Report: Charges against US soldiers for abuse of Iraqis dismissed at highe

[Judi Lynn]

Report: Charges against US soldiers for abuse of Iraqis dismissed at higher rate
(AP)

4 October 2005

DAYTON, Ohio - Charges against US Army soldiers accused of crimes against Iraqis are dismissed or withdrawn at a higher rate than charges in which the victims are fellow soldiers or civilian military employees, a local newspaper reported.

An analysis by the Dayton Daily News of previously undisclosed records from the Army Court-Martial Management Information System database found that charges involving Iraqi victims were three times more likely to be dismissed or withdrawn by the Army than cases in which the victims were fellow soldiers or civilian military employees - 44 percent compared with 15 percent, the newspaper said.
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The newspaper cited one case in which two US soldiers were convicted of robbing an Iraqi shopkeeper. One soldier was sentenced to five months’ confinement and the other to one month.

The median sentence imposed for all types of robbery in the United States, with or without the use of firearms, is five years.
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[LynnTheDem]

1. Show the photos and the videos. WAKE THIS NATION

the bloody f*** up.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Why am I not surprised

of course most of the military doesn't even consider Iraqis humans.

[SKKY]

4. Don't paint with such a broad brush. I'm military, and I absolutely...

...do not subscribe to the point of view you're "assuming" here. And most of my fellow shipmates/soldiers/marines/airmen feel the same.

[cassiepriam]

3. We all will pay dearly for this one day nt