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Offline fastson
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« on: August 17, 2003, 06:15:30 PM »
U.S. Troops Shoot Dead Reuters Cameraman in Iraq

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=VZGDO5GKI4GNKCRBAE0CFFA?type=topNews&storyID=3291033





Fresh attacks on Iraq\'s pipelines

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3158605.stm


A Danish soldier was killed :(
 
Leader in Saddams guerilla arrested

*havent found a english link yet*


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You can post news here too, too keep it "fair and balanced" .. ;)
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2003, 07:35:14 PM »
how the hell can you mistake a camera for an RPG in broad daylight???

Maybe I\'m missing something, but that\'s just ridiculous.
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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2003, 08:57:31 PM »
Im not sure..

Iraqis use RPG7 if Im not mistaken.


Too thin.

Maybe they thought the Iraqis had got a hold of a more modern weapon? ;)


That looks more lika a camera. Like a camera from 1950 :p

But I guess in the heat of battle, no wait that was declared over 2 months ago. Hmm.. When you\'re scared and a little trigger happy you can see anything.
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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2003, 10:20:01 PM »
*sigh*
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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2003, 10:39:52 PM »
regarding the reporter, its not the first time that that happened and probably wont be the last, i remember one incident when a tank took off the entire roof of the aljazeera news network (killing one of their reporters) coz the tank crew thought that it was a rpg.
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2003, 11:02:21 PM »
Poor reporter guy.

I bet he got a surveillence video showing GWB and Hussain talking and shaking hands while sitting on two nukes!!!

Maybe they just WANT us to believe it was a mistake.....
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2003, 11:34:58 PM »
No he just filmed his own death..

The video should be up on the net shortly, for all you snuff lovers. ;)

This incident reminds me a lot of when one of our reporters got shot. He was filming a truck (I think it was in Chile during the military coup) with some soldiers on them.. There was people running all over the place..

Then you could see a officer on the truck with his handgun pointed at the camera-man, aimed right for him and hit him somewhere in the throat I think.

Video is up here: http://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/webbtv/html_tv/0,5079,m0ny030818skjuten,00.html

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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2003, 06:35:59 AM »
Blast hits UN building in Baghdad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3163877.stm




Do you think these attacks will stop if Saddam is taken care of?
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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2003, 08:00:42 AM »
We need to pull out and let these countries just destroy themselves. They show no gratitude and only understand the way of the gun/bomb. That\'s not our way, we have too many morals to bother with them any more. :mad:

Yes there are lots of people out there that are completely nice and peaceful but it\'s really not worth it.

In about 500 years they should all be dead and some people that actually give a shit about good things will move in.


:rolleyes:


Edit: I also think the attacks will get worse and more frequent if Saddam is captured/killed.
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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2003, 09:19:24 AM »
That depends on who is doing the attacks.  If it is Islamic fundamentalists then they will continue - but if they are Saddam loyalists they will start to end if he is killed or captured.  

I think the root of the problem lies in fundamentalism.  Sure we took an ruthless dictator out of power - but in his absence there is a power vacuum that is now going on.  Being an oil rich nation it would not be in the interest of the "west" to just leave and let a fundamentalist government take over because they could use that wealth to fund terrorism unlike any way we have currently witnessed.  I honestly wish it was that easy to just walk away and let them slaughter each other.  

What was the point of sabotaging the water supply in Baghdad?  Surely that wasn\'t targeting US/Coalition interests or troops.  It was to make their fellow citizens suffer.  Then I see on TV that average Iraqi\'s are blaming us for letting that happen.  Why don\'t they find out who these people are and lynch them?  If I knew some extremist who sabotaged the water supply in my city - I would turn him in or lead an angry mob to his front door.

Anyway, green - you are right they really don\'t show any gratitude.

I can\'t remember who on this board said "I will be happy the day  the last barrell of oil is pumped out of that region" - I couldn\'t agree more.
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« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2003, 12:06:44 PM »
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I can\'t remember who on this board said "I will be happy the day  the last barrell of oil is pumped out of that region" - I couldn\'t agree more.


So it was about the oil? :p

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What was the point of sabotaging the water supply in Baghdad? It was to make their fellow citizens suffer. Then I see on TV that average Iraqi\'s are blaming us for letting that happen.


Yep, to create more problems.. The average Iraqi will think all this started because of the invasion and blame the coalition troops.

Is there any way to turn this around? Will the capture/killing of Saddam solve all problems, or will it stay like this for a loooong time? How many troops are the American/British willing to waste?
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« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2003, 07:38:21 PM »
^^

Ditto.

If there hadn\'t been a war to begin with, we wouln\'t have this problem would we?!

But you all are right. First they were crying and screaming to get that man out of power, now they take our kindness for weakness and try to shove it back up our ass. I say leave them there and let them take care of themselves.
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« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2003, 07:53:30 PM »
I kind of agree with Sir Mystiq but didn\'t the Vietnamese do the same to use during Vietnam? Didn\'t they shit all over us too? But this is war. Its common for the people to play the blame game. My opinion is to just ignore them and to help as much more as we can and hunt down Saddam....if he\'s alive that is.
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« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2003, 08:37:16 PM »
I think we should just START rebuilding their country and let them do whatever they want with their government.
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« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2003, 03:44:33 AM »
If it were about oil then why in the hell are gas prices higher now than they were before and during the war.

This blows!!!
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