Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Dunque, a volte li condannano

Beh, sono felice di perdere un pregiudizio.
Namib
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/03/ap_court_martial_iraq_deaths_033009/
Bragg soldier gets 35 years in 4 deaths
By George Frey - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Mar 30, 2009 12:27:26 EDT
VILSECK, Germany - A second U.S. soldier was convicted Monday of murder in 
the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees 
in 2007 and sentenced to 35 years in prison after he pleaded guilty at his 
court-martial.
Wearing his dress uniform and speaking crispy and confidently, Sgt. 1st 
Class Joseph Mayo of Fort Bragg, N.C., pleaded guilty to charges of 
premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder at the 
proceeding at the U.S. Army's Rose Barracks in southern Germany.
He pleaded not guilty to a charge of obstruction of justice in the incident, 
which occurred while he was deployed to Iraq. Military prosecutors dropped 
that charge.
The 27-year-old was sentenced to 35 years in prison and will be incarcerated 
at the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He will also be 
dishonorably discharged. His lawyer, Michael Waddington, said Mayo would be 
eligible for parole in about 10 years.
Col. Jeffrey Nance, the judge overseeing the proceedings, told Mayo that he 
"entered into an agreement to commit premeditated murder" that saw the four 
Iraqi men shot in the head by the side of a canal in Baghdad between March 
and April 2007.
In February a military court convicted Sgt. Michael Leahy, 28, of Lockport, 
Ill., to life in prison with the possibility of parole after he admitted to 
the execution-style killing of one of the detainees and shooting another. He 
was acquitted of murder over a separate incident in Baghdad in January 2007.
According to testimony at previous courts-martial, at least four Iraqis were 
taken into custody in spring 2007 after a shootout with a patrol.
The Iraqis were taken to the U.S. unit's operating base in Baghdad for 
questioning and processing, although there was not enough evidence to hold 
them for attacking the unit. Later that night patrol members took the Iraqis 
to a remote area and shot them in retribution for the attacks on the unit, 
according to testimony.
Mayo, Leahy and Master Sgt. John Hatley, 40, are accused of pulling the 
trigger.
"Hatley stated that if we took (the) individuals to detention they'd be 
released in a matter of days," Mayo told the court. "He said we should take 
care of them. I agreed."
Mayo has been in the Army for nearly a decade.
All were with the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st 
Infantry Division. The unit is now part of the Germany-based 172nd Infantry 
Brigade.
Hatley's court-martial on charges of premeditated murder, conspiracy to 
commit premeditated murder and obstruction of justice is scheduled for 
April.
Waddington said that under a deal reached with prosecutors, Mayo will 
testify at Hatley's court-martial next month.
The Army has also not released a hometown for Hatley. Hatley also faces 
murder charges from the separate incident in Baghdad.

 Beh, sono felice di perdere un pregiudizio.
Non e' il primo AFAIK, comunque bene.
PP

 Beh, sono felice di perdere un pregiudizio.
Eggià, tanto te ne restano moltissimi altri ;-)
Ciao!

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In effetti, con Obama (e non solo), è il "sistema politico-sociale" degli 
USA che si sta dimostrando stratosfericamente superiore al nostro (quello 
italiano, intendo; l'Europa forse non farà la stessa fine: anche su Sarkozy, 
ad es., mi sa che dovrò rivedere qualche giudizio; effettivamente, lì la dx 
peggiore non governa più).
Namib 

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Per favore, non ti allargare troppo.
Di Irak ed Afghanistan non sappiamo niente, censura totale.
Uno deve sparare nella tempia all'Irakeno legato, andare in giro a vantarsi
e mandare mail agli amici con le foto.
In questo caso finisce davanti alla corte marziale, in Germania, in
silenzio, e si becca 8 anni per vittima.
Saluti
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