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U.S. Soldier Charged With Murder in Deaths of 3 Afghan Civilians
foxnews.com ^ | June 7, 2010

Posted on 06/08/2010 7:40:20 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

A U.S. soldier has been charged with premeditated murder in the deaths of three Afghan civilians, Fox News has confirmed.

Specialist Jeremy Morlock, a 22-year-old Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier, was charged Friday with murdering three Afghan civilians this year in Kandahar province. He also was charged with assaulting a soldier in his unit.

Morlock, of Wasilla, Alaska, could face the death penalty if convicted.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; morlock; oef; soldier
Sorry if this was already posted.
1 posted on 06/08/2010 7:40:21 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
Morlock, of Wasilla, Alaska....

Mark my words, the bastards of MSM will associate this guy somehow with Sarah Palin. There will be some suggestions that conservatives are horrible human beings....
2 posted on 06/08/2010 7:42:17 AM PDT by MollyKuehl (Contribute to FR: $10 $20 $50 $100 REMEMBER, LURKING IS A FORM OF ENTITLEMENT!!!)
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To: ilovesarah2012
Everytime I hear of our troops murdering "civilians", it is more often than not, a political witchhunt and the accused are vindicated.
3 posted on 06/08/2010 7:44:40 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists".)
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To: MollyKuehl

Ha! That was my very first thought on hearing that the man was from Wasilla!


4 posted on 06/08/2010 7:45:21 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: MollyKuehl

Associate? They will have this kid as Palin’s deep dark secret abandoned child.


5 posted on 06/08/2010 7:46:55 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: SuziQ; thefactor
Sarah's next door stalker will come forward and claim he saw the young man entering the Palin residence many times and sitting down in their home office, all huddled together, planning all this......

Palin's fault!!!!
6 posted on 06/08/2010 7:49:21 AM PDT by MollyKuehl (Contribute to FR: $10 $20 $50 $100 REMEMBER, LURKING IS A FORM OF ENTITLEMENT!!!)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I read the article of foxnews.com. He seems like a grown trouble child. however, I always give the benefit of the doubt to soldier accused of killing non-Americans in a war-zone.


7 posted on 06/08/2010 7:50:25 AM PDT by FutureRocketMan
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To: FutureRocketMan

I just thought it was interesting how they want to somehow attach Palin to this.


8 posted on 06/08/2010 7:56:10 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

The three navy Seals beat the charges so they are looking for another Goat to Scape.


9 posted on 06/08/2010 8:36:00 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: ilovesarah2012

Does it bother anyone else that this blurb didn’t address the actual case this guy was involved in?

Look, I think a person’s history is pertinent, but for heaven’s sake he’s not possibly going to be sentenced to death for any of that (no matter how unsavory it is, and this was).

Tell us some information about what he was found guilty of.

This guy was serving in an active war zone where he’s supposed to kill. Now explain why this was different, or don’t address the story at all.


10 posted on 06/08/2010 9:32:20 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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To: ilovesarah2012
"I just thought it was interesting how they want to somehow attach Palin to this."

Really? Who is 'they'?

Neither the Fox story nor the Seattle Times article even mention her, let alone attach her to the story.

The soldier's hometown is entirely germane to the story......so what are you ranting about?

11 posted on 06/08/2010 11:59:14 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: diogenes ghost

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-bad-news-for-wasilla.html


12 posted on 06/08/2010 12:06:02 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
Sorry, but that link to a blog is irrelevant.

The posted info from Fox, and the underlying article, do not mention Palin at all.

I suppose you can find a blog somewhere that blames Bush as well, or Cheney, or the Jews, or the Amish.

You are still flailing at goblins in the night.

13 posted on 06/08/2010 3:53:51 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: DoughtyOne; ilovesarah2012
No much info in this story, but the story linked at Drudge ---from the Daily Mail (UK) --- says that Adam Winfield, an American soldier, was the whistle-blower on the case: that is, he apparently tried for months to alert U.S. authorities that two other guys in his Stryker infantry brigade, had randomly gunned down unarmed, noncombatant civilians and cut off their fingers as souvenirs.

I'm sure a whole lot more, in several versions, will eventurally come out either supporting or refuting this story, and the accused will either be found guilty, or not.

However, if what Winfield said turns out to be actually true, then it was murder.

14 posted on 09/10/2010 12:10:08 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Justice and judgment are the foundation of His throne." Psalm 89:14)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I agree. And if one of our guys has tried to do the right thing, it doesn’t look good for those charged.

If it’s found to be true, watch what we do about it. If something similar is perpetrated by the other side, they celebrate it en mass, and praise Allah.

We attribute such actions by our players to be the work of Satan.

We attribute our good works to our God.

By their works ye shall know them.


15 posted on 09/10/2010 12:15:27 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (All hail Prince Skid-mark, Barack Hussein Obama, constantly soiling himself and our nation.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

What are the odds that the soldier involved is from Wasilla, Alaska?..... of ALL places?


16 posted on 09/10/2010 12:16:45 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: DoughtyOne

Amen.


17 posted on 09/10/2010 1:02:15 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Justice and judgment are the foundation of His throne." Psalm 89:14)
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