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101st Airborne Officer Serving 20-Year Sentence After Testimony of Expert Witness Ignored
Bob McCarty Writes ^ | 12-6-09 | Bob McCarty

Posted on 12/06/2009 7:45:42 AM PST by BobMcCartyWrites

It's not uncommon for people convicted of crimes to proclaim their innocence. Most deserve to be ignored, but not Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna.

On July 31, 2008, Lieutenant Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda operative operating in the area of Albu Toma, north of Baghdad. Seven months later, the 26 -year-old leader of the 18-member Delta Company, 5th platoon of the Army 101st Airborne Infantry Division, was sentenced to 25 years confinement at Fort Leavenworth after being convicted by a military court-martial panel of unpremeditated murder in violation of Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; army; behenna; courtmartial; michaelbehenna
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To: BobMcCartyWrites

We are going to have to cleanse this country soon.


21 posted on 12/06/2009 8:49:00 AM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: panzerkamphwageneinz

Bump...Sir


22 posted on 12/06/2009 8:56:58 AM PST by mmanager (It is time to prune the tree.)
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To: BobMcCartyWrites
Now that Obama has told the Taliban when we are leaving, what is to keep the troops and the Taliban from making a honorable truce between them and just wave at each other when encountered? After the time has passed, then there is no sweat off our balls to let Afghanistan go its own way and bring all of our troops home alive.
23 posted on 12/06/2009 9:03:01 AM PST by vetvetdoug (FUBO, a fashion statement for conservatives.)
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To: BobMcCartyWrites

The dancers and prancers who cooked the trial so that Zero could have a scapegoat should be given the 25 years sentence themselves.


24 posted on 12/06/2009 9:11:31 AM PST by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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To: El Gato

Agreed, but it should NEVER have started in the first place,

We know we can’t trust obama, but why did this even get started in the first place while Bush was President?


25 posted on 12/06/2009 9:23:39 AM PST by packrat35 (Ron Paul is a turd!)
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To: STONEWALLS
...get the lawyers out of the infantry so the troops can do their job!

I've got a better idea... Recall everyone in the infantry, and give the guns to the lawyers, putting them on the front lines. Within a short time, the problem of too many lawyers will be solved.

Mark

26 posted on 12/06/2009 9:29:36 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: El Gato
...by which time Obama was acting as President.

Bingo.

27 posted on 12/06/2009 10:14:14 AM PST by ataDude (Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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To: OldArmy52

I don’t disagree; but, unfortunately, this attitude was present in the Bush administration, with the Pendleton eight, of which LTC Chessani is one, the Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean, and other similar cases. It was one of my greatest disappointments with W, that he refused to protect his troops.


28 posted on 12/06/2009 12:33:44 PM PST by DPMD (~)
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