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| Iraq |
| 3 Brit Soldiers Cleared in Iraqi Death |
| 2006-06-07 |
| COLCHESTER, England (AP) - A military court Tuesday cleared three British soldiers of killing an Iraqi teenager who drowned after allegedly being forced into a canal. Sgt. Carle Selman, 39, Guardsman Joseph McCleary, 24, and Guardsman Martin McGing, 22, were cleared of manslaughter charges in the death of 15-year-old Ahmad Jabbar Kareem, who drowned in the Shatt al-Basra canal in Basra in May 2003. Last month, Vice Judge Advocate General Michael Hunter ordered a fourth soldier, Lance Cpl. James Cooke, 22, be found not guilty of manslaughter. He did not give a reason for his ruling. Prosecutors alleged the teenager and three other suspected looters were put into the water to "teach them a lesson." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 You mean innocent means being innocent? Who knew. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-07 20:57 |
| #6 Our local NPR news station carries the BBC broadcasts as well. So the progressives believe every precious word, even if the rest of us don't. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-07 15:40 |
| #5 "Whoever brought this to court should be severely beaten with sticks." How bout using the sticks on the BBC, ABC, CBS, NBC and all the other MSM scumbags who convict our tropps before they're found guilty? |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-07 10:22 |
| #4 Well it is where a great deal of the world gets it's news 2b. It is often the only international new source one can get. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-07 04:48 |
| #3 I don't know how it is in the UK, but in the US, the BBC is seen as little more than a mouth piece for tyrants and terrorists. Who gives a *&^^ what those self-righteous, know-it-all, wimpy cowards think? |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-06-07 03:57 |
| #2 No, the BBC is still using nanny-like, disapproving tones regarding this one. Whoever brought this to court should be severely beaten with sticks. I smell the left and HR do-gooders personally... |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-06-07 03:47 |
| #1 The BBC hasn't cleared them so they are still guilty. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-07 02:25 |