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To: TigerPaw who wrote (261976)	11/23/2005 6:13:12 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573096

They are killing bystanders, and children, and people who are just trying to be left alone "They...", you do mean the "insurgents", don't you?? Taro

To: TigerPaw who wrote (261976)	11/23/2005 6:17:41 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1573096

As in Vietnam, any Iraqi man of military age becomes an "insurgent" upon their violent death.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (261976)	11/28/2005 6:47:32 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573096

They are killing bystanders, and children, and people who are just trying to be left alone. The primary group doing such killing, at least once the initial invasion was over, is the insurgents. Certainly American military action and that of our allies in Iraq has resulted in the deaths of innocent civilians but far less then would normally be expected in such a war. The US has made an unusual level of effort to avoid civilian casualties. Unfortunately our opponents do not make such an effort. This drasticly changes the equation about whether it is more dangerous to be an insurgent or a civilian. Nonsense. The only thing that might effect such an equation (and than only in certain times and places in Iraq, not all across the whole country) is that the insurgents or even just those who don't support them. Tim