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Originally posted by etccarmageddon
good point...
so did the next of kin authorise the yanks to publish the pics of saddam's 2 dead sons?
I can understand where Russ is coming from on this - it's double standards to complain about breaking the geneva convention by showing dead american troops but then thinking it's acceptable to show dead iraqi leaders.
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Simple. The dead american troops were just that.
troops. Showing the pics of their bodies did nothing but antagonise. There was no
need to show the bodies as the Americans, like us, let people know there have been deaths and even name the individual soldiers in most cases.
The brothers were evil tyrants who tortured and killed every day. They butchered entire families and raped young girls for days on end.
The americans
needed to post pics to prove the death of the brothers as so many Iraqi's will remain scared of showing they are pleased with the deaths just in case the brothers are fine and about to take leadership again.
Let's not forget the kind of news buletins they showed during the conflict! "The Americans cannot get into Baghdad. They are miles away" etc. I fully expect them to be telling the Iraqi people that the brothers are fine and well and living with Sadman Hussain somewhere waiting to take leadership back again.
If we can convince the Iraqi people that they are dead and Sadman is to follow, they will inevitably rebel against what's left of the 'old' leadership and with any luck, help us iradicate terrorism.
Oh, and as for next of kins permission, Sadman can call any american embasy and pop in to sue
