Medic details finding Iraqi girl's body (Mahmoudiya hearing ,, the "Triangle of Death")

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/6/06 | Ryan Lenz - ap

[MizSterious]

Mahmoudiya pinglist--if you want on or off, please let me know via freepmail.

[Lurker]

I'll never, ever say an ill word about a Navy Corpsman.

I will however point out that they are not trained as coroners.

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[Humidston]

"....a string of similar cases."

Since when are TWO other cases described as a string??

[iopscusa]

These charges are BS...this is a w3ar zone, in an asymmetrical war. Our soldiers were set-up by friggin' Iraqi liars, just like the rest of these Muslim Shee-heads....liars & frauds. The stupid US Army officers should just shut-up...and that includes DAzz Lindsey Graham and JfK/Murtha types!!!

[RaceBannon]

maybe he means 3 others, they left out Hamandiya

[Chickenhawk Warmonger]

I wonder if the "Iraqi Medic" was one of the neighbors who claimed to be the first on the scene? His story sounds an awful lot like the neighbor who gave interviews to the WaPo and al-Basrah. Amazing that they won't publish his name for "security reasons" but the media has no problem spreading the soldiers' names all over the place.

[sinkspur]

Our soldiers were set-up by friggin' Iraqi liars,

How were they set up when three of the soldiers admitted they were involved?

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks for the ping.

Defense lawyers contended the bodies were staged for the pictures. They also questioned whether the victims were shot to death, suggesting they may have already been dead when bullets were fired into their bodies.

The medic acknowledged after questioning he could only assume the family was shot to death.

Since the case became public last month, U.S. officials have said they were concerned it could strain relations with Iraq's new government if Iraqis perceive that the soldiers receive lenient treatment.

1. There are questions regarding the possibility of staged photos.

2. No one can determine if indeed they were shot to death.

3. US officials are willing to sentence our troops to death so as not to offend the new Iraqi government.

Is that it in a nutshell? I'm going to be sick.

[brytlea]

I think this is a lose/lose situation for the US. I don't believe Iraqis will ever believe those soldiers didn't do it, so if they are found innocent thru lack of evidence to prove otherwise, they will always believe that there was no justice. If they are found guilty many of us will always imagine it was trumped up.
Frustrating.
susie

[Just A Nobody]

Frustrating

Yes, but more importantly, it is a matter of life and death to our troops.

[muawiyah]

Still waiting on any real evidence that anybody admitted anything Sinkspur. Remember, the "confessions", as they are called, came out of a reading of counseling sessions ~ not formal interrogations designed for the purpose of eliciting confessions.

We also find out here that the "medic" was an "Iraqi Army medic", not a Navy Corpsman, nor an Army medic.

Hmmmm ~

[Paperdoll]

And the DNA test proved????? Either those in command keep faith with the troops or it is time to come home.

[MizSterious]

Yes, and this after another story was posted not long ago where the lawyers claimed their clients had done it, but under duress from stress. Mind you, that article WAS weasle-worded, so that nobody is sure what actually happened. La Enchiladita pointed it out, perhaps she'll repost what she said.

[La Enchiladita]

It looks to me like a "staged" headline... eh?

[sinkspur]

Remember, the "confessions", as they are called, came out of a reading of counseling sessions ~ not formal interrogations designed for the purpose of eliciting confessions.

Not true. I suggest you read the DOJ charge of Pvt. Green.

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"And the DNA test proved"

That is one of my questions also.

[sinkspur]

Yes, and this after another story was posted not long ago where the lawyers claimed their clients had done it, but under duress from stress.

And, from the article above, it appears that that will be the primary defense; i.e., that, while these men may have done what they are accused of, they were driven to it by combat stress.

[Jabba the Nutt]

""I was feeling very bad," he said. "I was sick for almost two weeks.""

This part sounds fishy to me. A medic, in Iraq, has seen a heck of a lot worse than this.

[muawiyah]

I did. Also read other supposedly "official documents" including one prepared by an FBI agent who failed to spell his own name correctly, either in handwritten or typed form.

This story is falling apart ~ no bodies, and a suspect witness.