http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/7279154.htm
Quote:TIKRIT, Iraq - In a tactic reminiscent of Israeli crackdowns in the West Bank and Gaza, the U.S. military has begun destroying the homes of suspected guerrilla fighters in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, evacuating women and children, then leveling their houses with heavy weaponry.
At least 15 homes have been destroyed ...
Family members at one of the houses, in the village of al Haweda, said they were given five minutes to evacuate before soldiers opened fire.
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Shahab stood amidst the rubble of the former home of 55-year-old farmer Omar Khalil, who was arrested shortly before the home was destroyed. The military said Khalil's son, who escaped, is one of the suspects in the downing of the Black Hawk.
Khalil's wife, Kafey, sat wailing near her wrecked house. "I have no son. I have no husband. I have no home. I will be a beggar."
It seems that...
1) People who are merely suspects are being destroyed.
So if an Iraqi hates their neighbor, they might simply tell US troops to "suspect" them.
(As was happening in Afghanistan).
2) If the suspect themself is unavailable, we destroy their family and house.
This is not terrorism on our part, but necessary because it destroys their ability to meet in another house elsewhere in Iraq.
3) The suspects are considered terrorists (for shooting down a military helicopter with a military weapon during a war), and we are anti-terrorist (while targetting civilians).
4) US Troops are being terrorized when they are attacked during a war. The fear and terror our troops experience is what should make our decisions here, because our overwhelming feeling of fear has to stop.
Quote:On Monday, angry residents of al Haweda, where three of the destroyed homes were, said the tactic will spawn more guerrilla fighters and perhaps spark an Iraqi uprising similar to the Palestinian intifada in the West Bank and Gaza.
Your opinion?
Is all fair in love for oil, and war?
Would an Iraqi uprising be to our benefit, allowing us to push even harder?
Is terrorism just a double-speak excuse - to righteously become what we fight against?
What good will come from this?
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