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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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  • Friday, May 9, 2008 07:59 AM

    Guys screw up

    Guys get caught

    Guys go on trial

    Guys get convicted.

    Seems to be how things more or less are supposed to work.

    —Electro Robot Read Electro Robot's other letters

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