04-01-2003, 06:32 PM
Growler,Apr 1 2003, 12:40 AM Wrote:I thought the fate of 5 American soldiers of the 507th Maintenance battalion was the issue. Quite clearly they were executed, as the Iraqi video showed the bullet holes in their heads.They may well have been executed.
But we do not know by who. The Iraqi government pays $12,500 for a dead invader soldier and $25,000 for a live one delivered to them.*
Given the fear that many citizens are bound to have for such soldiers, and the fact that no matter how you cut it, the lower figure is still a rather nice amount, it could easily have been a civilian who did the shooting.
*Claimed in Macleans magazine (the Cdn. equivalent of Time Magazine), from Alexandre Trudeau in Baghdad.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake