Did Bush manipulate Iraq data?

[WarBlade]

I'm glad the the Australians were there, but what are you basing this on? Since they were a small part of the overall force, their results may be nonrepresentative and nonreproducible due to the luxury of having few targets, and perhaps specially selected targets.

After a couple of failed search ideas I tried "australian stricter rules engagement" as my search terms and got what I was looking for. The following two links highlight some of the issues involved:

http://www.banminesusa.org/news/983_afghan...964_afghan.html

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2003/s810237.htm

ANZAC forces refuse to use cluster bombs on the same basis that land mines have gained widespread condemnation - Civilian casualties, even long after the conflict in which these things are deployed.

I wasn't surprised to learn that American forces used them, but the fact that British forces did also was a little surprising. Especially considering the very public campaigning by Pricess Diana on the rather similar land mine issue, I'd (mistakenly) expected the cluster bomb issue to be more in the public arena than it appears to have been.

There are also stricter rules for Australian forces in the area of target verification.


edit: I just found an amusing flame war on the same search terms . . . link
This one sparked off by a little distortion within the pages of my very own local paper!!! :lol: Go go Bill Quick, whoever you are, and thanks for the giggle. :lol:


edit2: Anyone need a new sig? "Boozer, you wouldn't know a rule of engagement if it bit you on your drunk, pox-bespeckled ass. I doubt you're old enough (or brave enough) to serve in the Girl Scouts, let alone anybody's military" :lol: Oh, this guy's fun.