Re: British Massacre in Sierra Leone

[John Edmundson <jwe21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Owen posted the following quote:
" ``The West Side boys were not a pushover. They fought very
hard. Amongst
them they had women who were fighting and I think some of them
may have
been among the casualties,'' Guthrie said."

To which he added the comment:

"I would not be surprised if the women involved were not
actually fighters but civilians."

It's reasuring to know we can still distinguish combatant status on
the basis of a person's sex eh! :-)
John Edmundson