"Incorrect. Anyone who takes up a weapon ceases to be a civilian and becomes a combatant"
True, until they are killed then the propaganda machine calls them "innocent civilians".
Just read an article in the paper about two kids killed in a high speed chase. Guess who is innocent and guess who is guilty according to the press. From reading the article it was obvious that they must have been on their way to church. So what if it was in the middle of the night, some church had to be open. Drunk, but spiritual. Choirboys chased by demons.
That is the intent of my post. I take any characterization of those in the radical Islam camp as innocents with a truckload of salt. A Time mag reporter characterized the killers of 9/11 as just misguided kids. Reporters are not just dupes. They are on the other side of reason.