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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
So what. He got what he deserved. At least he died rather than cooperate -- I'm sure Allah will reward him for it.
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Given he was an Iraqi Major-General, it's not likely he was particularly religious. More likely he was just being a good soldier and resisting interrogation by the enemy.
But regardless of his religiosity, the fact that some people have no qualms about torturing a man to death does make the vocal criticism of beheadings ring rather hollow.
This man was a prisoner of war - none of the 'enemy combatant' bullsh*t applies in this case. He was a member of a national army, he fought in uniform, yet gets tortured to death?
Such behaviour is reminiscent of the Japanese in WW2, not the United States of America.
[ 08-05-2005, 08:26 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]