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2004-06-24 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2004-06-24 11:26:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The first thing to do is to realize that Al Jazzera camera and sound personnel in the field are accessories to this murder and part of the terrorist personnel. In that sense, they are unlawful combatants. These media people are a key part of the terrorists's war effort, so they are legitamate targets for allied troops.

They also should be the first targets. Taking them out will send a message back to Al Jazzera HQ and studios in Qatar that their propaganda game in Iraq and other places will cost them dearly. They will think twice about sending field people for propaganda into hotspots like Fallujah. To win the WoT it will be necessary to do this.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-06-24 12:27:35 PM|| 2004-06-24 12:27:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Could you imagine Gen. Kimmit in a press conference announcing a change in policy on the treatment of media in a war zone in Fallujah? Kimmit would say that cameramen feeding Al Jazzerra's news videos would be targeted from this day on in combat situations because they are aiding and abetting the enemy? /fantasy

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-06-24 1:43:42 PM|| 2004-06-24 1:43:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 It's kooky how Americans--especially the LLL--debate and shrug about what to do with the terrorists when their fellow countrymen know exactly what to do with them (the bad guys were "given" Fallujah and now look: they are threatening to kill all the Iraqi officials and burn all the pipelines if they are attacked in Fallujah by America or pro-Iraq forces). The pro-Iraq forces say give the terrorists no quarter and hold public executions. That's how it works over there. That's how it used to be here, in the Old West, too. People have just forgotten. Civilization doesn't come cheap.

May the good guys win.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-06-24 2:57:32 PM|| 2004-06-24 2:57:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Fallujah is a safe haven, and I'm beginning to think that's deliberate.

First, the city isn't really that important to the economic health of Iraq.

Second, it can be cutoff at will.

Third, by giving the terrorists a sense that they have a safe haven we can take away their primary strength: mobility.

I can very easily see a scenario where we cut off the city while the terrorists are concentrated there and then hit very hard. As the Belmont Club recently reported, this strategy has worked effectively in both Algeria and in Peru...

Posted by RMcLeod 2004-06-24 3:36:41 PM|| 2004-06-24 3:36:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Im with RMcLeod on this one.

Posted by Cardinal Fang (Evert V. in NL) 2004-06-24 4:09:19 PM|| [http://srv.fotopages.com/?o=935389&t=2] 2004-06-24 4:09:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Ooh, And dont miss todays Belmont Club

Posted by Cardinal Fang (Evert V. in NL) 2004-06-24 4:18:30 PM|| [http://srv.fotopages.com/?o=935389&t=2] 2004-06-24 4:18:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm with Hammorabi about Fallujah. No one can claim with a straight face that there is rule of law in Iraq if Fallujah is allowed to be run by Islamic terrorists. State Dept. brokered the deal in Fallujah. Pretending there was method to this diplomatic madness is drawing a happy face on a high profile failure. Fallujah is a perfect example of what Anonymous from the CIA suggests should be addressed with overwhelming force.
...should have Military rulers and military curfew with strict sanctions and no reconstructions or ordinary services until they clear themselves from the sin of the terrorist. More strict action from the coalition needed now to isolate Falluja before the 30/6/2004. It needs complete blockade now and attacks for the terrorist sites

Posted by rex 2004-06-24 4:23:17 PM|| 2004-06-24 4:23:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm with alaska paul..

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