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Friday, May 9, 2008 12:00 AM

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?

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  • Friday, May 9, 2008 01:08 PM

    One-Mississippi

    Body counts? What makes anyone think this would be unusual or unexpected in this, the war to START all wars? Atrocities arise from the top down, and the gang we have in power is just that -- atrocious. And the blood of countless thousands is on ALL our hands, especially people who inhabit the "Great" states of Ohio and Florida. I own two authentic partei-abzeichen, or Nazi party signs, from 1930sw Germany. If anyone from those two states (or the state of despair, or of bankruptcy) wishes to buy one to go with the requisite armband, just let the Salon web site know. They can get in touch with me. Oh, for those from Florida, it's capitalize the first letter in a sentence; the big hand tells you if I will be asleep, and i before e except after c. Thanks a lot, clods!

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