Jury Orders Reprimand, No Jail for Soldier who killed Iraqi General

...winning hearts and minds....

FORT CARSON, Colo. - A military jury on Monday ordered a reprimand but no jail time for an Army interrogator convicted of killing an Iraqi general by stuffing him headfirst into a sleeping bag and sitting on his chest.

Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer Jr. also was ordered to forfeit $6,000 salary and was largely restricted to his barracks and workplace for 60 days.

Welshofer, 43, had originally been charged with murder and faced up to life in prison. But on Saturday he was convicted instead of negligent homicide and negligent dereliction of duty.

On the lesser charges, he had faced a maximum of three years and three months in prison, a dishonorable discharge, loss of his pension and other penalties.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_re_us/iraq_suffocation

to try extract information, let alone suffocating a prisoner.

Ay yi yi yi yi.

of his life.

It will drive him mad eventually.

...a reprimand. This is why we need to send soldiers to the ICC.

kick

He gets to go to "his place of worship" also.

Soldiers in the courtroom broke out in applause because Welshofer won't be going to jail.