[eDebate] FWD: US Troops accused of killing Iraqi family

[Josh Hoe]

Once again, this only proves that several US Soldiers have been accused of a
crime....If they are guilty they ought be punished.  How does this prove
your argument?  Plus, guess what - I AM AGAINST THE WAR!

Josh


On 7/2/06, walid kandeel <khemicalraydon at yahoo.com> wrote:

>

> Is this the liberation you speak of Korcok.   Are these still too general

> claims for you Hoe.  Again my point here is that these are only incidents

> that are reported, not the only incidents that take place.

>

> all power to the people

> walid

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> U.S. troops accused of killing Iraq family

>

> By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer 3 minutes ago

>

>

>

> BEIJI, Iraq - The U.S. Army will investigate charges that five American

> soldiers were involved in the killings of four Iraqi relatives, including

> a

> woman who had been raped, military officials said Friday. It's the sixth

> current inquiry into the alleged slayings of Iraqi civilians by American

> troops.

>

> Some of the five soldiers also allegedly burned the body of the woman

> they are accused of assaulting in the March incident, a U.S. military

> official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of

> the

> sensitivity of the case.

> The U.S. command issued a statement saying only that Maj. Gen. James D.

> Thurman, commander of coalition troops in Baghdad, had ordered a criminal

> investigation into the alleged killing of a family of four in Mahmoudiyah,

> south of Baghdad.

> At least 14 American troops have been convicted in other cases.

> The United States also is investigating allegations that two dozen

> unarmed Iraqi civilians were killed by Marines in the western town of

> Haditha on Nov. 19 in a revenge attack after one of their own died in a

> roadside bombing.

> "The entire investigation will encompass everything that could have

> happened that evening. We're not releasing any specifics of an ongoing

> investigation," military spokesman Maj. Todd Breasseale said of the

> Mahmoudiyah allegations.

> "There is no indication what led soldiers to this home. The investigation

> just cracked open. We're just beginning to dig into the details."

>

> Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said he had no additional details on the

> incident but added that the military routinely investigates all

> allegations

> of misconduct.

> However, a U.S. official close to the investigation said at least one of

> the soldiers, all assigned to the 502nd Infantry Regiment, has admitted

> his

> role and been arrested. Two soldiers from the same regiment were slain

> this

> month when they were kidnapped at a checkpoint near Youssifiyah.

> The official told the AP the accused soldiers were from the same platoon

> as the two slain soldiers. The military has said one and possibly both of

> the slain soldiers were tortured and beheaded.

> The official said the mutilation of the slain soldiers stirred feelings

> of guilt and led at least one of them to reveal the rape-slaying on June

> 22.

> According to a senior Army official, the alleged incident was first

> revealed by a soldier during a routine counseling-type session. The

> official, who requested anonymity because the investigation is ongoing,

> said that soldier did not witness the incident but heard about it.

> A second soldier, who also was not involved, said he overhead soldiers

> conspiring to commit the crimes, and then later saw bloodstains on their

> clothes, the official said.

> He also said the four people killed included three adults and a child,

> and one of the adults was the woman who allegedly was raped.

> One of the accused soldiers already has been discharged and is believed

> to be in the United States, several U.S. officials said on condition of

> anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. The others have had their

> weapons taken away and are confined to Forward Operating Base Mahmoudiyah.

> Senior officers were aware of the family's death but believed it was due

> to sectarian violence, common in the religiously mixed town, a U.S.

> official said.

> The killings appeared to have been a "crime of opportunity," the official

> said. The soldiers had not been attacked by insurgents but had noticed the

> woman on previous patrols.

> ___ AP correspondent Ryan Lenz is embedded with the 101st Airborne

> Division in Beiji, Iraq. He was previously embedded with the 502nd

> Infantry

> Regiment in Mahmoudiyah. __ The Associated Press News and Information

> Research Center and Lolita C. Baldor in Washington contributed to this

> report.

>

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