RE: [OT] US War Crimes in Fallujah?

Author: Dominic Burford

Posted: 2004-11-16 at 08:26:36

<< He made the mistake of not cutting his head off. That would have

been OK I guess.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

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-----Original Message-----

From: Michael Madigan [mailto:mmadi10699@yahoo.com]

Sent: 16 November 2004 13:11

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Subject: RE: [OT] US War Crimes in Fallujah?

He made the mistake of not cutting his head off. That would have

been OK I guess.

--- Dominic Burford <Dominic.Burford@Pegasus.co.uk> wrote:

> I'm not sure if the victim can be described as a POW, as he was

> not

> actually in the custody of the US Marines at the time. More

> accurately

> he can be described as a wounded insurgent. That said though,

> the

> killing was unnecessary and callous. The victim was unarmed

> and

> wounded, and was shot at point blank range. Apparently he has

> been

> removed from active duty, and there was mention of him perhaps

> even

> facing a murder charge.

>

> BTW I've added the [OT] for you ;-)

>

> Regards

>

> Dominic Burford

> Software Engineer

>

> Pegasus Software Limited

> Orion House, Orion Way, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6PE

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> "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software

> design:

> One way is to make it so simple there are obviously no

> deficiencies, and

> the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no

> obvious

> deficiencies." -- Tony Hoare, Turing Award Lecture 1980

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Gary Sutherland Email

> Sent: 16 November 2004 08:38

> To: profox@leafe.com

> Subject: US War Crimes in Fallujah?

>

>

>

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=583322

>

> NBC apparently have footage of a US Marine murdering a POW.

>

> Cheers

> Gary

>

>

>

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