Three Pennsylvania soldiers opt for court- martial

[UpInArms]

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/nation/7252406.htm

Three local Army reservists accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners are headed for the Army's most severe category of court-martial, an Army spokesman said. A fourth, Sgt. Shawna Edmondson, has agreed to an other-than-honorable discharge.

Master Sgt. Lisa Girman, Sgt. 1st Class Scott McKenzie and Spc. Tim Canjar, 21 - all members of the 320th Military Police Battalion based in Ashley - will be arraigned Saturday morning at Camp Doha in Kuwait, said Col. Rick Thomas, Chief of Public Affairs with the Army Central Command in Georgia.

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The four were charged in August in connection with a May 12 incident at Camp Bucca prison camp in Iraq. They were accused of punching, kicking and breaking the bones of Iraqi prisoners of war. A total of 10 soldiers were initially investigated.

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[Ripley]

1. What are they teaching on Georgia bases?

Recently 4 guys just back from Iraq attacked and killed a fellow unit member at Ft. Benning. They burned his body in the woods.

[NNN0LHI]

2. I sometimes wonder if killing is like driving?

You know how strange it feels after getting off an interstate where the speed limit is 65 MPH and find yourself on a 30 MPH side street. These guys go from killing and fighting for their lives and then are told to act normal when they get back here. Some can adapt. Some can't. These guys in these stories are still innocent until proven guilty though.

Don

[FormerMarine6055]

3. Hmmm

No mention of why they may have used the level of force that they did.

An Army Lt.Col is facing charges for scaring the you know what out of an Iraqi policeman, that resulted in the breakup of a plot to attack their AO. Seems to me that his use of force was justified because he saved the lives of his troops.

If this is the same type of issue, then the CM is uncalled for.

if they were mistreating coopeating prisoners, then they should face CM.

[It was not a pretzel]

5. Sorry about asking you this but

if you had have been captured by the enemy would you have offered any information other than that you are obliged to by the Geneva Convention?

[tabasco]

4. MPs are the biggest jackasses in the military

I'm glad they are being punished and I hope they get time in Leavenworth.