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blankall · 06-06-2010, 06:27 PM

I can't confirm these pictures as real, but they seem to show the "protestors" taking soldier as hostages:

http://fotogaleri.hurriyet.com.tr/ga...id=36575&rid=2

We also know at least some of them were armed, as the soldiers were shot twice. So when armed men take a soldier hostage, they cease to be out of control rioters and become full fledged military combatants.

Can anyone really say in a situation where armed men have hostages on their way into Hamas controlled territory, lethal force is not absolutely necessary?

Edit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/mid...t/10251805.stm

These pictures are confirmed as real.

06-06-2010, 06:27 PM	#417
blankall Ate 100 Treadmills Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	I can't confirm these pictures as real, but they seem to show the "protestors" taking soldier as hostages: http://fotogaleri.hurriyet.com.tr/ga...id=36575&rid=2 We also know at least some of them were armed, as the soldiers were shot twice. So when armed men take a soldier hostage, they cease to be out of control rioters and become full fledged military combatants. Can anyone really say in a situation where armed men have hostages on their way into Hamas controlled territory, lethal force is not absolutely necessary? Edit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/mid...t/10251805.stm These pictures are confirmed as real. Last edited by blankall; 06-06-2010 at 07:39 PM.