James Joyner notes the murder of SPC Keith M. Maupin by terrorists in Iraq. Muapin had been taken prisoner in April.
James sums up the the political semantics of the situation quite well:
I tire of the use of the word “militant” to describe these animals. Jesse Jackson is a militant. Malcolm X was a militant. These thugs are simply serial killers.
Indeed.
Report: American Soldier Killed in Iraq by Captors
From the AP: Iraqi militants killed an American soldier they have held hostage for nearly three months, saying the killing was because the U.S. government did not change its policy in Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported Tuesday. News of the…
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