Private guilty of raping and murdering 14-year-old and killing her family
Relatives of a 14-year-old Iraqi schoolgirl who was raped and murdered by a US soldier yesterday called for her killer to be executed after a Kentucky court found him guilty of the crimes.
Private Steven Green, now 24, was the ringleader of one of the most shocking atrocities committed by US forces following the 2003 invasion. The crime sparked a wave of protests by the Iraqi public, brought angry condemnation from the government, and aggravated tensions between Baghdad and Washington.
A group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division plotted the raid, at Green's instigation, over a game of cards and a session drinking whiskey. They donned black "ninja" outfits in an attempt to hide their identities and then broke into the family home of Abeer Qassim al-Janabi in Mahmudiya, 20 miles south of Baghdad.
The private, who was 19 at the time of the attack, shot Abeer's father, mother and six-year-old sister to eliminate witnesses, while two colleagues raped the girl in an adjoining room. According to his accomplices, Green then joined them and said with a laugh: "I have shot them all, they are all dead".
He went on to take his turn raping the schoolgirl before covering her face with a pillow and shooting her three times. The soldiers started to leave but paused to consider the corpse and after a discussion, decided to douse Abeer's body with kerosene and set it alight. The men then went back to base and celebrated with a barbecue.
"Is this verdict a surprise to us? No. The goal has always been to save our client's life. And, now we're going to go to the most important phase, which is the sentencing phase and we're going to accomplish that goal."
I'm slightly confused as to why they are not getting the death sentence :/
Well, i think the soldiers should be handed to the relatives and face Iraqi justice not US justice since it doesn't seem to be matching the crime committed imo. Insane my ass, what BS.
If not insanity, then what do you think would make someone do what he did? War is hell to begin with. Sending someone with mental issues into a war is asking for trouble. I don't believe that the "personality disorder" he was discharged for wasn't already there from the outset.
Anyway, he's probably going to get life, just like the others. Lock him up and throw away the key. Why kill him? It's not going to bring anyone back.
People can just be evil.
I find it absurd to use war as an excuse. Thousands of soldiers face the same things he does and they don't go off and gangrape and kill a 14 year old do they?
Its justice for the relatives. If they want the life taken, give it to them.
In an abortion-related thread, you seemed to be arguing against the death penalty. At least, you seemed to support the claim that prolife and proDP were incompatible. Please clarify this inconsistency, while understanding that "prolife" means pro-innocent-life.
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People can just be evil.
I find it absurd to use war as an excuse. Thousands of soldiers face the same things he does and they don't go off and gangrape and kill a 14 year old do they?
Its justice for the relatives. If they want the life taken, give it to them
I agree. This should never have been tried in a US court. This was an Iraqi crime and should have been tried under Iraqi law.People can just be evil.
I find it absurd to use war as an excuse. Thousands of soldiers face the same things he does and they don't go off and gangrape and kill a 14 year old do they?
Its justice for the relatives. If they want the life taken, give it to them.
Relatives of murdered Iraqi girl demand execution of US soldier - Middle East, World - The Independent
I'm slightly confused as to why they are not getting the death sentence :/
Well, i think the soldiers should be handed to the relatives and face Iraqi justice not US justice since it doesn't seem to be matching the crime committed imo. Insane my ass, what BS.
I agree. This should never have been tried in a US court. This was an Iraqi crime and should have been tried under Iraqi law.
I agree. This should never have been tried in a US court. This was an Iraqi crime and should have been tried under Iraqi law.
That's what I thought too when I read this. Why wasn't he tried in the country where the crime occurred and under their laws?
They should have hung this scum right next to Saddam.
He is still an American. Yes he broke the law in another country. But to hand him over to an occupied country is not going to bolster our image in any way. He should either get death here or (worse imo) life in a military prison. Hard labor. Combat soldiers are usually mentally prepared for death, and somewhat desensitized to it. I think life in a military prison would be a far worse fate than death.
Relatives of murdered Iraqi girl demand execution of US soldier - Middle East, World - The Independent
I'm slightly confused as to why they are not getting the death sentence :/
Well, i think the soldiers should be handed to the relatives and face Iraqi justice not US justice since it doesn't seem to be matching the crime committed imo. Insane my ass, what BS.
There is much more to this sad story. This Green kid had known mental problems. Why was he still in a battle unit? I have to wonder why they allowed liquor/beer on post. They could be called at any time to go back into combat. I certainly wouldn't want a drunk next to me, or behind me, firing live rounds.
This is indicative of how our soldiers' mental states of health were not adequately monitored. Sure, war is hell but, this isn't the 1940's. We have the ability to better monitor how soldiers are reacting to what the war was doing to them. Because of this green fellow and his buddy, who is the one who wanted to rape that poor 14 year old Iraqi girl, not only was that entire innocent family brutally murdered but, two US soldiers, not involved in this crime, were tortured and beheaded and displayed in a video.
This is yet another indictment of how Bush's war was not intelligently managed.
Yet more fallout from that illegal war of choice.
Sad. Very sad.
Wait, so out of all the soldiers your side has gone after, including the innocent Marines at Haditha. This is the one you want to protect?
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd where did I say I wanted to protect any of those guys? :roll:
But you want to defend a rapist and a murderer so you can attack bush once again? pathetic.
Ok, one more time... where did I say I "want to defend a rapist and a murderer"?
You were making excuses for him in post #18 and using said excuses to attack Bush, the war, and the military.
You were defending him in an effort to attack windmills.
Maybe you should go back and read the very first sentence in my first post. You're so eager to attack me you either missed the point of my post or you simply are unable to understand what you read. Either way, this is typical of your posts.
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