McGrath - Your posting about one American troop with a questionable marking on his helmet is to be generalized to all of the troops over there? By that rationale one could assume that Lepus and Greg F represent all of you over here. How true is that?

And the incident with the van was explained quite well - warning shots were fired, a shot was fired into the engine compartment, PRIOR to any shots being fired into the interior of the van. A resident Muslim Cleric in the area was on TV stating that the Death Squads had ordered the women to do this or face having all of their families killed. Much the same as is being found with interviews of Iraqi troops that have surrendered.

Bobert - In light of your last posting I rest my case on who and what you are and why I prefer not to have you involved with my family. Your inference is in line with my assertion. Supporting one who supports Saddam and his death squads is really quite out of line with your normal posturing - that's too bad -

Steve