The jihadis continue to violate the laws of warfare. In Ramadi, insurgents used a school as an ammunitions depot. In Haditha, the "minutemen" used a mosque as a firing point and a shrine to store various weapons. CNN producer Arwa Damon, who is embedded with the 3rd Battalion 1st Marines, reports:

According to Capt. James Kimber, commander of India Company, the route in front of the mosque was being swept for mines when the unit was hit by an IED. Soldiers were unhurt and discovered a second IED with a detonation cord leading to the mosque. Iraqi Special Forces searched the mosque, but found nothing. The unit hit by the IED reported seeing a male fleeing from the scene. Two homes were searched; nine males were detained and then released.

Adjacent to the mosque is the crumbling shrine of Sheik Ahmad Rifa and a small graveyard. From two large blue plastic tubs Marines pulled out explosives including rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), bomb-making materials and grenades. Hidden underneath the crumbling rubble of the graveyard and the rock-filled garden surrounding the shrine, Marines found 16 155mm artillery shells, about half of which were already rigged with detonation cord. Buried in the catacombs of the shrine, they found more RPG rounds, RPGs, and AK-47 assault rifles.

Iraqi Army troops cleared the surrounding buildings. The three men in the mosque denied any knowledge of the insurgent's activities, despite the massive amounts of ordinance discovered. Captain Jeffrey Pool inventories the mosque weapons cache:

(2000 meters) Wire and bomb making materials such as blasting caps and remote explosive detonation devices; (4) RPG launcher and (26) grenades; (9) sticks of TNT; (2) incendiary rounds; (1) 155mm round pre-wired for use as a roadside bomb; (3) 120mm round pre-wired for use as a roadside bomb; (11) 130mm rounds pre-wired for use as a roadside bomb; (5) Hand grenades pre-wired for use as a roadside bomb; (1) 75mm round; Hand grenades; More than 1,000 rounds of ammunition; (2) bullet proof vests.

The Geneva Convention explicitly states the usage of places of worship to support the war effort is illegal:

Art. 53. Protection of cultural objects and of places of worship Without prejudice to the provisions of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 14 May 1954, and of other relevant international instruments, it is prohibited: (a) to commit any acts of hostility directed against the historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples; (b) to use such objects in support of the military effort; (c) to make such objects the object of reprisals. (Protocol I, Art. 53)

Yet the media never questions the insurgency's usage of places of worship to fire on Coalition troops, act as weapons depots and torture their enemies. In fact, the Ms. Damon never mentions the Geneva Conventions once in the entire report. This is a clear violation of the laws of war by an enemy that repeatedly and intentionally violates these rules as a matter of practice. It seems the phrase "Geneva Convention" can only be preceded by "Abu Ghraib" or "Gitmo".