Abu Ghraib officer to be court-martialed
Only officer charged in prisoner-abuse scandal to be tried for eight offenses

Updated: 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The only U.S. military officer charged with a crime in the Abu Ghraib scandal will be court-martialed on eight charges, including cruelty and maltreatment of prisoners, the Army said Friday.


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All of those who were in the direct chain of command and were in the position of seeing what happened should be disciplined or court martialed. They could have stopped it.

How about the gestapo that started it?? oops i mean administration.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070122/review_nm/film_ghosts_dc_1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070121/film_nm/sundance_abughraib_dc_1

How about the gestapo that started it?? oops i mean administration.



I cannot comment on this without becoming extremely angry.

My son is not in the American military - he is in the military of our native Germany and he will be flying in support of NATO troops in Afghanistan starting this April.

I just do not support this war, and if that, that - I cannot think of a word in English or German that describes what I think of this administration! If this war in Iraq in particular had not happened then we would not be having this conversation - let alone worrying sick over our children!

Will no one - no country have the nerve to bring the U.S. administration to trial for these war crimes? After all is not the Commander of the ship or base and by extension the Commander-in-Chief is responsible for all actions by his juniors during his period of command? At least, that is what I was taught when I was in the service.

But it would mean a third World War to bring the current U.S. administration to accounts, and all the horror that comes with it, so I pray that does not happen and I also pray that some how, some way, they are held accountable by the greatest Judge of all.

Patti

2008 so close, yet so far