2 Ex-GIs Cleared of Iraq Mistreatment

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By DAN NEPHIN, Associate Press Writer
1 hour, 17 minutes ago



PITTSBURGH - Two army reservists discharged last year over allegations they mistreated Iraqi prisoners have been cleared by an Army review board and can rejoin the military, their attorney said Friday.

The Army Discharge Review Board this week reversed the former soldiers' discharges and findings of misconduct, said Gary Myers, an attorney who represented Scott McKenzie, Lisa Girman and a third former soldier who was cleared in the same manner in January.

The Army declined comment. "It's been our long-standing practice that we do not comment on nonjudicial and administrative type actions," said Lt. Col. Pamela Hart, an Army spokeswoman.

"When I got the call, first thing I did was, I thanked God," said McKenzie, 40, a deacon at the Clearfield Presbyterian Church and a state prison guard. "I figured that if God leads you to it, God will lead you through it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050819/ap_on_re_us/iraq_beatings

Do it in the name of heaven. You can justify it in the end.


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1. I read a sick update in the

newspaper this morning. One soldier was found guilty in the beating death of an Afghani detention center inmate, and he was demoted. . . from Pfc. to Private. Is this how low we value human life that isn't American ? No jail time, no dishonorable discharge, just a light slap on the wrist :grr: