Posted on 01/29/2010 11:59:55 PM PST by James C. Bennett
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Australian government wants the death sentence an Afghan court has handed a former Australian soldier overturned, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
A spokesman for Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said his government will do everything it can to see that Robert Langdon, 38, is not executed, The Times of London reports.
Langdon, who worked for the U.S. security contractor Four Horsemen, was convicted last October of fatally shooting an Afghan colleague and trying to blame the man's death on the Taliban.
The incident occurred last May while Langdon was part of a team protecting a supply convoy attacked by Taliban insurgents.
"The Australian government will make high-level representations to Afghan authorities to oppose the imposition of the death penalty, and vigorously support any clemency bids in this case," the spokesman said.
He added Australia has been consulting with Langdon's lawyers and his employer about the case.
What happened, a friendly fire accident that the Afghans want to get blood for?
I found no answers there.
I think this is some Sharia blood-money nonsense that is going on here, regardless of any “friendly fire” incident.
Typical muslim backstabbing, then.
Indeed.
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