The Death of Margaret Hassan

One of of those things that I haven't acknowledged yet because it seems like everyone else has. So, yes, it sucks and the insurgents who committed this murder are evil.

...Juan Cole has some thoughts on this and the Marines shooting.

To compare them to the murderous thugs who kidnapped CARE worker Margaret Hassan, held her hostage, terrified her, and then picked up a butcher knife ... [omitting the part where he describes her death in detail] ... is frankly monstrous. The multinational forces are soldiers fighting a war in which they are targetting combatants and sometimes accidentally killing innocents. The hostage-takers are terrorists deliberately killing innocents. It is simply not the same thing.