Saddams sons are dead!

[PiKA2001]

Originally posted by Arya
Just wondering, I remmember Al-Jazeera getting flack for showing the dead soldiers pic. won't this be the same thing?

Not quite. There is a big diff in the showing of a ordinary soldier and a political leader. Many people are insisting to see proof that these two are dead, and what better proof can you give to the people of Iraq?

[dzrose93]

Originally posted by Arya
Just wondering, I remmember Al-Jazeera getting flack for showing the dead soldiers pic. won't this be the same thing?

No... Someone on another board posted this, so I'll copy and paste because it pretty much sums up the difference between POWs being shown and Saddam's sons being shown.

"It is against the rules of the Geneva convention to show dead POWs. It is illegal internationally to kill POWs or to treat them in a fashion which outrages personal dignity. (See: http://193.194.138.190/html/menu3/b/91.htm ) for clarification of the rules for treatment of prisoners of war.

However dead sadistic, power-mad rapist, murderer dictators are another story. The proof of their death MUST be provided to the Iraqi people who live in DREAD of these men. And of course, the US media being the feeding frenzy that it is refuses to be left out -- we can't provide this info to Iraqi news without providing it to US news (additionally well educated Iraqis depend on US news sources for realistic information, not being sure of their own)."