why bomb journalists?

Giga. like u said until this war is over there are alot of things that we wouldnt find out, but until then anything is possible.
btw this is not the first time aljazeera\'s buildings have been bombed, a similar incident occured in afghanistan.

al-jazeera have been airing a report on "Tariq", they were talking about him and his family, worst thing is he leaves behind a 1 year old baby girl, i hate it when they aire reports like this.

I agree Tyrant, but journalists know the risks when they cover war.  I haven\'t heard about the bombing in Afghanistan though.

Originally posted by GigaShadow


I can\'t believe you compared some of us on this board to our troops on the battlefield.  I don\'t see the connection.  We are debating/discussing... they are fighting and dying.  If I were on the battlefield my top priority would be to keep myself and my buddies alive.  That has nothing to do with patriotism.

So either you are.----nope..wont go there.

Check this out if you want to understand.

The blind sheep patriot thing relates very well. No matter what, so of you will do nothing but be spoon fed and accept everything your govt. does and says.  Same as the soldiers..more so b/c they are ordered to, but even still, the comparo is quite fair.

You cant tell me no US or Brit soldiers purposely shot at civilians. Just like no americans harassed and beat arab ppl up in the US after 9/11.


Try again if you wish. If you still dont understand, maybe I can draw it in crayon and stick figures for you.

Sigh... Is it a hobby of yours to question everything that is reported?  Over half of the information that we get out of Iraq comes from the media (US, Arab, British) so your comment about being spoon fed is irrelevant.  There have been numerious incidents of misreporting events so far and this incident will have a question mark by it for some time.  

As for purposely shooting civilians... did they shoot them just for fun?  I highly doubt it.  Were the civilians innocent?  Maybe they were, but when a soldier is on the battlefield and feels threatened he is authorized to shoot.  What about those soldiers that didn\'t shoot and died?  The pregnant woman and the car bomb?  The taxi driver?  Come on luckee, unless you have ever been in war you can\'t possibly understand how hard it is to know who is a threat and who isn\'t.  Sure mistakes happen, but back to the original point of this topic, the only people that know the truth are those that were there.

Like I said...

Check this out if you want to understand.

The blind sheep patriot thing relates very well. No matter what, so of you will do nothing but be spoon fed and accept everything your govt. does and says. Same as the soldiers..more so b/c they are ordered to, but even still, the comparo is quite fair.

You cant tell me no US or Brit soldiers purposely shot at civilians. Just like no americans harassed and beat arab ppl up in the US after 9/11.


Try again if you wish. If you still dont understand, maybe I can draw it in crayon and stick figures for you.

You are mixing apples and oranges.  Making some text bold does not prove your point.  

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U.S. Army Col. David Perkins, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division\'s 2nd Brigade, said Iraqis fired rocket-propelled grenades at tanks from in front of the hotel, and the military, scanning the area for observation posts, saw the binocular and fired. The tanks were also taking fire from mortars.

He said the military regrets what happened and was ordering troops not to fire on the hotel, but he placed the blame squarely on Saddam Hussein.

Originally posted by ViVi

As for Clowd, shit. Bush as Napoleon? How so? We aren\'t conquering lands we\'re fuking freeing people from the horrible dictator that controls them.

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do you prefer this?

I name the recent operation the "keep them shut up" mission.

Al jazeera gets hit, Abu Dhabi Tv gets hit, reporters from various nationalities get hit in the Palestain hotel.

The tank was directy targeting the hotel.

napoleon or hitler?

Clowd:

Retarded or piece of shit?


both

Originally posted by Unicron!
I name the recent operation the "keep them shut up" mission.

Al jazeera gets hit, Abu Dhabi Tv gets hit, reporters from various nationalities get hit in the Palestain hotel.

The tank was directy targeting the hotel.

their excuse is that the tank recieved fire from inside the hotel.

so,  America,  the country who strives its best to reduce civilian casualties,  fires shells into a hotel that is known to have reporters inside.

Vivi...don\'t deny the likeness

any bets on low long before luckee, ace, or luke remove clowd\'s access?

I wonder how the U.S. would be if Clowd was president

you remind me of those security guards who told the guy wearing the "give peace a chance" shirt to leave the mall or take it off.