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Juan_Bottom wrote:I'm reading Lt Colonel Nathan Sassman's book right now. He's a former American Battalion Commander who had a falling out with his superiors in Iraq. It's been pretty enlightening as to how a military or a police force will conduct a war when it wants to win VS when it doesn't believe in what it's doing. Obviously I have no idea what the kid did or didn't do. He could have been carrying weapons, shoplifting, been a runaway, or a witness. I don't know, it's hard to judge not being there and not understand a thing that's being said. But there's no doubt in my mind that all sides want to win this conflict. That's not a good thing with regard to creating peace.
Pirlo wrote:
he threw a little stone at the police man
Army of GOD wrote:I agree with Juan that I don't know what really happened (he might've done more than throw a stone...) but I wouldn't be surprised if the cops were just being douchebags.
Why don't we just move the Israelis to northern Canada and the Palestinians to Siberia? Then both of them can shut the Hell up.
Pirlo wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REHdio7h-e4
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Juan_Bottom wrote:Also, do you know what happens in the United States when you throw rocks at a police officer? The same thing as in the video.
Juan_Bottom wrote:Pirlo wrote:
he threw a little stone at the police man
That makes a lot of sense. Sassaman talked about the mentality of the people in Iraq... if they threw stones at you, you had to throw them back. Anything less than an equal show of force would cause the public to lose respect for you, and would embolden them to do bigger attacks. So Sassaman ordered the 1-8 infantry to detain these kids when they could, and have their parents come and get them. From there, their parents handled it. It all makes sense when you're in a war zone. And it's the American method too.

Pirlo wrote:Juan_Bottom wrote:Pirlo wrote:
he threw a little stone at the police man
That makes a lot of sense. Sassaman talked about the mentality of the people in Iraq... if they threw stones at you, you had to throw them back. Anything less than an equal show of force would cause the public to lose respect for you, and would embolden them to do bigger attacks. So Sassaman ordered the 1-8 infantry to detain these kids when they could, and have their parents come and get them. From there, their parents handled it. It all makes sense when you're in a war zone. And it's the American method too.
you just made me think of an interesting point.
in a very dictatorial country like Iraq where people are goats and policemen are wolves, and where people are set to fear cops so much; why would a kid be aggressive toward a soldier? what makes him that bold who could pick up a stone and throw it at a guy in military uniform?
Army of GOD wrote:Pirlo wrote:Juan_Bottom wrote:Pirlo wrote:
he threw a little stone at the police man
That makes a lot of sense. Sassaman talked about the mentality of the people in Iraq... if they threw stones at you, you had to throw them back. Anything less than an equal show of force would cause the public to lose respect for you, and would embolden them to do bigger attacks. So Sassaman ordered the 1-8 infantry to detain these kids when they could, and have their parents come and get them. From there, their parents handled it. It all makes sense when you're in a war zone. And it's the American method too.
you just made me think of an interesting point.
in a very dictatorial country like Iraq where people are goats and policemen are wolves, and where people are set to fear cops so much; why would a kid be aggressive toward a soldier? what makes him that bold who could pick up a stone and throw it at a guy in military uniform?
This is why.
Pirlo wrote:why would a kid be aggressive toward a soldier? what makes him that bold who could pick up a stone and throw it at a guy in military uniform?
Pirlo wrote:in a very dictatorial country like Iraq where people are goats and policemen are wolves,
Juan_Bottom wrote:Saddam's old police force was nothing but a corrupt group of thugs. In Bahran, 1/4 of the police officer's on the payroll never showed up to work. Calling on the police for help often got you in more trouble than taking care of a problem yourself. The American forces in Iraq have replaced almost 100% of Saddam's former police force, though corruption continues... The point being that American's as a police force are not what the Iraqis are used to.
Testimonies collected by the rights groups reveal a pattern of children some as young as seven years old being arrested in late-night raids, handcuffed and interrogated for hours without either a parent or lawyer being present. In many cases, the children have reported physical violence or threats. Particularly troubling, are testimonies of children under the age of 12, the minimal age set by the law for criminal liability, who were taken in for questioning, and who were not spared rough and abusive interrogation.
It was taken on a Tuesday morning after Israeli authorities had completed another house raid. As the army and police were leaving, one police van stops and two border police officers jump out. 11-year-old Kareem Tamimi comes running into the frame, running towards his mother. The camerawoman begins shouting "Child! Child!" in Hebrew to the border police officers to no avail.
The border police officers capture the child, handling him as if he was a fully grown adult. Within seconds he is in the police van and on the way out of the village toward an undisclosed location. His mother's cries as she slams her hands against the windows of police van are disregarded by the border police officers.
Kareem's arrest was part of a strategy to apply as much pressure as possible on his 14-year-old brother Islam, who was arrested the previous day in a night raid, in order that Islam will deliver any script that his investigators wanted. The strategy worked, and Kareem was released later the same evening.
After this arrest happened, the army spokespersons unit alerted the media and twitter followers that another 'wanted suspect' was taken in for security questioning. They failed to mention that he was an 11-year-old child.
Tomorrow I will post another video from the current wave of military repression of Nabi Saleh. These videos, seldom seen in the mainstream media, give the Palestinian perspective on life under Israeli Occupation. This is the price that Palestinians pay if they refuse to be silent under Occupation.
Juan wrote:If a kid throws a rock at you, you need to throw one back,... or detain him until his parents pick him up. That's how you cause a populace to respect your military presence.
TA1LGUNN3R wrote:From the description in the video:Testimonies collected by the rights groups reveal a pattern of children some as young as seven years old being arrested in late-night raids, handcuffed and interrogated for hours without either a parent or lawyer being present. In many cases, the children have reported physical violence or threats. Particularly troubling, are testimonies of children under the age of 12, the minimal age set by the law for criminal liability, who were taken in for questioning, and who were not spared rough and abusive interrogation.
It was taken on a Tuesday morning after Israeli authorities had completed another house raid. As the army and police were leaving, one police van stops and two border police officers jump out. 11-year-old Kareem Tamimi comes running into the frame, running towards his mother. The camerawoman begins shouting "Child! Child!" in Hebrew to the border police officers to no avail.
The border police officers capture the child, handling him as if he was a fully grown adult. Within seconds he is in the police van and on the way out of the village toward an undisclosed location. His mother's cries as she slams her hands against the windows of police van are disregarded by the border police officers.
Kareem's arrest was part of a strategy to apply as much pressure as possible on his 14-year-old brother Islam, who was arrested the previous day in a night raid, in order that Islam will deliver any script that his investigators wanted. The strategy worked, and Kareem was released later the same evening.
After this arrest happened, the army spokespersons unit alerted the media and twitter followers that another 'wanted suspect' was taken in for security questioning. They failed to mention that he was an 11-year-old child.
Tomorrow I will post another video from the current wave of military repression of Nabi Saleh. These videos, seldom seen in the mainstream media, give the Palestinian perspective on life under Israeli Occupation. This is the price that Palestinians pay if they refuse to be silent under Occupation.Juan wrote:If a kid throws a rock at you, you need to throw one back,... or detain him until his parents pick him up. That's how you cause a populace to respect your military presence.
I can't say I have any knowledge in the matter, but I don't really thinks this applies to an 11-year old child. They didn't need like 10 officers to capture this kid, even if he had thrown a rock. That seems like it would backfire, since all this would do is breed distrust between the police force and civilians for abducting a child and bracing him for what his brother did.
-TG
TA1LGUNN3R wrote:From the description in the video:Testimonies collected by the rights groups reveal a pattern of children some as young as seven years old being arrested in late-night raids, handcuffed and interrogated for hours without either a parent or lawyer being present. In many cases, the children have reported physical violence or threats. Particularly troubling, are testimonies of children under the age of 12, the minimal age set by the law for criminal liability, who were taken in for questioning, and who were not spared rough and abusive interrogation.
It was taken on a Tuesday morning after Israeli authorities had completed another house raid. As the army and police were leaving, one police van stops and two border police officers jump out. 11-year-old Kareem Tamimi comes running into the frame, running towards his mother. The camerawoman begins shouting "Child! Child!" in Hebrew to the border police officers to no avail.
The border police officers capture the child, handling him as if he was a fully grown adult. Within seconds he is in the police van and on the way out of the village toward an undisclosed location. His mother's cries as she slams her hands against the windows of police van are disregarded by the border police officers.
Kareem's arrest was part of a strategy to apply as much pressure as possible on his 14-year-old brother Islam, who was arrested the previous day in a night raid, in order that Islam will deliver any script that his investigators wanted. The strategy worked, and Kareem was released later the same evening.
After this arrest happened, the army spokespersons unit alerted the media and twitter followers that another 'wanted suspect' was taken in for security questioning. They failed to mention that he was an 11-year-old child.
Tomorrow I will post another video from the current wave of military repression of Nabi Saleh. These videos, seldom seen in the mainstream media, give the Palestinian perspective on life under Israeli Occupation. This is the price that Palestinians pay if they refuse to be silent under Occupation.Juan wrote:If a kid throws a rock at you, you need to throw one back,... or detain him until his parents pick him up. That's how you cause a populace to respect your military presence.
I can't say I have any knowledge in the matter, but I don't really thinks this applies to an 11-year old child. They didn't need like 10 officers to capture this kid, even if he had thrown a rock. That seems like it would backfire, since all this would do is breed distrust between the police force and civilians for abducting a child and bracing him for what his brother did.
-TG
Army of GOD wrote:Juan_Bottom wrote:Also, do you know what happens in the United States when you throw rocks at a police officer? The same thing as in the video.
If you're black, yes. If you're white, you get away with a "hey, please don't do that again".
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(proud member of the Occasionally Wrongly Banned)Army of GOD wrote:the term heterosexual is offensive. I prefer to be called "normal"
Pirlo wrote:Juan_Bottom wrote:Saddam's old police force was nothing but a corrupt group of thugs. In Bahran, 1/4 of the police officer's on the payroll never showed up to work. Calling on the police for help often got you in more trouble than taking care of a problem yourself. The American forces in Iraq have replaced almost 100% of Saddam's former police force, though corruption continues... The point being that American's as a police force are not what the Iraqis are used to.
you are implying that USA came to Iraq for help not imperialism.
Pirlo wrote:
very good point
Juan_Bottom wrote:Pirlo wrote:very good point
Where did the rock story come from?
puddytat wrote:I think if you throw a rock at a any policeman in any country, you're bound to get arrested.
Pirlo wrote:why would a kid be aggressive toward a soldier? what makes him that bold who could pick up a stone and throw it at a guy in military uniform?