Two Americans charged with 2004 Iraq killings

Source: Reuters

Two Americans charged with 2004 Iraq killings
Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:38PM EDT

By Adam Tanner

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two Americans who served
as Marines in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004 face charges of
killing three men detained in the search of a home in
which weapons were found, U.S. officials said on Monday.

The charges represent the latest in a series of incidents
in which members of the U.S. armed forces are alleged to
have committed violent crimes in Iraq, actions that have
intensified international criticism over the U.S. invasion.

Military prosecutors charged Sgt. Jermaine Nelson "for the
unlawful murder of an unknown foreign national in Fallujah
November 9, 2004," a statement from Camp Pendleton,
north of San Diego, said.

Nelson's squad leader, Jose Luis Nazario, also faces
criminal charges, but since he has left the military he
was charged with voluntary manslaughter by the U.S.
Attorney in Riverside, California.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2031869220070821

as a vet how can you honestly call a soldier a thug when a youth is put in a situation with lack of wisdom, maturity, to be in a war zone and not having leadership to lead them, been there done that.....I say no us soldier should ever be place in court for their actions, when they are just pawns of the us government.........When you were young did you do stupid things.......if so I am sure the stupid things you may have done, didn't include bullet proof jackets, m16's and in a war zone.......Reality is simply this.....most youths can not handle a situation as this.......please take note......blessings to you

He's been there, done that. 11 BangBang.

Those kids may lack wisdom and maturity, but they have something to stand in its stead: the UCMJ. Not killing prisoners in summary executions is pretty well covered in training and all phases of operations. That's why they are on trial.

Yeah, they shouldn't be there, but if they have to be there, while they are there, they have to act like the American soldiers that they are, not like street thugs or characters out of "Grand Theft Auto".

Yup, he's earned his right to call them thugs. That yellow thing ain't some souvenir from a rock concert. He knows of what he speaks.