Not sure about this one. The soldiers were operating within their rules of engagement. Besides those men who were shot had a serious amount of ordinance. Are you willing to sacrifice whomever would try to arrest the arms dealers in this case? You have to consider that always. If I was a platoon commander there I'd be tempted to do the same as the officer in charge. Consider my riflemen first rather than a legalistic nicety in this case.
The most I ever had to face in Cyprus was illegal gas and groceries that people would smuggle across the green line. That and we did find an old Lee-Enfield rifle (pre WW2 era) that someone was trying to get across to the Turkish side. larry >Am trying to decide what I think of this. Seems like the thing to do would >have been to arrest them but perhaps it was decided that hey there were >weapons there and there was too much danger to soldiers....perhaps >defensible as I guess Iraq is still under military law. > >I doubt it made us too many friends in that marketplace however, even >assuming that none of those killed were innocent bystanders. > >I'd be interested in hearing from some of the ex-military here as to >whether this is standard operating procedure. > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36312-2003Aug8.html > >Dana > >But I don't make films >But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked Ladies > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
