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Killing by the numbers

In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq?
By Mark Benjamin and Christopher Weaver

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  • Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:19 AM

    Re: The USA needs a military draft

    Don't loose sight of the fact you are drafting men to kill or be killed. Those drafted will be young men with still malleable minds The military's first job will still be to drive out "common decency and common sense" draftees may have, the be replaced with what will keep them alive. All we can do is hope/ pray that saves more soldiers lives, than it kills innocent civilians.

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