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Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks:
U.S. Soldier Sentenced To Seven Months For Role In Killing Captured Insurgents

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080918/ap_on_re_mi_ea/eu_iraq_soldiers_charged

This is a supreme travesty--yimach schmam vezichram to Jorge Wahhabi Bush and the treasonous military brass involved in these witchhunts--but at least Spc. Belmor Ramos wasn't on trial for his life the way Pvt. Steven Green is. And people wonder why we haven't won the war...


--- Quote from: Yahoo News ---US soldier gets 7-month sentence in Iraq killings

By GEORGE FREY, Associated Press Writer George Frey, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 52 mins ago

AFP VILSECK, Germany – A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder and was sentenced to seven months in prison Thursday in the deaths of four Iraqis, saying he stood guard from a machine-gun turret while the bound men were shot.

The relatively lenient sentence for Spc. Belmor Ramos was part of a deal that will see him testify against others alleged to have been involved in the killings last year.

The four unidentified Iraqi men were bound, blindfolded, shot in the head and dumped in a Baghdad canal between 10 March and 16 April 2007 — killings prosecutors said were in retribution for casualties in Ramos' unit at the time.

Ramos, of Clearfield, Utah, told a judge at his court martial that he stood guard as the men were killed. In the stark Rose Barracks courtroom, the 23-year-old testified he didn't have to go along with the others, but that he wanted to.

"I wanted them dead. I had no legal justification or excuse to do this," Ramos said in a soft but steady voice.
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t_h_j:

--- Quote from: C.F. on September 18, 2008, 01:26:22 PM ---U.S. Soldier Sentenced To Seven Months For Role In Killing Captured Insurgents

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080918/ap_on_re_mi_ea/eu_iraq_soldiers_charged

This is a supreme travesty--yimach schmam vezichram to Jorge Wahhabi Bush and the treasonous military brass involved in these witchhunts--but at least Spc. Belmor Ramos wasn't on trial for his life the way Pvt. Steven Green is. And people wonder why we haven't won the war...


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did you read the part where he "plead guilty"?

angryChineseKahanist:
What the h_ll?
this guy should be a senator for his heroic actions.
the goal should be to kill as many jihadis as possible and build a mountain out of their heads.

Ambiorix:
You can't win a war against guerilla unless you play it really brutally ...
If soldiers are put in jail for killing iraqis,
then the USA command is causing its troops to loose the battle.
muslims are only "manageble" when they know the enemy is superior, and stronger.
Once they feel the hesitation ,.... we're lost.

P J C:
If our govt continues to act in this treasonous manner, than no one will be joining our military.

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