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To: redfish who wrote (58705)	10/6/2004 9:49:17 AM
From: redfish	Respond to of 89467

MURDER!!! Take them out, dude: pilots toast hit on Iraqi 'civilians' By Andrew Buncombe in Washington 06 October 2004 The Pentagon said yesterday it was investigating cockpit video footage that shows American pilots attacking and killing a group of apparently unarmed Iraqi civilians. The 30-second clip shows the pilot targeting the group of people in a street in the city of Fallujah and asking his mission controllers whether he should "take them out". He is told to do so and, shortly afterwards, the footage shows a huge explosion where the people were. A second voice can be heard on the clip saying: "Oh, dude." The existence of the video, taken last April inside the cockpit of a US F-16 fighter has been known for some time, though last night's broadcast by Channel 4 News is believed to be the first time a mainstream broadcaster has shown the footage. At no point during the exchange between the pilot and controllers does anyone ask whether the Iraqis are armed or posing a threat. Critics say it proves war crimes are being committed. news.independent.co.uk

To: redfish who wrote (58705)	10/6/2004 10:04:04 AM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

You are from the same bunch who predicted "quagmire" in Afghanistan when the U.S. first went in. Then when U.S. forces toppled the Taliban you went to your next prediction of gloom and doom. And so it goes...as the sucesses mount you keep moving your criticism and mount another stand. You are now boxed into a corner of calling free elections irrelevent and holding out hope that opium growing warlords will take back the country so you can save face. You and your position are now metaphorically similar to Bin Ladens...hopelessy holed up in a cave and forced to crap in your own living room. Keep barkin redfish...the caravan moves without ya.