Netko wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:11:42 +0100, ®i©ardo wrote
(in message ):

Please don't expect love and kisses when you degrade our service men
and women!! They are not and never have been assassins!!

Fidel Castro would take great comfort from your words. Luckily
incompetence won the day, on many days.

I didn't think the US military (as opposed to civilian arms of the
US government) were directly involved in any attempt to assassinate
Fidel Castro.

On the other hand, Saddam Hussein - were he alive today and
contributing to abpa - might want to mention 19 March and 7 April
2003 (al Dora and al Mansour respectively) as examples of
assassination attempts carried out by US forces.

Or does 'decapitation' not count as assassination?

he was a legitimate military target, same as Yamato.

redc1c4,
(to all but the obtuse, anyway. %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide