OT: Dangerous ground, was Re: HIGH TECH WONDER INDIVIDUAL WEAPON

> At 06:01 5/02/02 -0800, you wrote:

The down sided to this is the kidnapping of the American journalist, the

treatment of the 'unlawful combatants' being used to justify the kidnapping.

> At 06:01 5/02/02 -0800, you wrote:

> The down sided to this is the kidnapping of the American journalist,

Pretty much a case of "whatever excuse is convenient" since the first four
journalists were shot before this was an issue Also, I've seen reports of some
of the Taliban fighters being held by
the Afghan government--they're saying "We'd *love* to go to Cuba!
Please!"  Conditions in an Afghan-run prison being, understandably, a
bit more Spartan than Camp X Ray.

> > Pretty much a case of "whatever excuse is convenient" since

No, no, the news crew was the one that ended up shooting everyone else.
Including some nuns, IIRC. That would've been Carnage con