Posts by Lyndon Hood
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Dear Iceland, we said "Send Cash".
It's been pointed out in this context that there is no 'c' in the icelandic aplphabet.
Strange to think it wasn't really so very long ago that oranges were desirable enough in Europe to be given as Christmas presents.
Times do change. Winston Churchill celebrating the end of wartime austerity with a photo op of himself handing a schoolgirl a banana.
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There's a bit of dialogue in the Simpsons somewhere where Mr Burns is considering running for office and Smithers suggests people think he's out of touch...
Burns: Me? Out of touch? Heaven forfend!
Present company, etc etc...
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Apparently DemocracyNow was on the ground the next day
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/8/exclusive_witnesses_describe_deadly_2007_us -
James, given your link's grip on the rules of war I'm not inclined to trust him on any fact. I notice the neither links nor anything about him that helps.
Just for staters: 'unmarked'? I think a uniform for non-combatants raises a number of problems.
I can't resist pointing out the Keith raised questions rather than answering them.
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I understood the Lancet survey covered all mortaility.
Uncharming compilation of GI stories on the effective ROE here.
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Scoop copies of investigation docs
Includes references to video 'from Apache'; I think we can consider that one settled. I do recall seeing another gunsight vid in the countryside where the chopper was so far aways the victims didn't notice it.
Though the AP says the US Mil are having trouble finding their copy of the video.
Edit: From AP "The video was taken by the tactical unit that operated the helicopters."
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Slightly more insderish family Dr Who watching from Neil Gamain http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2010/04/how-to-mortify-your-daughter.html
Also, your link needs fixing.
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US Military investogation docs released, if you're prepared to go past they we-will-snoop-on-you warning.
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Was it a Neil Gaiman story I read/heard recently pointing out ... if they haven't been feeding that cat, by now it will just be two different kinds of dead.