Slog - Comments on Hearts and Minds http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds From this morning's New York Times: U.S. Troops Kill 5 Girls in Assault on Insurgents BAGHDAD, Nov. 28 — American troops killed five girls, including at least one baby, and what the military described as either a boy or a man, when the troops attacked a house Tuesday in volatile Anbar Province after they suspected insurgents of firing at them from the roof. Another person, which the military described in a written statement as either a girl or a young woman, was wounded in the attack and refused treatment by the Americans.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:37:06 -0800 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:06:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by him Funny, the article I read described them as "suspected insurgents."

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds#c508103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds#c508103 News Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:04:43 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 well that's how you get a way with killing civilians. they're always suspected insurgents.

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds#c508111 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds#c508111 News Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:38:19 -0800 Comment by monkey Just like anyone's phone conversation you want to listen in on is suddenly a "suspected terrorist" or someone you want to "go away" is suddenly an "enemy combatant".

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds#c508166 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds#c508166 News Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:58:14 -0800 Comment by Tahn Or someone you want to "torture" doesn't have any "civil rights" because you've "locked him up" without any "legal representation".

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]]> Tahn http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds#c508711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/hearts_and_minds#c508711 News Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:06:52 -0800