Marines Charged in Iraqi Prisoner Death

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040127/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_prisoner_death&cid=519&ncid=1480

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Three Marine reservists appeared in military court Monday to face charges stemming from the death of an Iraqi prisoner who prosecutors said was punched, karate-kicked and dragged by the throat while in their custody.

The military prosecutor, Capt. Leon Francis, said Nagen Sadoon Hatab, a high-ranking member of the Baath Party, was among three prisoners "of notoriety" brought to a detention facility in southern Iraq (news - web sites) last June. Hatab, 52, had been left lying naked, covered in his own feces, for hours when he was found dead.

Francis said Hatab was singled out for punishment because he was captured with an M16 rifle belonging to the 507th Maintenance Company, which had been ambushed in Nasiriyah in March.

Eleven members of the 507th were killed, nine wounded and six captured, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch.

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[UpInArms]

1. can anyone tell me where and when this nightmare

will end?

[pinniped]

2. They should be mad at the stupid pres. for putting them there...

in the first place.

But someone had to go and "secure" the oil fields and it sure wasn't the AHOLE pres.

Hey didn't the US want total immunity from war crimes?

I think killing POW's qualify as war crimes.