more. So that also does not support your statement. There was a reason I asked you how you arrived at your statement that adherents of the Jewish religion expect to live with God after they die. Your answer was that you read the whole Bible. Well, I'll tell you again. It is nowhere to be found in the whole Bible. So you, apparently reach whatever conclusions you like. And they have no basis. You are not alone in that. Its just that others don't flaunt it so actively.

To: Ish who wrote (135841)	6/19/2004 3:53:16 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Ish; Re: " I doubt that happened [wear strings of ears like the USA troops in Vietnam apparently did] because of the smell of rotting flesh." Interesting comment. I've known a few people who carried around rabbit's feet and didn't notice much smell. The cutting off of ears as trophies in war is fairly common and is well documented. At least one US soldier was prosecuted for cutting the ears (and an index finger) off of an "enemy" corpse in Vietnam. The strings of ears were supposedly kept by Hmong in order to be paid for killing Communists, but I haven't found this documented on any US military websites. -- Carl