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"Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > abracadabra wrote: > > > > "Billary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Iraq is now 54 trained terrorists lighter than they used to be. > > > > From witnesses on the ground - > > > > 'Many residents said Saddam loyalists attacked the Americans, but that when > > U.S. forces began firing at random, many civilians got their guns and joined > > the fight. Many said residents were bitter about recent U.S. raids in the > > night. > > > So we are bitter about being raided so we are going to do exactly what > generates the raids in the first place. Really smart people, ha. I don't know what happened, as there are conflicting reports. But if the USA were an occupied country, Americans that murdered occupying forces would be considered patriots. Would you be a colaborator or a patriot? > > ``Why do they arrest people when they're in their homes?'' asked Athir Abdul > > Salam, a 19-year-old student. ``They come at night to arrest people. So what > > do they expect those people to do?'' > > > I don't know, how about stop attacking the Americans and generating the > raids? So you're like the Vichey French? > > ``Civilians shot back at the Americans,'' > > > Which then makes them targets. The rules of war say that you are > supposed to differentiate yourself from the non-combatants in order to > provide some way for your enemy to decide whether they should shoot or > not. If you do not do that, then your enemy will be forced to shoot > anything that moves. When that happens, that's your fault. That attitude is why they are shooting at us. > > said 30-year-old Ali Hassan, who > > was wounded by shrapnel in the battle. ``They claim we are terrorists. So > > OK, we are terrorists. What do they expect when they drive among us?'' > > > What do you expect when you shoot at us? If everyone is getting what he > expected, what's the problem? > No source for the above material >From the New York Times, silly
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