Author Topic: Pilot down in Bagdad? (Read 1261 times)

Lazerus1 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2003, 10:12:27 AM »

Here ya go
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ccvi · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2003, 10:32:08 AM »

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Originally posted by Monk
But you fail to understand that Iraqi POWs will be treated differently.
Watch the American reaction if something happens to a American POW.

Afgan POWs weren't treated according to the geneva convention either. Oh wait, they weren't even POWs, just weren't treated like capture civilians.

Not trying to compare anything, but crossing the line is crossing the line no matter how far.

Monk · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2003, 11:34:31 AM »

You ain't seen us cross the line yet, don't think you want to either.

Batz · « **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2003, 11:47:55 AM »

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Afgan POWs weren't treated according to the geneva convention either. Oh wait, they weren't even POWs, just weren't treated like capture civilians.

WTF are you talking about?

all combatants captured in afgan have and are being treated in accordance with the geneva convention.

combatants as defined by this war on terror arent just uniformed taliban.

Go look it up.

AtmkRstr · « **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2003, 12:47:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Monk
But you fail to understand that Iraqi POWs will be treated differently.
Watch the American reaction if something happens to a American POW.

The video showed that the captured soldiers were bandaged. That probably means that they are being treated very well so far.

Yeager · « **Reply #20 on:** March 23, 2003, 12:59:37 PM »

Get ready for a hell of a fight fellas. I thought they might fold early on. Perhaps the axis powers have promised some sort of support thereby steeling the iraqi resolve. In any event, I dont believe the outcome is in doubt but the path to it looks alot worse than I had hoped for.

Vermillion · « **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2003, 01:03:28 PM »

Treated Well? I assume you haven't noticed that the bodies of the dead americans they showed, appear to have been shot in the forehead? As in summary execution.

Dowding · « **Reply #22 on:** March 23, 2003, 01:35:44 PM »

Summary execution? I doubt it. Alive prisoners are far more useful to the Iraqi propaganda machine than corpses.

I should think the Americans put up a fight but surrendered when it became apparent they were surrounded or over-powered. It's also highly possible they were ambushed, and those that died were killed in the initial contact. Who knows?

Either way, I think it's too early to draw any firm conclusions.

Mathman · « **Reply #23 on:** March 23, 2003, 01:37:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Yeager
Perhaps the axis powers have promised some sort of support thereby steeling the iraqi resolve.

Holy ****, that is classic Yeager, thanks!

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #24 on:** March 23, 2003, 02:11:58 PM »

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Originally posted by GScholz
I thought the numbers and initiative was completely on the US/UK side??? What happened???

T'was a maint. crew - probably failed the navigation course in basic.

Some shot in head, 5 alive if you go by the images.

Turdboy · « **Reply #25 on:** March 23, 2003, 02:18:32 PM »

Saw the pictures and to me it looked like an execution.

Just a guess but I would think they were the ones that would not cooperate.

Vermillion · « **Reply #26 on:** March 23, 2003, 02:19:30 PM »

Ok Dowding, how do you interpret 4 dead US servicemen, all of apparent wounds to the forehead? One or two killed in action this way would be inconclusive, but 4 ? The one other KIA was described to have wounds to the lower abdomen, which I would agree with your interpretation of.

I'm not making this up, check the news websites.

ccvi · « **Reply #27 on:** March 23, 2003, 02:30:41 PM »

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Originally posted by Batz
WTF are you talking about?

all combatants captured in afgan have and are being treated in accordance with the geneva convention.

Can't remember the exact quotes but official oppinion was (maybe it has changed already) that not all combatants where granted POW status and therefore not entitled to treatement according to the geneva convention. (which contains two problems: denying POW status is a bit more difficult than just denying it to a group of people; also does the geneva convention grant rights to non-POWs).

ccvi · « **Reply #28 on:** March 23, 2003, 02:32:57 PM »

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Originally posted by Vermillion
Ok Dowding, how do you interpret 4 dead US servicemen, all of apparent wounds to the forehead? One or two killed in action this way would be inconclusive, but 4 ?

Maybe they had some well coordinated sharp shooters?

threedays · « **Reply #29 on:** March 23, 2003, 03:20:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Hangtime
maybe a special ops team?

in any case, if we see coalition POW's decapitated and dragged through the streets it's time for another 48 hour ultimatum.

before we nuke baghdad.

lol stupidity is magic circle

anyway SH said few hours ago(more that 12), that soldiers he captured will not be harmed or executed, he said that he will stay on Geneva stuff or something like this

i was trying to search that link for past 2 hours, but cant find it ... umm anyway it wasnt on American news server

btw if they gonna decapitate them, they will just decapitate some men, whitch are about to kill few people for few mickey mouse money.. technicaly assasins hired by some goverment, whitch do not care who gonna die while they still getting funny money...

dont know but you were aplly us to not cry for hurted Iraqi children and now you are trying to speak about Nuking coz 2 guys like that ??

naaaa you are funny

is true that US is taking Iraqi soldiers as war criminals ?