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<blockquote data-quote="BrownShark" data-source="post: 328738" data-attributes="member: 12148"><p>Boot, </p><p> </p><p>Yet more marines charged with murder, see a pattern here?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>US troops charged in Iraq death</strong>Eight members of the US military have been charged with the murder of an Iraqi civilian in April.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2006/6/21/1_195166_1_9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>The accused a</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>re being held at the Marine Corps base in California </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px">Seven US marines and a navy corpsman have been charged with murder, conspiracy, assault, kidnapping and obstruction of justice, among other charges, over the death of an Iraqi in Hamdania, a village west of Baghdad.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The marines allegedly took a 52-year-old disabled man, Hashim Ibrahim Awad, from his house, shot him and then left a shovel by his body to make it appear that he had been planting a roadside bomb.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"The Marine Corps takes allegations of wrongdoing by its members very seriously and is committed to thoroughly investigating such allegations. The Marine Corps also prides itself on holding its members accountable for its actions," Marine Colonel Stewart Navarre said in Camp Pendleton, California, on Wednesday. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">He added that he could not discuss the specifics of the case and said it "is critical to remember that the accused are presumed innocent".</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Inappropriate methods</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Defence lawyers have suggested that investigators got incriminating statements by using inappropriate interrogation methods.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">All eight men face the possibility of the death penalty if convicted.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Image/Dump/148685/A4EF9AA6252444EDBDDF1B0BFAEC5C87.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong>Navorre (C) said the marines will</strong></span></span></p><p></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">be held accountable</span></span></strong></p><p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">In a separate case, the military said a fourth soldier had been charged with premeditated murder in connection with the shooting of three detainees in Iraq on May 9.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">On Monday, the US military said three other soldiers had been charged with the killings and with threatening to kill a fellow soldier if he told authorities the truth about the case.</span></p><p> </p><p>******</p><p> </p><p><strong>Hey man, I get it, its tough there, but there seems to be more than a few "bad apples" as a poster previously said in Iraq. This sounds like a systemic problem and not one of isolated incidents.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Sounds to me like the line between honor, duty and purpose is very blurred.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Peace.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownShark, post: 328738, member: 12148"] Boot, Yet more marines charged with murder, see a pattern here? [B]US troops charged in Iraq death[/B]Eight members of the US military have been charged with the murder of an Iraqi civilian in April. [IMG]http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2006/6/21/1_195166_1_9.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=verdana][SIZE=1][B]The accused a[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=verdana][SIZE=1][B]re being held at the Marine Corps base in California [/B][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2]Seven US marines and a navy corpsman have been charged with murder, conspiracy, assault, kidnapping and obstruction of justice, among other charges, over the death of an Iraqi in Hamdania, a village west of Baghdad.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The marines allegedly took a 52-year-old disabled man, Hashim Ibrahim Awad, from his house, shot him and then left a shovel by his body to make it appear that he had been planting a roadside bomb.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]"The Marine Corps takes allegations of wrongdoing by its members very seriously and is committed to thoroughly investigating such allegations. The Marine Corps also prides itself on holding its members accountable for its actions," Marine Colonel Stewart Navarre said in Camp Pendleton, California, on Wednesday. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]He added that he could not discuss the specifics of the case and said it "is critical to remember that the accused are presumed innocent".[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][B]Inappropriate methods[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Defence lawyers have suggested that investigators got incriminating statements by using inappropriate interrogation methods.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]All eight men face the possibility of the death penalty if convicted.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][IMG]http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Image/Dump/148685/A4EF9AA6252444EDBDDF1B0BFAEC5C87.jpg[/IMG][LEFT][FONT=verdana][SIZE=1][B]Navorre (C) said the marines will[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][B][SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]be held accountable[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/LEFT] In a separate case, the military said a fourth soldier had been charged with premeditated murder in connection with the shooting of three detainees in Iraq on May 9.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]On Monday, the US military said three other soldiers had been charged with the killings and with threatening to kill a fellow soldier if he told authorities the truth about the case.[/SIZE] ****** [B]Hey man, I get it, its tough there, but there seems to be more than a few "bad apples" as a poster previously said in Iraq. This sounds like a systemic problem and not one of isolated incidents.[/B] [B]Sounds to me like the line between honor, duty and purpose is very blurred.[/B] Peace.:peaceful: [/QUOTE]
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