Yes this wasn't a prison revolt at Sing Sing

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Scott — 11/30/2001 6:25:37 PM (archived)

where the prisoners were armed with shanks...

This was an uprising in a volatile war zone, and the prisoners made a choice to try to re-enter the realm of combatants and prolong the conflagration.

They choose a position and they died trying to defend it. That's usually the way it happens in war.

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Prison Revolt Inquiry Ruled Out By Straw . . . - D. Spires - 11/30/2001 4:24:41 PM
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- proportionate military response - FrankC - 11/30/2001 4:49:52 PM
- When the prisoners got weapons and started killing - ebnelson - 11/30/2001 4:31:49 PM
  - Yes this wasn't a prison revolt at Sing Sing - Scott - 11/30/2001 6:25:37 PM

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