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Copy-and-Paste Reveals Classified U.S. Documents
cyclop writes "In March, U.S. troops in Iraq shot to death Nicola Calipari, the Italian intelligence agent that rescued the kidnapped journalist Giuliana Sgrena. U.S. commission on the incident produced a report which public version was censored for more than one third. Now Italian press is reporting that all confidential information in the report is available to the public, just by copying "hidden" text from the PDF and pasting it in a word processor (Italian). The uncensored report can now be directly downloaded (evil .DOC format, sorry)"
If the foreign soldiers don't want shooting with the arms being allegedly bought with that money then
A : Get the fuck out of the country they have no right to be in anyway
B : Stop shooting innocent civilians for no good reason at all
It's not just coincidence that British forces suffer far fewer incidents and casualties than American forces, while also killing fewer innocent civilians.
American soldiers are badly trained, badly disciplined and quite frankly often deserve to die.
~Cederic
No, that's what Fox news says about themselves, everyone knows they're right wing.
So in your lights the 15% or so of police officers that have fired their weapons in the line of duty are all guilty of attempted murder?
Interesting position, that...
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Finally, exhausted from his efforts, AC returned to his original project. Again, more struggling around the room, with only the first of the inch of the Mamba inserted to show for all his trouble. He again worked his way to his feet, using a step ladder this time. Two hours later, upon success, he released his grip on the step ladder. But his crisco legs had atrophied, and he fell back on his ass, fortuitously jamming all 14 inches up his sphincter. With Tom grinning down at him, AC ejaculated like a rocket. Well, like one of those Missile Defense Shield rockets, which is to say a few micro grams of something seeped out, only to be lost in mass of cheese coating the folds of lard over his groin. But to him, this was is a stupendous victory every bit as great as the one for Democracy going in Iraq right now. He knows in his heart that unlike those Commie Cunts out there spending their time in terror-ridden Iraq, he is the real hero.
Should I expect less if I make jerky motions into my pockets when a police officer pulls me over for a routine traffic accident?
That depends if you live in the US, or a civilized, non-gun-toting country.
"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." - Charles de Gaulle
That being case, you would think the Italians involved in the operation would have alerted the U.S. forces about their intentions in advance. It appears they failed to do so. People who do not follow instructions or use common sense in a war zone have nobody but themselves to blame when they are fired upon.
I don't think you are a soldier otherwise you would have the balls to post with your nick.
Or maybe that is what (US) Soldiers are, just a bunch of Anonymous Cowards.
What power has law where only money rules.
"unless, of course, you're the type of person that wants to see United States and Iraqi citizens blown to pieces."
I resemble that remark!
In this case, however, it's tin foil hat thinking to believe the Iraqi insurgency already doesn't know every detail of US SOP - they've been viewing it for two years and they learn fast.
Not to mention that US SOP is incompetent at best.
In any event, the details are also irrelevant in this case since it's clear from the Italian testimony that a:) they were on a "secure" road (if such a thing exists in Iraq); b) the "roadblock" was a hundred meters from the road and consisted of a tank and a few soldiers; c) the roadblock should have been removed a half hour earlier (which is equally irrelevant since it wasn't necessary in the first place if the road was really "secure"); d) every statement made by the US concerning this incident is a bold-faced, emphasized lie in italics - just like it has been in every other case of civilian shootings in Iraq.
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In other words, the US public shouldn't be told how incredibly incompetent US commanders really are and how trigger-happy and incompetent US troops really are.
And I say this having seen exactly this in Vietnam forty years ago.
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In other other words, because this information has leaked, the lives of the people, both Coalition and Iraqi, who man highway checkpoints in Iraq have been put in even greater danger.
They are the aggressors, they deserve everything bad that happens to them. The fight in Iraq is not carried out by terrorists, but by insurgents, guerilla warriors, defenders of the homeland, if you wish. Although I don't particularly like them, the war they wage on Americans is justified.
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read FDR's arsenal of democracy speech. he claimed that germany wanted to control the world and dominate the US. wrong. hitler wanted lebensraum and control of europe. he thought asia should be ruled by asians. as for america, he thought we were a bastard racial mix that was doomed to failure. however, howevr, he implored his sub commanders under no circumstances to attaack US ships, even ships carrying supplies to britain. though germany decalred war on us, it was because we were openly aiding britain for a year and a half, and he figured it would solidify his ties to japan. and, he never thought for one moment we'd ever give one dime to the bolsheviks.
we're not running for asb. it matters not at all if we're "liked". however, i suggest you look past the state run media and the clerics. i'll take hundreds of thousands in beirut. you think that woul dhavbe happened sans OIF?
saddam had long standing aQ ties. here's 3 quickies: 1) ramseh yousef and muhammad (?) yasin. 1993 WTC bombing. 2) ansar al islam an dsalman pak. aQ affiliate and trainging center in iraq. 3) ayman al zawahiri. aQ #2, head of ops. was head of muslim botherhood in egypt for years. primary backer? saddam. he left Egypt for afghanistan in 1999. there's more too. anyways, to say "iraq didn't attack us" show a simpliostic and ignorant view of history. remember, we had a cease fire with iraq post GW1. we were patrolling 2/3 of his airspace. we were enforcing sanctions and embargoes. we had 100,000 troops of his coast to ensure inspections. on 9/11, there was only one nation we were engaged in hostile militray relations with: iraq. they had been shooting at us and we them, in accordance, I might add, with UN resolutions. bush didn't "go to war" but rather finished the war. big difference. we were not at peace with iraq.
the connection is easy. i suggest you read several books. start with shirer's rise and fall of the 3rd reich, read Kagan preseravtion of peace, read Thucydides history of the peloponesian war, read churchill's history of ww2 for starters. as for safer, we were less safe in 1943 than we were in 1940.
My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
If the information helps make clear that the Iraqi Invasion is not working to pacify the Iraqis and is in fact leading to more terrorism against Americans than has occurred since Pearl Harbor, then it may save a lot more lives to reveal how ineffective the guard efforts there. And this report makes it quite clear, especially some of the formerly classified bits.
So you are calling our troops Germans? or Italians? Or Japanese? Last I checked those are the only countries that
have a proven record of genocidal agression.