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Blair the hypocrite
Al Qaeda's Abu al Zarqawi was killed in an air raid earlier today, this odious creep's death was welcomed by amongst others our Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Given that this Zarqawi was a cold blooded murderer (he liked to personally behead western captives in Iraq), he effectivley had a death sentence carried out against him, shouldnt we have the death penalty re instated in Britain as whats good for the goose etc
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There is a difference between an air strike and an execution. I know it's a shame because it doesn't fit your argument but maybe if we all try really hard we can ignore it.
Really the air strike was closer to an assassination than an execution only instead of a lone sniper with a rifle two F15s were used.
It's a shame really that they had to kill him. His memory will doubtlessly become a rallying cry. Television pictures of him cowering in a hole in the ground (a la Sadam) would doubtlessly be much more effective in undermining his organisation.
Remember the goal is a stable Iraq not revenge
Why was the house in East London where a suspected terrorist was preparing a cyanide laced suit bombed by an RAF plane from 30000 feet and taken out the whole street in teh bargain. Could it be because innocent people would be killed. But it is Ok to do that in Iraq is it?
OK i take back the dogs bit....but it drives me insane this unfairness when it comes to lives in other countries. A child who is orphaned/killed is perhaps the saddest thing in the world
Tony Blair is of course a hypocrite like all politicians, so where's the surprise there? With regards to the woman and child that were killed I've never heard a weaker, more pathetic argument than "it might have grown up to be a suicide bomber" in my entire life. Haggisdj just where are you from and for the love of God please tell me that you don't really think that.
dom has excellent points. A terrorist is not a terrorist to himself, he's a man fighting for his country/beliefs. Just because an army wears a uniform, that doesn't make what they do right and what "terrorists" do wrong, quite the reverse sometimes and whoever kills it, a child is just as dead be it blown up by the US Army, Al-Quaeda, IRA, Bristish Army, Etta, Spanish Authorities, etc etc etc the list is infinite. Do you seriously think any parent cares where the bullets come from that kill their child? I know I wouldn't give a toss whether the men had uniforms and therefore thought they had some automatic devine authorisation, I'd just want to kill them and that's what's happening in Iraq over and over again every day and so the horror grows.