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2006-09-10 Iraq

Light sentence for Iraqi killer of coalition trooper

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Posted by Ulelet Uniting8249 2006-09-10 17:44|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There is no likelihood that that convict will die in prison. He will be set free when the Iraqi government (or its successor) grants a pardon/parole/or whatever, similar to what has happened in Indonesia with the Bali bombers. This sentence illustrates Iraqi government holds the lives of the Westerners protecting it to be of little value. I would like to know the name of the trooper killed.

Posted by Ulelet Uniting8249 2006-09-10 18:10|| 2006-09-10 18:10|| Front Page Top

#2 No way a muzzie serves a life sentence for killing an infidel. That'd be unislamic and contravene sharia.

Posted by Mark Z 2006-09-10 18:27|| 2006-09-10 18:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Whether or not Iraq adopts the Saudi Arabian "revolving door" policy for its convicted terrorists will be the litmus test of their resolve to join the modern world.

If this is to happen, it will most likely be while we are still in Iraq. Should that occur, our own troops must hunt down such "catch and release" filth and summarily dispatch them.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-10 18:28|| 2006-09-10 18:28|| Front Page Top

#4 It also depends on the circumstances of the killing. For example, if it was a "fair fight" in which both he and the soldier were shooting at each other as part of a battle, it would be seen as different than if he just did a "cheap shot" assassination on his own, against a soldier not threatening him.

It's fine line stuff like that that matters when you are deciding the noose or life.

Remember, too, it matters when it happened. Before a particular point, it was part of the "insurgency". But after a date certain, the same act became a criminal one. That is, native Iraqis can claim they were fighting "invaders" for "patriotic" reasons up to that date. Afterwards, they were clearly fighting the Iraqi government and their fellow citizens.

Me, I'm a firm believer in the theraputic value of hemp. But at the same time, you need to deliver a criminal justice system that the public wants.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-09-10 18:29|| 2006-09-10 18:29|| Front Page Top

#5 That's the toughest sentence I have read to date. Others have been sentenced to single digit years for killing an American and is starkly illustrated by press releases showing punishment differences for killing Iraqis and Americans. Muslims place little value on our lives and the sentences reflect that.

Posted by ed 2006-09-10 23:02|| 2006-09-10 23:02|| Front Page Top

#6 I like a "light" sentence. Jam a 1000 watt light up his a** and turn it on.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-09-10 23:18|| 2006-09-10 23:18|| Front Page Top

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