Target Practice (American Military=Murderers) by Christopher Dickey [Lead story in Newsweek site]

Newsweek ^ | 1-19-2006 | Chrisopher Dickey

[tgslTakoma]

But after disasters like the failed attempt on Zawahiri, we need to take a closer look at the tactic......

Yes, it was a disaster.

A disaster for the terrorists who were killed.

I can see why somebody writing for Newsweek would be wringing his hands over this.

[csvset]

Here's the slug's Bio

Look who he's worked for, I'm not surprised that he's paid to write crap.

He has also written for Foreign Affairs, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Wired, Rolling Stone, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and The New Republic, among other publications. He is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC and National Public Radio, as well as other television and radio networks.

[Dave278]

I heard Zawahari (SP?) had missed the dinner. The MSM was loudly reporting 16 civilians had been killed and this operation was a botched job. My first thoughts were that anyone having this guy over for dinner is probably not a innocent party. Now it turns out we ended up with a fish-a-barrel type situation. All signs point out that it was a target rich environment. Hope the MSM will report the truth about it now.

[talleyman]

[Lead story in Newsweek Al Jazeera site]

There, that's better.

[cake_crumb]

"I vaguely remember this, but not the details."

It was a military bunker. IIRC, Saddam had a bunch of dissidents herded in there at gunpoint because he was aware it was a legitimate military target. (This was discovered later AND reported on) After it was hit, Saddam had Western reporters waiting and ready for a field trip to the "atrocity" and reaped the rewards of a propaganda gold mine.

[mbynack]

[...or an atrocity like the 1991 obliteration of a bomb shelter in Baghdad]

There was an Iraqi command post in the building and the Iraqi military let civilians sleep there at night. It was an atrocity, but it was an atrocity by the Iraqi military. It's the same thing as them hiding SCUDS in mosques. They did it to provoke an attack for propoganda purposes.

[freema]

I'm guessing the reason is he doesn't have any toys to play with, except one.

[Another Thought]

Well, well, well... once again NEWSWEEK is right on top of things, huh?

[WOSG]

"But after disasters like the failed attempt on Zawahiri, we need to take a closer look at the tactic......"

OOPS, Mr Dickey, we killed 4-8 Al Qaeda operatives.

Yeah, a 'disaster'. Sure. For which side?

[Airborne1986]

"But the only record I’ve come across of a successful assassination by Predator was in Yemen in November 2002 when six suspected Al Qaeda terrorists you’d mostly never heard of were blown to smithereens."

What!?!?! This strike whacked Abu Ali al-Harithi, who was the "mastermind" of the U.S.S. Cole bombing. A big fish and an honor killing - American style. What really got under the liberals' skins about this hit was that it occurred just before the mid-term 2002 elections and, quite possibly, helped the Republicans at the polls.

[Jack Hammer]

This is the sort of poorly written and irresponsible screed one expects from The Daily Worker or something of that ilk.

[Chickenhawk Warmonger]

Interesting that Dick-ey came up with this article as our favorite hatemonger, Ted Rall, wrote an article this week calling the drone attacks "assassination by joystick". Little Ted also downplayed the Sept 11 attacks saying "they could have been a lot worse".

http://newsbusters.org/node/3646

[ExcursionGuy84]

Obviously.....the editor is pining in his wretched heart for another Mogadishu-like Ambush/Entrapment sitution involving US Armed Forces members.

[Jonah Johansen]

I expected more comment on the idea put forth that the German agents had to intercede to prevent the murderous callous American for deliberately targeting civilians.
He is directly accusing the American Military of deliberately killing innocent civilians for no other purpose than to satisfy their murderous natures.

[BufordP]

They only killed 3 or 4 other top Al Qaeda operatives. Damn the bad luck!

[mbynack]

I would give important parts of my body to have OBL lined up in the crosshairs of my 30-06 for three seconds. I know a lot of active duty guys who feel the same way. I don't need no stinking joystick - I want to see his head explode.

[dighton]

Christopher Dickey's father wrote Deliverance.

This piece begs for cheap cracks about squealing like a pig, and idiot children.

[TigersEye]

OOPS, Mr Dickey, we killed 4-8 Al Qaeda operatives. Yeah, a 'disaster'. Sure. For which side?

For Mr. Dickey's side, the enemies of America. Facts don't lie.

[TigersEye]

Christopher Dickey's father wrote Deliverance.
This piece begs for cheap cracks about squealing like a pig, and idiot children.

In that regard it's hard to top the opening piece here.
The author's a pig and his article squeals like an idiot child.

[TigersEye]

Washington’s enthusiasm for remote-control assassination is partly about boys with toys. But after disasters like the failed attempt on Zawahiri, ... - Chrisopher Dickey

Asked about the significance of bin Laden’s message, Dean (Howard Dean) acknowledged that the recent attacks in Pakistan that killed four top al Qaeda leaders were probably useful.

Disarray on the left? ; )