For snipers 100 meters is nothing. The current record was set in January 2002 when a sniper shot a Taliban soldier from just under 2 miles distance.
From what I've read it was justifiable shooting. It was in a middle of a busy market place. There were lots of weapons around. Not somewhere where I would want to go into. larry >Are they? That's what I am asking. I see your point, which was my second >thought. Anyone selling arms is unlikely to go quietly and hell no we wont >go might well translate to soldier casualties. Still troubles me to shot >them from 100 yards away though. > >Dana > >> Not sure about this one. The soldiers were operating within their >> rules of engagement. Besides those men who were shot had a serious >> amount of ordinance. Are you willing to sacrifice whomever would try >> to arrest the arms dealers in this case? You have to consider that >> always. If I was a platoon commander there I'd be tempted to do the >> same as the officer in charge. Consider my riflemen first rather >> than a legalistic nicety in this case. >> >> The most I ever had to face in Cyprus was illegal gas and groceries >> that people would smuggle across the green line. That and we did find >> an old Lee-Enfield rifle (pre WW2 era) that someone was trying to get >> across to the Turkish side. >> >> larry >> >> >Am trying to decide what I think of this. Seems like the thing to do would >> >have been to arrest them but perhaps it was decided that hey there were >> >weapons there and there was too much danger to soldiers....perhaps >> >defensible as I guess Iraq is still under military law. >> > >> >I doubt it made us too many friends in that marketplace however, even >> >assuming that none of those killed were innocent bystanders. >> > >> >I'd be interested in hearing from some of the ex-military here as to >> >whether this is standard operating procedure. >> > >> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36312-2003Aug8.html >> > >> >Dana >> > >> >But I don't make films >> >But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked Ladies >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
