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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:23 PM Original message |
Why are they called "Insurgents" and not "Guerrillas"? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. I direct you to the Geneva Convention |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. i did not know that. it makes sense though. Same with gitmo detainees |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Similar to the GITMO Prisoners, they were denied |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Was that the reason for the Iraq vote? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. The decision of labeling came from Justice |
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wurzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. That information is worth a kick! |
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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. So now I know--Thanks, most enlightening |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. most of them are just citizens of Iraq |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. yep, but the Bushitlers don't want the public to know that...that's |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. therefore, the correct term is "Resistance" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Remember under International Law the word you choose matters |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Another made-up designation; like "enemy combatant" |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. I see it the opposite way: "insurgents" lends itself to legitimacy. |
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Monkie (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. the dictionary entry for Resistance |
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Tommymac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's doublespeak, plain and simple. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because Guerrillent just doesn't sound right... |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. "usually indigenous...in occupied territory" |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why not Iraqis? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. The answer is, they control not only all of government .... they also |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-05 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. What do they call Americans? |
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