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2014-09-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

U.S.-led Raids on Syria Killed 14 Jihadists, 5 Civilians

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 Killed 14 Jihadists, 5 Civilians

I've never been to the Middle East, so I am a bit mystified as to how exactly you tell a dead jihadi from a dead civilian. Unlike soldiers, they all seem to wear civilian clothes. Are the inhabitants of the ME bar-coded or tattooed in some way as to identify which category they belong to? Is civilian/jihadi determined by the mean distance from the corpse to the nearest weapon? Or is it just the day's mood at whatever Human Rights org is doing the tabulating?

Posted by SteveS 2014-09-26 04:19|| 2014-09-26 04:19|| Front Page Top

#2 It involves a complicated algorithm that includes factors as who's in the White House, how close it is to elections, poll numbers, whether or not the House of Saud wet their collective robes, if Ayatollah Khamenei has had his shots, etc.

Posted by Pappy 2014-09-26 08:20|| 2014-09-26 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, since we've accidentally killed civilians, we'd better stop the bombing. Otherwise we're no better than ISIS. /sarcasm

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-09-26 08:53|| 2014-09-26 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The jihadists most likely killed 5 civilians, dragged and laid them out so they could blame the US-led coalition. What we really need is a George Patton? He would probably begin by razing Raqqa to the ground and then move on to Allepo.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-26 09:16|| 2014-09-26 09:16|| Front Page Top

#5 I just wasted 45 minutes working with an icon of 5 bride & groom pairs, pasted transparently onto the canopy area of an F-16.

Not from here.....

Posted by Shipman 2014-09-26 09:48|| 2014-09-26 09:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah, days when that would have read as 27 civilians and a baby cow named Sugarloaf.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-09-26 16:57|| 2014-09-26 16:57|| Front Page Top

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