Military files Murder Charges in Iraq Killings

MSNBC ^ | June 16, 2005 | AP

[XHogPilot]

Rope or Firing Squad?

[MEG33]

Heinous crime..Hope they have the right guy and good evidence...It is a death penalty crime IMO..May God be with the grieving families of the soldiers.

[AFPhys]

The Christian Radio station around here spent some airtime last week regarding these officers. I don't think it was mentioned that they were killed by an American, though.

Firing Squad... but put panties on his head and take pictures first, just to be sure. That will demonstrate to the world that we are not giving terrorist prisoners special treatment.

[ohioWfan]

May God be with the grieving families of the soldiers.

Amen, MEG! This is beyond horrible!

[BagCamAddict]

Wow. I didn't hear about this. Good to see the Military acting so quickly and so seriously.

[hattend]

Firing Squad

[angkor]

I think it would take EOD about 2 1/2 seconds to tell it was a frag grenade and not a mortar.

[eleni121]

And they say that the satanic possession is a myth...

[curiosity]

Is this the Benadict Arnold who threw a grenade into the officer's mess way back in 2003?

If so, I'm outraged he's still alive. What the heck is taking so long?

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Nope, this incident happened last week.

[GVnana]

Firing squad is too good for him. Let him die like a dog.

[mysto]

Rope or Firing Squad?

< sarcasm> Oh no, you can't do either of those... they're cruel and unusual punishment... < /sarcasm>

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

...a supply specialist...

hmmm.

[DoughtyOne]

Too bad you can't weed out this type of idiot. I can't imagine the mindset that would judge that a reprimand merited the death penalty for two individuals.

These were grizzly deaths, and I hope the perp pays the ultimate price, the sooner the better!

[wtc911]

The flag from my father's funeral flies over FOB Danger HQ. Just before the Rainbow Division deployed from Fort Drum I took the flag down to Ground Zero and we (A PA Cop and I, with my grandson in attendance) ran it up there one Sunday morning. It flew over the site for a minute. We saluted it and then lowered it again. The next day I donated it to the 42ID's CSM who carried it into Iraq. I know a lot of these "citizen soldiers", almost all of whom are New Yorkers.

[wtc911]

LP/xzins - meant to ping you to my previous post on this thread.

[xzins]

That is a great story, wtc.

Calpernia....ping to #15

[Mr. Jeeves]

The Left might make a hero out of this guy...after all, he did just what they want: "We support our troops when they shoot their officers."

[Calpernia]

Martinez, of Troy, N.Y., currently is at a military detention facility in Kuwait.

Not a mortar attack The statement, issued by the Multinational Task Force in Iraq, said Esposito and Allen died “in what was initially thought to be an indirect fire attack,” which involves enemy artillery or mortar rounds fired from a location some distance away.

“Upon further examination of the scene by explosive ordnance personnel, it was determined the blast pattern was inconsistent with a mortar attack,” the statement said.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!