US army officer charged for murder of Sadr follower

[UpInArms]

http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040617201449.3yuvrec8.html

A US army officer has been charged over the murder of an Iraqi follower of Shiite Muslim radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, the US military said Thursday.

"A Task Force 1st Armored Division commissioned officer was formally charged... with the murder of an Iraqi man," the military said in a statement.

"The charge stems from a May 21 incident which took place near Kufa. Soldiers conducted a high-speed chase with a vehicle that they believed to be carrying suspected members of Moqtada Sadr's militia," it said.

"During their pursuit, soldiers fired at the vehicle, wounding the driver and passenger. Shortly afterward, the driver was shot and killed at close range."

The military was referring to an incident in which Sadr aide Mohammed al-Tabtabai was arrested by US troops as he headed back from Kufa to its twin city of Najaf, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Baghdad.

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[LittleApple81]

1. No, this is just like fraternity pranks...don't you see?

<sarcasm off>

[NNN0LHI]

4. More abuse I guess?

I wonder if the American soldier cut the Iraqi guys head off too?

Don

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

[lebkuchen]

3. 1AD was supposed to have been home in March

Plan on more of the same horendous behavior from US troops under the current deplorable deployment conditions.

[saigon68]

5. Nothing will happen here

The "Rag Heads" (the troops favorite description of the Iraqi People) are nothing more than deer to be killed in a high stakes "hunting season". My God they even give medals for wasting these "Rag Heads"
Don't think for one minute the Arab Press doesn't see this and remind their readers of this constantly.

That's how more people are recruited to the Iraqi Resistance.

US Morans---Yikes !!!!