Why do they hate us mummy?
Have a read of these two stories...
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Story 2 seems much more black and white. A group of Iraqis were detained by six soldiers, beaten senseless over a prolonged period of time leading to the death of one of them, Baha Mousa. He had 93 separate injuries on his body. Military law seems to say that if you plead not guilty you are found not guilty. Is there another explanation for the other 5 soldiers being let off without a stain on their characters? I admire Cpl Payne for at least having the balls to plead guilty to 'inhumanely treating detainees', but this will do nothing for our reputation in Iraq. Expect attacks on British troops to increase. A week after the debate about whether or not Ponce Harry's presence in Iraq will cause more violence here we have something that almost certainly 'will' cause more violence.
Oh what a lovely war.
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Five get life over UK bomb plot2.
Five men have been jailed for life for a UK bomb plot linked to al-Qaeda that could have killed hundreds of people.
UK soldier jailed over Iraq abuseIsn't story 1 a bit euphemistic? What does 'linked to al-Qaeda' mean? The plot 'might have' killed hundreds of people. Might have killed no-one. Who can tell? The trial has not been subject to the usual media scrutiny and the lawyer defending the five has made allegations that some of the evidence used in the trial was obtained under torture in other countries, something our government now seem to think is acceptable. Anyone want to get medieval on Tony Bliar's ass with a blow torch and some pliers? I know I do.
A UK soldier who became Britain's first convicted war criminal has been jailed for a year and dismissed from the army.
Cpl Donald Payne, 36, had pleaded guilty to inhumanely treating civilian detainees in Basra in 2003.
Story 2 seems much more black and white. A group of Iraqis were detained by six soldiers, beaten senseless over a prolonged period of time leading to the death of one of them, Baha Mousa. He had 93 separate injuries on his body. Military law seems to say that if you plead not guilty you are found not guilty. Is there another explanation for the other 5 soldiers being let off without a stain on their characters? I admire Cpl Payne for at least having the balls to plead guilty to 'inhumanely treating detainees', but this will do nothing for our reputation in Iraq. Expect attacks on British troops to increase. A week after the debate about whether or not Ponce Harry's presence in Iraq will cause more violence here we have something that almost certainly 'will' cause more violence.
Oh what a lovely war.
posted by phylos @ 17:39
1 Comments:
and problem is, they cant prove its not a conspiracy plot against them as they argued. If theyre guilty then i say bring back hanging, but then how many injustices did the ira incur in our courts?
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