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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.
The DoD claims that civilians aren't intentionally targetted but that's a duplicitous claim if the soldiers haven't been ordered to determine who is and isn't a civilian before they shoot.
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