SEPARATING FRIENDLIES FROM HOSTILES (SOLDIERS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING)

CNN ^ | 4 April 2003 | Art Harris

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

CENTRAL IRAQ (CNN) -- U.S. Marine Cpl. Jim Tomlin has gotten to know the subtle signs that might indicate if an Iraqi man dressed as a civilian might be a soldier or Fedayeen Saddam member. But the sign he saw Friday was anything but subtle. A bus full of men in civilian clothes had been pulled over at a checkpoint. While one man was being questioned, he drew a finger across his throat, Tomlin and others on the bus said. Asked what that meant, he responded with a glare.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

"You're saying you want to kill me?" he asked.

The Iraqi grinned and glared.

The soldiers should have permission to execute on the spot any prisoner who expresses a desire to kill them. That is a sure sign of a lack of penitence and a future desire to become a killer which imprisonment will never get rid of.

[Tex-Con-Man]

"One man said, 'To a funeral for our cousin, who drowned while fishing.' "

The Marines said that sounded fishy and sent them south for further questions.

Weapuns of mass destruction.

[gwmoore]

"What you're saying is you want to kill me," Tomlin said to the man. The Iraqi nodded. "You're saying you want to kill me?" he asked. The Iraqi grinned and glared.

**BANG BANG**

"Next", said the soldier.

V

And that's the way it should be done, simply, avoiding Coalition casualties.

Keep the Faith for Freedom

Greg

[homeagain balkansvet]

War crimes. Baaaaaad.

Geneva convention. Gooooood.

Are we clear on the concept? Thank you.

[KeyLargo]

KILL 'EM ALL - Let GOD sort 'em out!

http://www.campingsurvival.com/kilemallletg.html

[birdsman]

"The soldiers should have permission to execute on the spot any prisoner who expresses a desire to kill them."

Unlike the enemy, our troops follow the rules of conduct of the Geneva Convention. I suspect that American POWs are being mistreated, and even murdered, but I'd hate to see our troops stoop to the Iraqi level. Any Iraqi soldier that is fighting wishes to kill American soldiers. It's called war. Why be offended when they admit to wanting to kill us? Detain them, but show our moral superiority by treating them in accordance to the Geneva Convention.

[Incorrigible]

[LibKill]

"You're saying you want to kill me?" he asked.

The Iraqi grinned and glared.

At that point, a gunnery sergeant grabbed the man, threw him to the floor and bound his hands behind his back with plastic handcuffs.

The Iraqi was "crying like a baby," the sergeant said

It never fails. Thugs are just big diaper babies.