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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13992747/

Updated: 11:14 a.m. ET July 23, 2006

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military has cleared a soldier of unlawfully killing an Iraqi civilian after investigators concluded Specialist Nathan Lynn had reason to believe the man was carrying a gun when he opened fire.

Charges were brought against Lynn last month at a time when several murder investigations into U.S. troops in Iraq have prompted questions about their behavior and complaints from the new Iraqi government about a culture of impunity among soldiers.

“The commander ... has withdrawn ... the charges,” a military spokesman said on Saturday. “He is now authorized to rejoin his unit in Pennsylvania.”

Lynn, a 21-year-old Pennsylvania National Guardsman, was accused of voluntary manslaughter and conspiracy to obstruct justice over the death of Gani Ahmed Zaben during a raid on a suspect’s house in the western city of Ramadi on Feb. 15.
 
cherokee said:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13992747/

Updated: 11:14 a.m. ET July 23, 2006

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military has cleared a soldier of unlawfully killing an Iraqi civilian after investigators concluded Specialist Nathan Lynn had reason to believe the man was carrying a gun when he opened fire.

Charges were brought against Lynn last month at a time when several murder investigations into U.S. troops in Iraq have prompted questions about their behavior and complaints from the new Iraqi government about a culture of impunity among soldiers.

“The commander ... has withdrawn ... the charges,” a military spokesman said on Saturday. “He is now authorized to rejoin his unit in Pennsylvania.”

Lynn, a 21-year-old Pennsylvania National Guardsman, was accused of voluntary manslaughter and conspiracy to obstruct justice over the death of Gani Ahmed Zaben during a raid on a suspect’s house in the western city of Ramadi on Feb. 15.
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I wonder if this is one of our soldiers that Murtha said was guilty before they were even charged with the crime......
 
I wonder if this story will get as much attention in the mainstream media as say......abu ghraib?

It certainly should. According to Bigdog the media has no bias.

;)
 
ProudAmerican said:
I wonder if this story will get as much attention in the mainstream media as say......abu ghraib?

It certainly should. According to Bigdog the media has no bias.

;)
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You mean like this?...

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Funny, don't see anything big on Fox News Site About it.

So are you gonna claim Foxnews is liberal now?
 
TheNextEra said:
Funny, don't see anything big on Fox News Site About it.

So are you gonna claim Foxnews is liberal now?
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Its not news to them, hell really any of them....:confused:
 
When a soilder does his or her job, then it aint news. The same goes for firemen, policemen, doctors and so on.. part of life get over it.

When a soilder possibly abuses his or her job then its the start of news and very few media outlets convict a soilder before a trial.

Of course right wing warmongers will claim they do, but at no time has any mainstream media outlet said these soilders were guilty .. quite the opposite in fact.

Therefore when a soilder is cleared of wrong doing chances are there is not gonna be much media coverage unless its a typical military white wash and even then its not certain that the media care. They after all know how wacked out military justice is these days... the Abu G trials showed that.
 
When a soilder does his or her job, then it aint news. The same goes for firemen, policemen, doctors and so on.. part of life get over it.
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however, when a soldier does his job, and is WRONGLY ACCUSED of doing an injustice.....and is then cleared, IT IS NEWS.

or it should be.

I understand there are those that want the good to be ignored, while wanting the bad to be publicly discussed constantly due to political bias. its unfortunate they exist....but I certainly understand WHY they exist.

a soldiers reputation being cleared is CERTAINLY news worthy. at least to those of us that truly support them.
 
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