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2010-06-23 Afghanistan

Afghan officer says Talibunny was almost dead before being shot

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Posted by ryuge 2010-06-23 02:33|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If I have the lower half of my body shot away and my guts hanging out and there is no chance of medical evacuation, please shoot me.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-06-23 04:56|| 2010-06-23 04:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Shafigullah explained that he had not killed the wounded insurgent because "I am a Muslim and, according to our religion, if someone is wounded, we must treat him like our own soldiers and don't have the right to do something to him."

He forgot to add, "unless he was part of the dhimmi, not of my umma, or a different tariqa and engaged in taqfir. Then I can kill him through any means I want because it is jihad. Though, I'd wait until any one from the West wasn't looking. Then I'd just saw his head off. If a Westerner was looking, I'd play the victim game and pretend to be a, 'moderate,' Islamist."

Posted by miscellaneous 2010-06-23 06:55|| 2010-06-23 06:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Inigo: He's dead. He can't talk.

Miracle Max: Hoo hoo hoo! Look who knows so much, heh? Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Please, open his mouth. Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead...well, with all dead, there's usually only one thing you can do.

Inigo: What's that?

Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

Posted by gromky 2010-06-23 07:26|| 2010-06-23 07:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Mercy killing. Against the law (though not against the Golden Rule) but has been done forever. And ignored forever.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-06-23 07:27|| 2010-06-23 07:27|| Front Page Top

#5 "About the only thing holding this guy's guts in, sir, is that web belt..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-06-23 07:45|| 2010-06-23 07:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "Shafigullah was so upset about this turn of events that "for 10 minutes I did not talk to him . . ."

LOLOLOLOL

Posted by Spirt Bluetooth8180 2010-06-23 09:14|| 2010-06-23 09:14|| Front Page Top

#7 If anything, Capt. Semrau should get a stern talking-to for putting him out of his misery.

Posted by gorb 2010-06-23 09:24|| 2010-06-23 09:24|| Front Page Top

#8 tariqa

A new and useful word. Thank you, miscellaneous -- and welcome to you and the other new posters who are adding so much to our conversation here at Rantburg! I haven't been saying that as often as I ought, lately, but we are glad you found us and decided to speak up. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2010-06-23 09:58|| 2010-06-23 09:58|| Front Page Top

#9 I guess this Talibunny won't be a candidate for the "catch and release program which recycles these guys back onto the battlefield.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-06-23 10:00|| 2010-06-23 10:00|| Front Page Top

#10 whether he was almost dead or not they should have let him bleed out and die slowly

Posted by chris 2010-06-23 21:43|| 2010-06-23 21:43|| Front Page Top

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