"::::I didn't need any proof that they didn't know; all I needed was to state, as I did, that there was no evidence that they knew of itbecause since you hadn't yet shared with the rest of us the evidence that you had, we had none.  I made no false statements, there; all I did was to factually affirm the academic consensus, and the fact that none of the militiamen ever cited the order as an excuse for what they did.  I and several other editors repeatedly asked you to provide evidence to show otherwise; only this morning did you do so.  I have nothing personal against you for the position you've taken; all I am saying is that in the absence of evidence of the kind you provided only just today, I had no choice but to write what I did.  As I said earlier, the ""probability"" you cited in your earlier edit summary is not proof.  Today, you finally provided us with some hard evidence to work withfor which I thank you, in all sincerity, once again.  If you had given us this when we first asked for it, a lot of this could have been avoided.  Again, no hard feelings on my end; I understand the emotional issues involved here, especially when this concerns family.  I just wish you could have told us all this a few days ago.  That's all. -   

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