2 dozen soldiers may be charged in Bagram prison deaths -USA Today

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON — More than two dozen U.S. soldiers will face charges for their roles in the deaths of two prisoners in Afghanistan, a U.S. military official said Wednesday. Charges could include negligent homicide for some of those directly involved in the deaths.
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According to military death certificates, Mullah Habibullah, about 28, and another prisoner identified only as Dilawar, 22, a taxi driver, both died after receiving "blunt-force" injuries to their legs or feet, which can cause fatal blood clots in the lungs.

The two are among at least five suspicious prisoner deaths that have occurred in Afghanistan. Army investigators are continuing to examine the others.

Investigators from the Army's Criminal Investigation Command are reviewing charges ranging from negligent homicide to dereliction of duty and failure to report an offense for the soldiers involved in the two deaths.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-01-afghan-abuse_x.htm

[EnfantTerrible]

1. When will they report on the torturing and rape of Iraqi children

Seymour Hersh has the story, supposedly SEEN THE TAPES...

Where is the coverage?

[GOPAgainstGW]

3. Oh Just Wait, Seymour will do anything to destroy Bush-Cheney-It's Coming!

[librechik]

4. Hersh book out on September 14

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060195916/qid=1094104069/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-5124908-6931132?v=glance&s=books

[EnfantTerrible]

5. I'm ordering my copy now!!!!

Thanks for keeping hope alive

[GOPAgainstGW]

2. Jesus Not Again!! Dammit This Cannot Happen in Muslim Countries!!!

Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world with over 1 billion people on "both sides"

The Islamic terrorists have waited for decades to mass radical Muslims around the World and give them a reason to wipe this Country off the face of the map!

THIS CRAP PLAYS RIGHT INTO THEIR HANDS.

IF THESE U.S. SOLDIERS ARE GUILTY, I WOULD TURN THEM OVER TO THE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS TO DO WITH THEM WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE, AND THIS WOULD BE NEW POLICY FOR ANY OTHER U.S. MILITARY THAT HAS SIMILAR IDEAS.

KERRY AND EDWARDS NEED TO BE ALL OVER THIS!!!!!!!!!!

[EnfantTerrible]

6. How about just the war-mongering chimp and his war cabinet...

... don't punish the kids because they had bad parenting... punish the parents.



:)

[GOPAgainstGW]

8. Yelp, The Leaders Go To, not just the ones following orders!

[NickB79]

7. Lethal injuries to the feet?

Color me sceptical, but I don't buy that these men both died from blood clots after being beaten on the legs and feet.

What I have heard mentioned several times here on DU is that one interpretation of "blunt-force injuries to the lower extremities" (as stated on the death certificates of some of the men who died in Abu Ghraib) is KICKING THE PRISONER IN THE BALLS OVER AND OVER UNTIL THEIR TESTICLES RUPTURE!!!

There is a special place in hell for people like that.

[GOPAgainstGW]

9. What's Bad is that it is old Turkish torture techniques our U.S. is using!

[colonel odis]

10. this is why we have lost the alleged "war on terror"

and done far more harm than good to our image in the world.

aw, hell! 'at's ok! we're amurka. we don' hafta give a shee-yit who likes us!