if this is what truly happened i applaud this man, wartime atrocities are not to be allowed...i quite frankly don't care what the situation is, human beings are human beings just because you're in a country you're occupying militarily doesn't mean everyone is you're enemy and deserves to die

Seems suspicious, y would he shoot the translator too... And why would it take 3 men to kick one pregnant woman. U only need one person.

Probably a insurgent who inflitrated and try to make up excuses.

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Originally posted by amfirst
And why would it take 3 men to kick one pregnant woman. U only need one person.

You say that as if its some sort of efficiency test.
Who decided the allowed number of people it takes to beat one person?

Have you ever heard of anyone being "jumped"? You haven't ever seen a mob attack one person?

I've seen it before. Five people beating one person. Now you can say that it would only take one person to sufficiently battle another but that isn't the point. The point is to overwhelming abuse an individual. Inflict the most harm.

The worse thing I've seen...and I will never forget it...was a group of women beating another outside a nightclub. I was young and my friends and I had just left a pizza joint in the city when outside across the street a fight erupted between one woman and five other women. It was so brutal a crowd gathered just to watch.

I thought they were going to kill her.

Just then gunshots rang out and everyone fled. Turns out some guy fired his gun to scare everyone away and save the girl. I never went to that part of the city for pizza again.

So no, it doesn't take three people to beat a pregnant woman.
However three people could beat a pregnant woman anyway.

- Lee

Originally posted by HowlrunnerIV

His crime (that would be murder) is categorised as more severe than theirs (asault) in every jurisdiction I know.

Not necessarily JUST assault. There are varying degrees under the law.

Considering that the woman was pregnant and was allegedly beaten by three men this could be deemed as "assault with intent to kill". That would be a far more serious charge than simple "assault" and the perpetrators can be given a much harsher sentence. Some states have looked at bringing up murder charges on a person that attacks a woman and as a consequence her unborn baby is killed.

I am not saying the soldiers deserved to be shot if they actually did attack this woman, nor am I claiming this story is true.


- Lee

Originally posted by greeneyedleo
Where are the English sources, as I cant read Arabic.
I cant even find ANY LEGIT new stories about 3 American soldiers who were shot dead by an Iraqi carrying a gun.
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No and you know why you can not find any source???? since US military prohibit any bad news around US soldiers getting killed, since it will raise the questioning around the invasion. Try to search for articles around US soldiers getting killed in general, and do not take those articles where is "propeganda" from enemy side (ie. the ones where some soldiers was brutal burned to death) but take those articles from the US magazines and newspapers.

On topic, i think this man did a heroic thing, it resemble much the situation where a psychotic man kicked an infant to death in US and the police shot him dead. So this Iraqi man is a hero in my eyes.

Best regards

Loke.

[edit on 8-7-2008 by Loke.]

Originally posted by Loke.
No and you know why you can not find any source????

Know why you can't find a source? Because this story is BS! If it were true, the US troops would have been brought up on charges and an investigation done.

And Holy Necro-post, Batman! This came from Jan 2008.

Originally posted by HowlrunnerIV
I agree with you about levels of assault, but it doesn't change the fact that murder is a "higher/greater/worse" crime than assault.

No no, I agree with you.

I wasn't trying to sat they were the same. If I saw three men beating a pregnant woman I would assume they intended to kill her and her baby if I didn't stop them. You're right though stopping them beforehand would make it simply assault.

If no one stopped the alleged attack it is likely that her and her child could have died from the beatings, or she could have miscarried as a consequence.

To me that would be attempted murder at least.

- Lee