Evidence found from Iraqi killed in prison

[JoFerret]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4500577,00.html

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Missing medical evidence taken from the body of an Iraqi man beaten by Marine prison guards resurfaced this week, a defense attorney for an officer charged in connection with the man's death said Thursday. For months, the military had insisted the evidence was lost.

An Army medical examiner found the larynx of Nagem Hatab in a freezer in Germany, said Keith Higgins, a civilian defense attorney. The examiner, Col. Kathleen Ingwersen, conducted Hatab's autopsy in Iraq and concluded he died from a broken bone in his neck.

Higgins represents Marine Maj. Clarke Paulus, who ran the jail at the prison camp and is accused of ordering one of his men to drag Hatab by his neck after the Iraqi suffered a severe bout of diarrhea and collapsed while in custody.

Paulus, 35, faces up to 4 years in prison if convicted of aggravated assault, dereliction of duty and maltreatment of prisoners. Court-martial is scheduled to begin in November at Camp Pendleton, the Marine base north of San Diego.
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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ok this is coincidence I am sure

but yeseterday we had allusions to Stalingrad and the last name of this Marine is... Paulus... like Field Marshal Paulus, the commander of that German Army that ended up surrendering at Stalingrad.

I know this is sheer coincidence, but still

[yardwork]

2. This is horrible

This man was tortured and murdered by U.S. troops.

[Just Me]

3. Until the corporatists and neocons are held responsible,...

,...for the horrors they created,...

I will breath as I fulfill my mission to depose these bastards!!!!

"Justice" has to start somewhere. For me,...it is getting these horrors-of-humanity out of office, out of power!!!

[tibbir]

4. We have all got to do everything within our power

to get these shit-for-brain assholes out of office (yes, there are many of us here in Texas who have always seen the light!) :grr:

[struggle4progress]

5. kick for good old boys toying with justice

:kick: