Posted on 01/21/2005 11:45:34 AM PST by Kaslin
A Danish army intelligence officer and four military police sergeants have been charged with mistreating Iraqi prisoners in southern Iraq last year.
Captain Annemette Hommel was charged with four counts of negligence while on duty in March, April and June 2004.
All five are accused of verbal abuse of detainees, denying them food and water, and forcing them to kneel in discomfort during interrogation.
Denmark has about 500 troops in southern Iraq, near Basra.
No date has been set for a trial. The defendants could face a year in jail if found guilty.
'Misunderstanding'
Capt Hommel, 37, who was ordered to return home from Iraq before her tour of duty ended, said she had done nothing wrong.
Last year, she said the allegations stemmed from a misunderstanding with the Palestinian translators working at the camp, who had objected to her interrogation techniques.
Jesper Helsoe, commander of the Danish armed forces, told Danish radio on Friday: "I will be the first person to apologise if the military has made mistakes, but the trial now has to take place. No one has been convicted yet."
Correspondents say the scandal shocked many in Denmark, where most people support their government's backing of the US-led coalition in Iraq.
behaeding=beheading
Hiring palestinian translators..
That's the problem right there.
Note also that this officer is female.
The inhumanity of it all... I think basic training was harder
I am soooooooo sick of this BS - these "prisioners" are TERRORISTS and if set free how long do you think it would take them to kill one of ours? Do you think our guys would get special treatment if captured? This is WAR not a party on the beach.
I was looking for a reference to "prune danish"
"All five are accused of verbal abuse of detainees, denying them food and water, and forcing them to kneel in discomfort during interrogation."
Man, I've been through 10 times worse growing up and going to parochial school.
Verbal abuse!
The horror! The horror!
And to make matters worse.....their lattes were tepid, at best.....
Too bad though, they belong to the EU, they are subject to the ICC, right?
"forcing them to kneel in discomfort"
Oh the horror! The humanity!
I hope they didn't hurt their feelings!
could not have been said better, I'm so sick of these damn jouralists forcing the view that we need to be nice to people that wnat to kill us. I say kill them and ask questions later! okay that was harsh but geez!
Obviousely the liberal media thinks we should handle those terrorists with kid gloves
You will be defended by this American as throughly as I would defend and support our own.
Thank you for your service and God bless you.
"I say kill them and ask questions later! okay that was harsh but geez!"
Not harsh at all - I agree, kill first, take names later!
"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in. I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"
There are a large number of liberal women in the liberal media, and I have no doubt many of them romanticize these "freedom fighters" at peril to us all.
'All five are accused of verbal abuse of detainees, denying them food and water, and forcing them to kneel in discomfort during interrogation. '
This has already been ruled on before by the international courts. This is not considered abuse! This is not considered abuse!
The Danish troops are in trouble now? What about the Kaiser Roll troops? And how 'bout those Sweet Roll troops? They're raising the cholestorol levels all over Iraq! It's inhuman, I tell you!
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