Mom: Ga. soldier accused of murder in Iraq 'just following orders'

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http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/07/21/winder_0722_web.html

By JEFFRY SCOTT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 07/21/07

Winder — The mother of a Georgia soldier charged this week with the murder of an Iraqi man said Saturday she believes her son was "just following orders as far as I know."

Army Specialist Christopher P. Shore, 25, of Winder, and Sgt. 1st Class Trey A Corrales of San Antonio, Texas, were charged in the alleged premeditated killing of the unidentified man on June 23 in an area near Kirkuk, Iraq, about 155 miles north of Baghdad.

They were charged after soldiers in their unit reported them to military authorities, the Army said. Shore and Corrales are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, which is part of the 25th Infantry Division based in Hawaii.

Speaking to the press for the first time, Shore's mother, Debra Kessler, said she has not talked to her son or Army officials since he was charged Wednesday, but she plans to hire a civilian attorney to defend him.

"I love my son and I stand behind him," Kessler said. "We are doing everything in our power to help him." She has set up fund in her son's name at Bank of America for public contributions to his defense.

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1. The specialist may have grounds under Nuremberg

the sergeant should have known better

And yes I can explain it, even if the UCMJ is stricter than Nuremberg

(Essentially the standards did not apply to E-4 and bellow since most agreed that you could not have a recruit questioning every order)

But given the record so far on what has happened after convictions, it looks like Bad Conduct Discharges are in their future and reduction in rank

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2. Of course he was. That is what they do. FOLLOW ORDERS.

Please watch Yes sir NO SIR. !!

It validates what Debra Shore is saying.

It is a movie all Americans should watch.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

5. just following orders

the Nazi defense was either I didn't know or I was just
following orders.  For a soldier and I was one in Vietnam all
actions are just following orders. The problem here is not the
individual it's the policies of our government that encourage
the brutal murders. It's the company commander all the way
back to Bush and Cheney who  should be tried and found guilty.

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3. Funny... that's what Bush said too

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4. Still zero information on what happened

One can't help but wonder how inflammatory the details are.