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Re:Stealing the Enemy's Urban Advantage: The Battle of Sadr ... by GordonS on Thursday January 31, 2019 @01:55PM (#19047586)
They died because the military chose to level an entire building to kill a single person.
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Re:Stealing the Enemy's Urban Advantage: The Battle of Sadr ... by nate_meurer on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:31PM (#19049659)
No, they demolished the building to prevent it from being re-occupied by more fighters. Remember, U.S. forces were prohibited from entering Sadr City, so they really had no other way to do so.
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