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American soldiers who are off-duty - do they carry side-arms all the time? Also was there no questioning of an off-duty officer leaving the confines of Kandahar air base in the midst of the night - was he not checked for a side arm at the gate? American internal controls are that weak?
The American soldier also managed to pull off killing 11 members of one family when the man of the house - the farmer - was out of his home, was this intentional? Then this was premeditated murder.
Asim - you know where he will be put on trial, you know who the judge and jury will be. If the USA wanted to show remorse the guy would have an open trial in a neutral country. Mind you there isnt many neutral countries left in the world. Most countries at the moment are doing multi facepalms thinking "omg - not again!"
I think for the sake of all Afghanis and humanity - Americans should simply go back to where they belong and just leave the world alone. This sort of tragedy is becoming a weekly event. Sad and unwanted.
Asim bro - just remember these are the stories they cant hide - imagine the atrocities when there is no witness or voice to speak up. I give you my word for each atrocity like this at least 5 have been covered up - where the victim is killed and there are no witnesses. Truly barbaric.
The Haditha killings (also called the Haditha incident or the Haditha massacre) refers to the incident in which 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women and children were killed by a group of United States Marines on November 19, 2005 in Haditha, a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar. All those killed were civilians
In 2011 the New York Times found classified transcripts of military interviews from an investigation into the Haditha killings. In these interviews Marines said civilians were killed on a regular basis and one sergeant testified that he would order his men to shoot vehicles that failed to stop at military checkpoints even if it were possible that children could be in the car.
On April 17, 2007, the Marine Corps dropped all charges against Sgt. Sanick P. De la Cruz in exchange for his testimony. Seven other Marines involved in the incident have also been granted immunity
On June 17, 2008, all charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani were dismissed by the military judge citing unlawful command influence.[59] The Marine Corps appealed that ruling in 2008.[60] On March 17, 2009, a military appeals court upheld the dismissal of the war crimes charges against Chessani.[61] Facing an administrative Board of Inquiry, it also found no misconduct and recommended that Chessani be allowed to retire without loss of rank.[62]
On September 18, 2007, all charges against Captain Lucas McConnell were dropped in exchange for immunity and his cooperation with the investigation.[57]
The court martial of Wuterich, the only defendant to stand trial for the Haditha killings, took place in January 2012. During the trial Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz testified that he urinated on the skull of one of the dead Iraqis.[64] He also testified, after describing how Wuterich shot the passengers of the car himself from close range, "Sergeant Wuterich approached me and told me if anyone asks, the Iraqis were running away from the car and the Iraqi army shot them".[65] In a plea deal, Wuterich pled guilty to dereliction of duty, while charges of assault and manslaughter were dropped.[16] He was convicted of a single count of negligent dereliction of duty on January 24, 2012, receiving a rank reduction and pay cut but avoiding jail time.
Lai, only Second Lieutenant William Calley, a platoon leader in Charlie Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but only served three and a half years under house arrest.2LT. William Calley (convicted and then released by President Nixon to serve house arrest for three years)
Whatever bro, I obviously cannot discuss with you. If me not generalizing is being narrow minded and you guys branding all Americans as racist is open minded then whatever, I'm narrow minded.
Good night.
They have done crimes against our countries, we should try and catch them. Forcibly.
F*ck NATO/US! they will pay for this - it's very very sad
I don't trust the American justice system with respect to the war since Aafia Siddiqui's case. The alleged weapon's ballistic analysis stated that the weapon was never fired - the gunpowder analysis on her clothes showed, nothing of the sort on her, the bullet they say that was fired was never found, yet she was convicted for 80 years by their system.
I also disagree with the notion that Americans should be sent on their merry way. They have done crimes against our countries, we should try and catch them. Forcibly.
A US soldier in Afghanistan is reported to have killed a number of Afghan civilians after walking off his base in the southern province of Kandahar.
The soldier - who surrendered to the US military authorities - is thought to have had a breakdown, reports the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul.
Nato said it was investigating the "deeply regrettable incident".
Local tribal leaders said women, children and men were among the dead in Panjwai district.
The governor of Kandahar province, Tooryalai Weesa, confirmed there were casualties, but said the exact number of dead and injured would be made known later.
The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said in a statement that US officials in Afghanistan would work with their Afghan counterparts to investigate what happened.
"This is a deeply regrettable incident and we extend our thoughts and concerns to the families involved," Isaf added.
Our correspondent reports sources in Kabul as saying the soldier had some kind of breakdown just before leaving the base and opening fire on civilians.
The incident comes as anti-American sentiment runs high in Afghanistan following the burning of copies of the Koran by US soldiers at a Nato base last month.
US officials apologised, but the incident sparked a series of protests and attacks that killed at least 30 people and six US troops.
BBC News - US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar
American soldiers who are off-duty - do they carry side-arms all the time? Also was there no questioning of an off-duty officer leaving the confines of Kandahar air base in the midst of the night - was he not checked for a side arm at the gate? American internal controls are that weak?
The American soldier also managed to pull off killing 11 members of one family when the man of the house - the farmer - was out of his home, was this intentional? Then this was premeditated murder.