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  • Soldier Who Killed 2 in Iraq Jail Defends Actions ("I did it to save my fellow soldier's lives")

    05/07/2004 11:43:28 PM PDT · by dead · 5 replies · 91+ views
    Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | Fri May 7,10:09 PM ET | By Adam Tanner
    REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who shot dead two Iraqis during a riot at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and fired rubber bullets at inmates said on Friday some force was needed to run a wartime prison. "A few people would probably say that I jumped at the opportunity on taking a life," said Sgt. Terry Stowe, 44, a National Guardsman with the 870th Military Police Company. On Friday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld apologized over Abu Ghraib prison abuses in testimony before Congress. A scandal exploded last week with the release of photographs showing abuse of Iraqi prisoners...