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Re: So are they prisoners of war or what?
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Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:03:17 GMT
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"John Grubber" <jgrubber2000@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:GqCuAF.n30@lugnet.com...
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Oh well, they are only dark-skinned
third-world foreigners, its not like they *matter*. After all- they have no
money, so nokia, pepsi and walmart won't have much reason to set up shop there.

Several of them are British.
Hardly as you describe.

Though many in the UK would say 'serve them right'

lawrence



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  Re: So are they prisoners of war or what?
 
(...) Yes, but that is just about the only thing they can say about the issue. Interestingly, I heard Rumsfeld say quite clearly yesterday that they were "terrorists". Comments like that should help make in future jury impartial... not! Scott A (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) hasn't come up in this forum before. (...) treated fairly? (...) Dubya conveniently avoided having to worry about that distinction by not actually declaring war. The 'war on terror' is a colloquialism, a title for a foreign policy inititive (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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