{"id":195,"date":"2004-04-28T09:48:19","date_gmt":"2004-04-28T13:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=195"},"modified":"2005-12-03T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2005-12-03T21:56:59","slug":"interpreter-of-maladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/interpreter-of-maladies","title":{"rendered":"Interpreter of Maladies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Instapundit<\/a> for linking to this DoD briefing<\/a>, where Donald Rumsfeld offers a comment on the practice of using mosques as firebases:<\/p>\n

There are two ways, I suppose, one could inform readers of the Geneva Convention stipulation against using places of worship to conduct military attacks. One might be to headline saying that <\/em>Terrorists Attack Coalition Forces From Mosques<\/strong>. That would be one way to present the information.<\/p>\n

Another might be to say: <\/em>Mosques Targeted in Fallujah<\/strong>. That was the <\/em>Los Angeles Times headline this morning.<\/em><\/p>\n

Instapundit also links to this neat article<\/a> about how the Iraqi army managed to keep its bunkers insect-free . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Instapundit for linking to this DoD briefing, where Donald Rumsfeld offers a comment on the practice of using mosques as firebases: There are two ways, I suppose, one could inform readers of the Geneva Convention stipulation against using places of worship to conduct military attacks. One might be to headline saying that Terrorists … <\/p>\n

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