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Barrett808

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Wed Aug-30-06 10:37 PM
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No death penalty for charged Marine

No death penalty for charged Marine
By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - The government will not seek the death penalty against a Marine Corps private who is among eight service members charged with murder and other crimes in the shooting of an Iraqi civilian, a military prosecutor said Wednesday.

Lt. Col. John Baker announced the prosecution's position during a hearing for Pfc. John J. Jodka III, 20. A Camp Pendleton spokesman said the prosecutor's statement applied only to Jodka, not the six other Marines and one Navy corpsman also charged in the case.

The hearing for Jodka and a separate one for another Marine, Cpl. Marshall Magincalda, 23, are part of the process to determine whether the defendants should face courts-martial.

The Marines and corpsman are charged in the shooting of Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, in the village of Hamdania. Iraqi witnesses told the military that Marines and a sailor kidnapped Awad on April 26, bound his feet, dragged him from his home and shot him to death in a roadside hole.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060831/ap_on_re_us/marines_iraq_shooting

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Kailassa

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Thu Aug-31-06 01:55 AM
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1. I don't want anyone else to die ... on either side.

Too many have died already. And too many more deserve to die, and we can't kill them all.
Besides, every killing harms the killer, even if it's a legal execution.

I long for the day when world leaders will follow the most important message that Jesus
is said to have given.

It was done with actions, illustrating his words. He knelt and washed his disciples feet.

And he said: "I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash
one another's feet."

We have turned solders into killers, and they kill in the name of our countries.
We have dirtied their souls, and no punishment removes our own country's guilt.

We have a lot of washing to do.

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saigon68

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Thu Aug-31-06 05:52 AM
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2. No Problem- Just another islamofascist "Bites the Dust"

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gratuitous

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Thu Aug-31-06 08:14 AM
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3. I guess I didn't realize the autonomy these guys have

Imagine, privates and corporals with the total freedom to just roam around the country, binding and executing civilians without any command oversight whatsoever. That could be a selling point in military ads: We'll give you weapons and not watch you very closely {wink, wink}.

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saigon68

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Thu Aug-31-06 08:37 AM
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4. The rustics lap it up

In my War they collected EARS

I wonder what they do here?

Maybe collect foreskins?

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