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Tom Brosz — 11/17/2004 5:09:55 AM (archived)

From Andrew Sullivan:

A KILLING IN FALLUJA II: From the Times of London, which has just, long after intense lobbying from yours truly, put all its content online for free:

In the south of Fallujah yesterday, US Marines found the armless, legless body of a blonde woman, her throat slashed and her entrails cut out. Benjamin Finnell, a hospital apprentice with the US Navy Corps, said that she had been dead for a while, but at that location for only a day or two. The woman was wearing a blue dress; her face had been disfigured. It was unclear if the remains were the body of the Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan, 59, or of Teresa Borcz, 54, a Pole abducted two weeks ago. Both were married to Iraqis and held Iraqi citizenship; both were kidnapped in Baghdad last month.

There you see the difference between the occasional horror of war and premeditated, conscious barbarism.

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The difference between the killing of Margaret Hassan and the killing of the insurgent in the mosque - LJ - 11/17/2004 3:03:19 AM
- Odd outrage - ebnelson - 11/17/2004 3:35:14 PM
- re: teach your daughters to grow up not to marry Muslims. (n/t) - Hank Williams Jr - 11/17/2004 2:32:24 PM
  - Scott, like most bigots is too cowardly to spout his views under his own name... - R.L. - 11/17/2004 7:31:35 PM
  - Uncalled for, to say the least. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 4:59:53 PM
    - Thanks. - Mary Anne - 11/17/2004 5:02:02 PM
  - Have you seen Mr. Hassan on TV? - Mary Anne - 11/17/2004 4:37:02 PM
    - re: If the killing of one person by a single Marine can put a black mark on the entire Occupying force, then Mrs. Hassan's death can be blamed on all muslims. - Scott Evil - 11/17/2004 9:44:52 PM
      - It can't and it can't (n/t) - alcaray - 11/17/2004 10:28:19 PM
- re: The difference between the insurgents and the Marine - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 5:09:55 AM
- Margaret Hassan - LJ - 11/17/2004 3:13:43 AM
  - It's Not Hard To Figure Out - Mark Eby - 11/17/2004 4:36:06 AM
    - Ummm - LJ - 11/17/2004 4:49:02 AM
      - The Bias That Leads To An Inability To Believe What The Insurgents Real Goals Are (n/t) - Mark Eby - 11/17/2004 5:02:12 AM
        
        Whatever their real goals are, the murder of Margaret Hassan indicates an inability to think strategically. - Mary Anne - 11/17/2004 1:38:15 PM
        
        I'd go with crazy. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 5:08:18 PM
        
        rThe Real Goals here are not so lofty......... - Publius - 11/17/2004 2:40:53 PM
  - Syrians. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/17/2004 4:30:06 AM
    - re: I'm suprised that we haven't done a better job on the Syrian border. - Scott Evil - 11/17/2004 2:47:32 PM
      - Check out how many of our military have died near Syria - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2004 5:01:03 PM
  - Shock value - Donald - 11/17/2004 3:47:39 AM

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