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Originally posted by Stallion
Judging from the pictures that I saw, they had some of the soldiers shot in the forehead. These were closeup pictures. I would definitely say these soldiers were assassinated from close range. They violated the Geneva Convention, plain and simple.
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It didn't look like a shot in the forehead to me.. it was a gash, not a bullethole.
I think it's a bit silly to be saying they've breached the Geneva convention - we've all seen american footage of Iraqi and Afghani POW's and the camp x-ray POW's (which are being held outside the US so that the geneva convention doesn't apply).. They were never asked to give their names of course, but if Iraq just showed pictures people would have said they were just people dressed up as soldiers.. so I can see the need to ask names so it's undeniable.. It's a propaganda victory for the Iraqi's.. It's also a bit rich to be complaining about breaking technical UN conventions when this war doesn't even have UN sanction.
The Geneva convention was written well before the advent of a TV in every home and front-line war journalism, I think to complain about showing prisoners on tv is a bit rich.. I mean they're probably going to do worse with them.. wait until they use them as human shields or something.. What the Iraqis have done isn't so different from American shots of Iraqi prisoners.
Releasing pics of the dead US soldiers is probably the worse action in many peoples eyes even though it's not the bit that breaks the convention.
I also think the only reason they're making a fuss of it is to tone down the propaganda win for the Iraqis.. interviewing soldiers isn't dick compared to all the other fucked up things Saddam has done.
Let's hope they make it home safely. What a fucked up situation to be in.