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From: khun@cd.chalmers.se.chalmers.se (Peter Wennerholm)
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Subject: Re: Low tech warfare
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Date: 2 Jan 90 02:48:02 GMT
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From: khun@cd.chalmers.se.chalmers.se (Peter Wennerholm)
In article <12610@cbnews.ATT.COM> willey@arrakis.nevada.edu (James P. Willey) writes:
:In Panama however, the US military is going out of its way not to harm the
:civilians.  When all is said and done down there, there may well be proof
:of American soldiers shooting several innocent civilians.  This can't
:be helped because the "Dignity Battalions" don't wear uniforms and hide
:among the civilians to snipe at US soldiers.  For the most part, the
:US soldiers surround the sniper and wait him out.  There was an interview
:with a sniper in the 82 Airborne on either ABC or CBS in which he said that
:when confronted by one of these snipers, they surround him and then a
:US sniper tries to get a shot at him without hitting a civilian.  If he
:can't get the shot, then they just wait until he runs out of ammo.  This

  If this is true, then the US army deserves our heartfelt respect! Well done.

     Peter



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