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>--- In [log in to unmask], Randy Edwards <redwards@g...> wrote:
> > CNN is reporting that the CIA and military (they mentioned Delta
>Force
> > and Rangers specifically) are assassinating Baath Party members and
>officials.
> >
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>What CNN was referring to was a Washington Post story this morning
>about the US deciding to use CIA and Delta forces to kill military
>leaders and senior Baath party officials:
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44793-2003Mar28.html
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>The article says they've already killed "more than a handful" of
>officials, and that the operation has probably been going on for more
>than a week - ie, probably since the start of the war, give or take a
>few hours.
>
>The decision does not contradict the US executive order against
>assassinating foreign political leaders because the order applies only
>in peacetime. (quoting the article: "Legal scholars also argue that
>enemy combatants, civilians or military personnel who engaged in
>military activity, are always legitimate targets during war.") So
>during war time, the gloves can come off and they can go after
>whomever they want. I just wander if the Iraqis have something similar
>in mind.... -ac
>
>andy carvin
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