I'm struggling to make sense of that in this situation. There were no "bad guys" left when they were done. The evidence was so important that they'll kill the "accused" to preserve the evidence against them?
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Right, because if you do not have photos then you will NOT be able to > try the bad guys in court. Just like in the US where you have to have > compelling evidence of a crime in order to prosecute the bad guys, same > holds true in Iraq. In fact, the burden of proof on our part is even > harder than here in the US. So yeah, you want to preserve as much of the > evidence as possible. > > Maureen wrote: > > I get that they would want to take out the guy with what they thought > > was a RPG, but I totally do not understand why they wanted to destroy > > the van, and those guys who were only loading the dead and injured. > > That was no snap decision. That was a deliberate execution to > > preserve the scene for photos. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315104 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
