No Jail Time for Officer Convicted of Killing Iraqi General

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[Theo]

Bring the charges against the #@%$*&# lawyers

Amen!

[Trailerpark Badass]

Not good, he got the subject to die without talking.

'...attacks by Iraqi insurgents around al Qaim, the area where Mowhoush was taken into custody, "went to practically none" when Mowhoush died.'

Looks like some good came from it.

[HiTech RedNeck]

post hoc ergo propter hoc

[eastforker]

England did it for the kicks, she was not extracting information and she was not an interogator. This guy was doing his job, big differance.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

"I have the utmost respect for the decision the panel members came to tonight," Welshofer said. "I'm sure it was difficult for them."

So do I. This was a military matter and the military took care of it-quite appropriately!

[ExtremeUnction]

My older cousins did much worse to me for absolutely no good reason.

Yeah! My brothers beat the crap out of me all the time. And when I complained to my mom, she whacked me too!!

[CheneyChick]

Excellent news. Jack Bauer would be proud.

Lt. Col. Paul Calvert, testifying on Welshofer's behalf, said attacks by Iraqi insurgents around al Qaim, the area where Mowhoush was taken into custody, "went to practically none" when Mowhoush died.

[NoClones]

having this go to a trial was going to far - the officer should have just gotten a reprimand only for allowing things to get out of hand...

at least the knee-jerk sentencing of our military personnel who are in the field and making tough decisions seems to be coming to an end.

[Americanexpat]

at least the knee-jerk sentencing of our military personnel who are in the field and making tough decisions seems to be coming to an end.

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It wont be long until they will have a JAG officer assigned to every squad to advise them they could be tried by courts martial under certain circumstances. Sarcasm

[The Sons of Liberty]

If I were his Commander - Promotion and and a medal!

[Trailerpark Badass]

post hoc ergo propter hoc

Hardly.

[Dick Vomer]

No Jail Time for Officer Convicted of Killing Iraqi General ..........hmmmmmm...I'm good with that. All I want to know is if he got info or not... if he died prior to info, then his sleeping bag technique failed.

I say give him another Iraqi General and give him another chance. I "forgive" him.

[printhead]

Reminds me of Colonel Kurtz.

[sheltonmac]

A military jury recommended a simple reprimand Monday for an Army officer who killed an Iraqi general by stuffing him headfirst into a sleeping bag and sitting on his chest during an interrogation.

Would the sentence have been different if he wasn't an officer?

The defense argued that a heart condition caused Mowhoush's death ...

He probably had that rare condition where the heart needs oxygen in order to function.

... and that Welshofer's commanders had approved the interrogation technique.

The old "I was just following orders" defense. Okay, so why weren't the commanders on trial?

"I deeply apologize if my actions tarnished the soldiers serving in Iraq," Welshofer said. "It was never my intent to cast aspersions on their tremendous accomplishments."

But he's not sorry for killing an unarmed man in cold blood?

[dfwgator]

"Killin' generals could get to be a habit with me."

[milemark]

England did it for the kicks, she was not extracting information and she was not an interogator. This guy was doing his job, big differance.

England didn't kill anybody, all she did was point and laugh and get her picture taken. This man should never have been tried and England should have his wrist slap.

[libertylover]

Re "should not make a judgment": The man was found GUILTY of the charge of Negligent Homicide by fellow soldiers who were at the trial and heard all of the testimony, not by me. As far as whether that was the proper verdict I couldn't and didn't "make a judgment, because, like you wrote, I wasn't there. But my point was the PUNISHMENT does not fit the CONVICTION and I stand by that.

[verity]

Do not play word games with me to salvage your ego.

You rendered a 'personal' judgment on this matter.

[verity]

"Killin' generals could get to be a habit with me."

Does that include American officers?

[Al Simmons]

HOOOAAHHH!!!!!!

A military jury administers a wood paddle to the backside of the system. Unfortunately, there's no paying back for the $$$ that Spinner charged to defend him...