US soldiers would kill civilians, says Marine (Independent)

[bobthedrummer]

It was routine to kill unarmed civilians in Iraq.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=591171

[AlinPA]

1. ".. they put a rifle in my hand, sent me off to a foreign land , to go

and kill the (fill in the blanks) man.... Born is the USA, ..."

[seemslikeadream]

2. 2 U.S. soldiers accused of executing 2 unarmed Iraqis

Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times

Tuesday, December 7, 2004

Baghdad -- U.S. military prosecutors alleged Monday that American soldiers shot to death two unarmed Iraqi men in their homes, then tried to cover up their crimes by claiming that the Iraqis had reached for guns.

In chilling detail, the prosecutors and other U.S. soldiers described in a makeshift courtroom here how the two accused U.S. servicemen casually executed the Iraqis even though the civilians posed no immediate danger.

Sgt. Michael P. Williams, 25, of Memphis, Tenn., and Spc. Brent W. May, 22, of Salem, Ohio, are the second pair of soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment from Fort Riley, Kan., to face murder charges stemming from separate incidents in August. Williams and May could face the death penalty if convicted.

Williams and May were charged in September, but details of the killings were made public for the first time Monday at a preliminary hearing for May.

more
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/07/MNG56A7P2G1.DTL

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1052711