As a peace activist, I don't judge first, then pray. Everyone, soldiers on both sides, civilians, the political and military leaders--all are included in our prayers, not just those on "our side" or those we judge as being worthy of our prayers.

I'm glad you mention the Iraqi civilians, ard mhacha. There is an interesting Washington Post article today here:

US Aggressive Against Iraqis

It talks about how much more repressive our troops become as they come under more and more attacks, creating a vicious cycle of retribution without much recrimination--until the shooting stops, and everyone is left with what they did and didn't do to or for their fellow humans.

Killing and terrorizing other human beings damages a person, often beyond repair and any reasonable expectation of recovery, much less redemption.

Like Dougie's song says:

"the blood will run to everyone
oh, what have they done"

That of course includes the soldiers who are doing the killing.