Ah, that had slipped my mind. Still doesn't b...

2012-03-15T14:22:25.282+00:00

Ah, that had slipped my mind. Still doesn't bear the emphasis put on it when compared to the number killed as a direct result of the invasion.

Good post, I think your pretty much spot on with w...

2012-03-15T06:20:29.794+00:00

Good post, I think your pretty much spot on with what a weird mess the "racially aggravated" element of the charge is.

Frankly, I'm not sure if we should be locking up people simply for being a twat on facebook, but then again I wasn't against that soldier being fire earlier in the week for his "shooting towel heads" comments...

Just one thing, though - you say there's no example of foreign troops raping Iraqi or Afghani women. What about the Mahmudiyah killings, which involved the gang rape of a 14 year old by US Troops?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudiyah_killings

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Ah, that had slipped my mind. Still doesn't b...

Good post, I think your pretty much spot on with w...