Posted on 07/03/2006 8:33:43 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Discharged Army solider Steven D. Green has been charged in U.S. District Court with murder and rape in a March 12 attack on an Iraqi family in Mahmudiyah, Iraq.
The media started with 5 guilty soldiers now we see one charged. It's all a bunch of garbage.
Several soldiers brought this to the attention of the military and one has already confessed...according to reports.
Support for the military should not include support for rapists or murderers.
Absolutely correct. We of course should be ever vigilant against the troop haters, but by using common sense we can always seperate fact from fiction, unfortunately this smells like fact. If he is guilty hang him high in that towns square.
Agreed. There are always a few bad apples in the barrel. If they did it, then they will pay. If they didn't, they will go free.
Trouble is, the confession story is according to an anonymous source. Don't be so quick to assume guilt in this case. Several others have been proven to be false accusations, and it seems to be their latest battlefield tactic. In fact, documents found in Zarqawi's "safe" house have mentioned this exact tactic, so it's not coincidental.
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Ex-soldier facing criminal charges in rape, killing of Iraqi
Eds: UPDATES with charges filed and Green appearing in court; CHANGES dateline and byline; Will be led.
By TIM WHITMIRE
Associated Press Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged a veteran of the Iraq war on Monday with murder and rape in connection with the killing of an Iraqi woman and members of her family.
Steven D. Green, a 21-year-old former Army private first class, appeared in a federal magistrate’s courtroom in Charlotte. Prosecutors said Green and other soldiers entered the home of a family of Iraqi civilians, where he and others raped a member of the family before Green shot her and three of her relatives to death.
The U.S. military has investigating up to five soldiers in the March attack on the family in Mahmoudiya.
Green is being held without bond, pending a transfer to Louisville, Ky.
Well, there's this minor detail called a trial that we need to go through. And as far as the alleged confession, who said? The AP? CNN?
Come on, guys. All you have to do is follow the Duke Lacrosse case to see how this stuff works. Accusations are made all the time. If the AP told me today was Monday, I would check the calendar...
This smells, alright, but not of fact. This story, like the others that have been proven false, has changed several times. At least one article mentions a terrorist-linked "source" for this story. All others list anonymous sources, including for the so-called "confession."
"Don't be so quick to assume guilt in this case."
That is why I wrote "as reported". If the military has charged this soldier, their must be some evidence of guilt. They would be the first to nip this in the bud if it was propaganda.
Most of us prefer to wait for a jury verdict or a plea of guilty lest we appear Murtha-like. Media "reports say" don't count.
Now if you are just making a broad statement, then I don't think anyone supports rapists/murderers - military or not.
All innocent until proven guilty....
Implicated, Accused, Indicted, Alledged.... are all liberal words used to hypnotize Americans...
Then people also need to stop being so quick as to assume it didnt happen.
Not really. They have charged others, only to have them completely exonerated. I repeat, this is the lates battlefield tactic, and it's being aided and abetted (as usual) by our Bush-hating, war-hating, US-hating media.
Did you read the article? It says the soldier has been charged. We're far beyond the accusation stage.
Well you seem to be forgetting a very important facet of the story, screw the terrorist's etc they just want it to look as bad as possible...however soldiers from there own unit came forward and said it was one of them who raped the girl.
actually charged and accusation are pretty much interchangeable....
Correct. It's dismaying to see so many people here (even long-time, respected Freepers) being so quick to jump on the media bandwagon. We have been watching this battlefield tactic in several cases now, and most have fallen apart even before charges were made. Some fell apart afterwards, and after, I might add, honorable men were made to endure a living hell to prove their innocence and honor.
You are factually incorrect. A charge is nothing more than an accusation. Again, see referenced Duke Lacrosse case where a politically motivated DA is running amok...
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