do also cringe when I hear that the US has bombed thus and such a
house becuaw it is known to be a meeting place for insurgents. And
then there is a wedding taking place there or something.
Would you consider an Iraqi police trainee to be a civilian? Sort of a
grey area, isn't it.
Dana
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:00:58 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oh, ok, sorry :)
>
> Addressing that statement:
>
> I think it is probably safe to say that there are insurgency groups
> operating in Iraq that are specifically and singularly targetting United
> States military targets. We can't be sure, but i think it's a fair
> assumption.
>
> On the other hand, we CAN state as a matter of fact that insurgency groups
> have detonated explosive devices at locations that were gauranteed to have
> both civilian and military casualties. These groups are also targetting
> Iraqi civilians who are openly assisting the US effort. I think it is more
> than a safe assumption that these same groups can, and are, attacking US
> military targets if given the chance.
>
> So I wasn't basing my statement on any intelligence i'd read, or news
> reports.....just assumptions that seemed logical to me.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dana tierney
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Definition of terrorism(WAS The politicization of the Iraq
> War
>
> sorry, was unclear.
>
> As best I am able to determine from limited news coverage, afghanistan
> elections are a success.
>
> I was questioning this paragraph:
>
> The groups that are attacking the US are the same groups that are
> > killing
> > > Iraqi civilians, beheading journalists, and blowing up police
> stations.
> > A
> > > bomb that kills 10 Iraqi civilians, and 1 US soldier....is
> considered
> > > "acceptable loss" by these groups
>
> DO we *know* that these are the same groups? How do we know what they
> consider an acceptable loss?
>
> Dana
>
> <snip>________________________________
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