Amid War, Some Violence May Be Personal

Duh!

Ask yourself, what would you do, if the situation were reversed, and it was your sister, the sister of you best friend, you daughter, niece, mother.....

I know what I would do, in the absolute absence of any justice forthcoming.

This kind of thing is happening all over Iraq. This is not an isolated incident, and the Iraqis know it.

Damn! If this is liberation, I hate to see what a war of vengeance would be, if you get by drift.

Amid War, Some Violence May Be Personal:

On March 12, a 15-year-old Iraqi girl was raped, and she and her father, mother and sister were gunned down in their home.

Three months later, three U.S. soldiers were slain by insurgents. One was shot and two others were kidnapped and killed and their bodies mutilated in what a group linked to al-Qaeda declared was retribution for the attack on the Iraqi family.

Four soldiers and one former soldier have now been charged in connection with the rape and homicides. Another soldier has been charged with failing to report the incident.