Three GIs to Face Trial in Iraqi's Death

[Career Prole]

DENVER (AP) - Three soldiers have been ordered to stand trial at Fort Carson on murder charges in the suffocation of an Iraqi general, who died during an interrogation 1 years ago.

Chief Warrant Officers Lewis Welshofer and Jeff L. Williams and Spc. Jerry Loper, all of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, also face charges of assault and dereliction of duty during combat operations, Army spokeswoman Kim Tisor said Thursday.

Prosecutors claim the soldiers put Maj. Gen. Abed Mowhoush headfirst into a sleeping bag, tied him up with an electrical cord and threw him to the ground. The Army accuses the soldiers of sitting and standing on Mowhoush's chest.

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Welshofer and Williams were interrogators, and Loper a prison guard. All have denied wrongdoing, saying commanders had sanctioned their actions.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5050234,00.html


"Commanders had sanctioned their actions"

How many more times will people have to hear that before it sinks in?

[leesa]

1. Oh, why bother? They will be cleared or slapped on the wrist.