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Originally posted by dozysplot
But lets face facts here, the amount of firepower the americans put on that house, they didn't want any survivors
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I don't agree, they escalated the amount of force used slowly over a period of about 3.5 hours (according to radio 4 at the time)
They originally sent troops into the building, resulting in three casualties. Then they used megaphones, which just got them shot at. Small arms, then rpg's and so on.
The US knew that if they could get them alive and put them on trial, the propaganda and cathartic (for the Iraqis) value would have been immense.
btw....if you spellcheck dozysplot it tries to change your name to despot
