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Old 10-19-2006
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Re: Coroner finds US troops guilty of killing journalist

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Originally Posted by Fidei Defensor View Post
You're assuming there weren't enemy fighters in that minibus or that they did not reasonably believe that there were. This is something you're not in a position to do. And, again, the notion that you allow fighters to flee from a battle because you're "safe" from them simply does not wash.
So, you're defending marines shooting people in the head at point blank - after the ones shot at were driving away - because it is possible that they were a threat? That's a really good defense you've got going there. "So, my client, mr. Kruger, allegedly killed these people in cold blood - but do we know mr. Kruger did not feel threatened at the time? Do we have any neutral witnesses, without an obvious agenda to burn my client on a stake and scatter his ashes far and wide, who can testify they did not threaten my client before they unhappily was killed in a most brutal fashion? I think not."
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