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[waider]

54 Iraqis killed in Samarra. This is strangely reminiscent of the start of some movie that was on TV last week, the name of which I forget and, well, which I didn't bother watching any more of. A number of soldiers were attacked by unseen gunmen and ended up firing on a crowd in retaliation. Of course, they were civilians in the movie, as opposed to Fedayeen militants.

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[ex-askesis860.livejournal.com]

Since Dave is busy today, I'll be standing in...

Given that US soldiers were attacked by uniformed militants in a public space, of which they managed to capture many while accruing only eight accidental civilian casualties, I'd have to say this isn't very much like Rules of Engagement (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160797/) at all, really.

[waider.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the name of the movie. No, as I said, I didn't watch anything more than the start of the movie, and not even the whole of the start at that - I came in at the point where the US soldiers were under fire, just before the CO gave the command to fire on the crowd. At the point at which I left the movie, it wasn't at all obvious if any of the crowd were militants or if they were all civilians. Your correction of my impressions is appreciated, but I don't think I'll be watching the movie any time soon.