On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 19:05:04 -0500, Jim wrote:

Google "Iraq +rules of engagement"

Couple of extracts

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Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in April, the military has
announced several inquiries into alleged transgressions by its forces in
the war-ravaged country. Few verdicts have been reported and almost all
of those have exonerated the soldiers.

“No one feels safe in Iraq now and not a day goes by without more
civilians being killed or injured by US soldiers or by armed groups
amidst total impunity,” human rights group Amnesty International told
AFP on Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military said Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez,
responding to a question Thursday about the Sept. 12 friendly fire
deaths of eight Iraqi policemen and a Jordanian guard in Fallujah, gave
a response about an earlier killing of two Iraqi policemen by American
forces in the same city.

Sanchez, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, said the military
investigation showed no misconduct in the incident.

"The initial findings are that the soldiers acted within the construct
of the military's rules of engagement," he told reporters.

The Associated Press reported that Sanchez was talking about a Sept. 12
shooting involving the 82nd Airborne Division.
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IT is even debateable that the showing og Sadam in captivity, and
particularly his dead sons violated the Geneva convention. For an
interesting discussion see

I am just totally ****ing worried to death about the violation of
Saddam's rights!

I suppose you think the Tomahawk missile sent to Osama's suspected
hideout in Afghanistan (by Clinton) was a violation of Osama's rights.

I just don't give a rat's ass.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!