Originally posted by PhilodorYou asked the question "What personal experience have you had of offficers in the UK 'fitting people up'?".
The subject was about soldiers and Army oifficers until you came, as usual. to confound the issue with an irrelevancy.
Don't blame me for answering your question. If the answer is irrelevenat to the subject, it is only because your question was.
Originally posted by aging blitzerhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_re_us/iraq_soldiers_charged
Well, yes, but I doubt if many facts will be established.
The miltary (and police) aren't good at condemning their own, unless the media manages to publish something e.g. Abu Grahib photos.
e.g. the deaths at Deepcut barracks in the UK
the terms "whitewash" and "cover-up" spring to mind
"Army recommends death in Iraq slayings By ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press Writer
52 minutes ago
An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty if convicted, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.
Lt. Col. James P. Daniel Jr. concluded that the slayings were premeditated and warranted the death sentence based on evidence he heard at an August hearing. The case will now be forwarded to Army officials, who will decide whether Daniel's recommendation should be followed.
The soldiers, all from the Fort Campbell, Ky.-based 101st Airborne Division's 187th Infantry Regiment, are accused of killing three Iraqi men taken from a house May 9 on a marshy island outside Samarra, about 60 miles north of Baghdad.
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Originally posted by zeeblebotThen let's see if they are convicted.
...should face the death penalty if convicted...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_re_us/iraq_soldiers_charged
Staff Sgt. Raymond L. Girouard, Spc. William B. Hunsaker, Pfc. Corey R. Clagett and Spc. Juston R. Graber have claimed they were ordered to "kill all military age males" during the raid on the island. According to statements from some of the soldiers, they were told the target was an al-Qaida training camp.
Originally posted by aging blitzer"Clagett, Girouard and Hunsaker also are accused of threatening to kill another soldier who witnessed the slayings. "
Then let's see if they are convicted.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_re_us/iraq_soldiers_charged
Staff Sgt. Raymond L. Girouard, Spc. William B. Hunsaker, Pfc. Corey R. Clagett and Spc. Juston R. Graber have claimed they were ordered to "kill all military age males" during the raid on the island. According to statements from some of the soldiers, they were told the target was an al-Qaida training camp.
one assumes that is not what the officer meant by "kill all military age males".