RicardoBlanco
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The question is, does this warrant a court martial? Given that many of these prisoners are probably innocent and held because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, did the actions of this soldiers put his comrades in danger?

edit - link...   http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2066077,00.html

Last edited by RicardoBlanco (2007-04-26 07:51:37)

joker3327
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RicardoBlanco wrote:

The question is, does this warrant a court martial? Given that many of these prisoners are probably innocent and held because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, did the actions of this soldiers put his comrades in danger?
Link??
Cybargs
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RicardoBlanco wrote:

The question is, does this warrant a court martial? Given that many of these prisoners are probably innocent and held because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, did the actions of this soldiers put his comrades in danger?
I would say court martial.
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Sanjaya
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Um, context please?
Teebaggs1
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Here's one link.

EDIT:  And another:  http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/ … index.html

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Stingray24
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Court martial.  Giving an unmonitored cell call to a detainee is downright stupid.  He was obviously thinking with the wrong head.  On top of that he wrongfully possessed classified info.  He's going away for a long time.

Last edited by Stingray24 (2007-04-26 07:52:50)

ghettoperson
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Posessing pr0n is an offence in the army?
Stingray24
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He's an officer, perhaps that makes a difference.
Varegg
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Hm ... being a Lt.Col. and doing stuff like that is unprofessional, court martial is the best he can hope for !
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ATG
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Fraternizing means banging.
He was banging the daughter of a man being held in captivity @ the detention center he was stationed at.
Stupid.

Courts Martial.
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Psycho
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RicardoBlanco wrote:

The question is, does this warrant a court martial? Given that many of these prisoners are probably innocent and held because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, did the actions of this soldiers put his comrades in danger?
Yes absolutely. First of all you are making an assumption that "many of these prisoners are probably innocent". Even if that were true, there is no evidence that the particular prisoners in question are innocent. To take it one step further, let's assume they are innocent - he was still in the wrong. His job is not to decide guilt or innocence, his job is to secure the prisoners. The logic is no different than a jail in the US where a charged person is innocent until proven guilty. If the court has determined that there is substantial evidence of guilt or if the charged is a flight risk, that person can be held in jail until the outcome of their trial, even though they are still "innocent". The prison guards do not have the authority to make judgement calls on guilt or innocence and to pass contraband to those they deem innocent.

On a side note, when I was in the service I recall the a Colonel who was the commander of an MP (Military Police) unitl being arrested for shoplifting a leather jacket.
Psycho
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ghettoperson wrote:

Posessing pr0n is an offence in the army?
I was surprised by that myself, especially since I knew people that had rather large pr)n collections when I was in the Army. I suspect it is either one of those "rules" which is generally overlooked (such as adultery) or it is due to scricter rules because they are in a Muslim country. In Desert Storm we were not allowed to bring any magazines such as Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler, etc. because of the laws within Saudi Arabia. Those magazines were not considered porn because they didn't show penetration - well, they didn't back then.
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RicardoBlanco wrote:

Given that many of these prisoners are probably innocent and held because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time
Just how did you come to this enlightened and unbiased information ?

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