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Old 23rd March 2003 | 23:39
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moggie
 
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CNN have just shown some bcause they said it "was part of the war in Iraq". Credit to them they only showed 4 people giving name, rank number and no more.

They chose not to show any footage of dead soldiers, but did show one "still" which they said "showed no detail of wounds or any identifying marks on the bodies".

However, they also said that it looked like some of the dead had received "gunshot wounds to the forehead" (but did not show those pics). Again, all credit, they did not speculate on how those wounds were inflicted (and neither shall I).

Rather like blitzing civilian targets in WW2, I can not see this doing anything to dampen morale and determination - quite the reverse.

We got the PoWs back last time - so fingers crossed they all come home safe this time. My thoughts go out to the families of those Pows, but at least they know they were taken alive, not killed in action.
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