US soldier Derrick Miller guilty of Afghanistan murder

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

A US soldier who shot dead an Afghan civilian last year has been found guilty of premeditated murder.

A court martial in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, heard Sergeant Derrick Miller had threatened to kill the man whom he had accused of being a liar.

Sgt Miller said he had acted in self-defence when the man, Atta Mohammed, tried to grab Miller's weapon.

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But an eyewitness said he heard Miller, a National Guardsman, threaten to kill the man if he did not tell the truth and then straddled the man, who was lying on his back, before shooting him in the head.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14321742

[duhneece]

1. And the story comes to us from BBC

Why no coverage from the American press? Rhetorical question.

[Yon_Yonson]

2. The whole fricking war is amerikan sponsored murder

Charging a single soldier with murder in a state of murderous activity is flying in the face of hypocrisy. Was his commanding officers charged with aiding and abetting? Those joystick drone operators kill civilians by the hundreds and not one has been charged with murder because its video game excitement!

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