11 U.S. Troops Charged With Abuse in Iraq(Plus other news from the war in Iraq)

Orange County Register ^ | 7/16/2005 | SAMEER N. YACOUB

[kellynla]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Eleven U.S. soldiers have bBAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Eleven U.S. soldiers have been charged with assaulting detainees in Iraq, the military said Saturday, while three British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in a rare attack in the relatively stable southern part of the country.

Also Saturday, suicide attackers killed at least nine Iraqi forces in separate attacks in Baghdad and just south of Mosul as insurgents kept up their campaign against the nation's U.S.-trained security force.

Iraqi police also arrested a would-be suicide bomber in the capital before he could detonate an explosive belt among a crowd mourning the victims of an attack earlier this week that killed 27 people, mostly children, an official said. It was the second thwarted attack this week.

The U.S. military said in a statement that the charges against the 11 troops, who served in the Baghdad area but were not otherwise identified, were filed Wednesday after another soldier complained about the alleged assaults.

"None of the insurgents required medical treatment for injuries related to the alleged assault," the statement added. "Only one of the suspected terrorists remains in custody of coalition forces at this time."

The soldiers had been assigned to the Army's Task Force Baghdad but were taken off-duty pending the investigation, the military said, adding that the Army's Criminal Investigation Division would determine whether they should face trial by court-martial een charged with assaulting detainees in Iraq, the military said Saturday, while three British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in a rare attack in the relatively stable southern part of the country.

Also Saturday, suicide attackers killed at least nine Iraqi forces in separate attacks in Baghdad and just south of Mosul as insurgents kept up their campaign against the nation's U.S.-trained security force.

[kellynla]

This is unfortunate, Hopefully, the troops will be completely exonerated. Semper Fi, Kelly

[joesnuffy]

Detainee terrorists have rights too...even after they have brutally murdered your best friends...

[John D]

I will bet the tattletale is some pansy that has been disciplined or a coward that is trying to make a name for himself. Why else would he complain?

[clamper1797]

I will bet the tattletale is some pansy that has been disciplined or a coward that is trying to make a name for himself. Why else would he complain?

Or some liberal MSM embedded trying to make a story

[John D]

Your answer is probably the correct one.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Exactly, what else would one expect from human nature. Our guys are on edge 24-7 waiting for the next IED to explode under their feet. If they rough the ragheads up a little maybe they can thwart off another attack.

[kellynla]

yea, they have a right to die

they want to die and we are happy to oblige.

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[kellynla]

I suspect the complainer is another clown like the one who filed charges against Lt. Pantano.

And after all is said and done, the so called "abuse" was BS.

Semper Fi,
Kelly