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Subject: 
Interesting juxtaposition
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Date: 
Sat, 22 Mar 2003 06:18:19 GMT
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first:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/03/1583064.php

second:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5944-619488,00.html

Do you think the Iraqi conscripts might know more about reality than the SF
protestors?

I can't take credit for discovering this juxtaposition, I saw it on a blog.



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  Re: Interesting juxtaposition
 
(...) "IRAQI conscripts shot their own officers in the chest yesterday to avoid a fruitless fight over the oil terminals at al-Faw." Nobody thinks Iraqi soldiers can stand up to our vastly superior forces -- not with conventional weapons. But where (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Interesting juxtaposition
 
(...) It sure is interesting. It also certainly says a lot about what is going on inside Iraq for the officers to have been shot. It is hard to comprehend the officer's mindset since I can't believe they were given sufficient support to have any (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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