Army: Captain Won't Be Charged in Deaths

[Barrett808]

Army: Captain Won't Be Charged in Deaths
By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas - An Army captain investigated for allegedly ordering his troops to kill suspected Iraqi insurgents in retaliation for a deadly U.S. base attack will not be prosecuted, Army officials said Friday.

A prosecutor last month said he submitted three pages of possible charges against Capt. Matthew Cunningham, including solicitation of murder and involuntary manslaughter, and was waiting on his superiors to file charges.

But 10 days later, Staff Sgt. Shane Werst, one of Cunningham's subordinates who shot an Iraqi during a raid, was acquitted of murder.

Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington, a 4th Infantry Division spokesman, said the case against Cunningham "lost prosecutorial merit." He would have been tried at Fort Hood, Texas, where the 4th Infantry Division is based.

Cunningham, 31, earlier asked to be released from active duty because he completed his service. That request was denied while he was under investigation, but he left the Army Friday after his case was cleared.

His attorney, Richard Stevens, called the allegations devastating and unfair.

"He feels vindicated and wants to put it behind him and move on," Stevens said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050618/ap_on_re_us/soldier_investigated

[merwin]

1. Yeah. Superiors NEVER order people to kill or harm ANYONE.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Bullets in the heads of the wounded.

very popular. A specops technique.

[saigon68]

7. NOT JUST A "VERY POPULAR TECHNIQUE "GRAPHIC "PHOTO DANGER

BUT A TRIED AND TRUE TECHNIQUE TO GET RID OF YOUR RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC OPPONENT.

[acmavm]

3. 'Shoot first, ask later .' Our new motto apparently.

.

[UpInArms]

4. Trent Lotting it? "Mow the whole place down"

http://www.thehill.com/news/102903/gopunity.aspx

excerpt:

Asked whether he favored any policy changes in Iraq, Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) responded: “We need to have a different mix of troops, is the key. We may need to move some troops around.”

Lott suggested moving more troops from the relatively stable south closer to the region around Tikrit, where attacks on U.S. forces have been common. He said there was a need for more trained military police, adding that his comments were not a criticism.

“Honestly, it’s a little tougher than I thought it was going to be,” Lott said. In a sign of frustration, he offered an unorthodox military solution: “If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens. You’re dealing with insane suicide bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very aggressive in taking them out.”

[lumpy]

5. Lott advocating ethnic cleansing

in Iraq, quote "If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens....."

[GeorgeGist]

6. Fight insanity with insanity...

that's the ticket Trent.

[anarchy1999]

8. I'm just so sorry for us all. I think I may have known this person.

there is no peace and no justification. Why is there a guerilla force attacking the US of A troops? I don't know? How would you feel in your town with an occupying force killing your neighbors?

Freedom fighters? Insurgents? Dead Enders?

Earth to the Pentagon, go home!!!

[saigon68]

9. When the Iraqi soldiers in Nazi uniforms

Came to my town and killed my brother, his wife and 3 children, and when they killed my mother.

I became very angry and swore to kill as many rag-head infidels as I could

Signed --Billy American Patriot.

P. S.

they also told me I had "freedom" now and could vote yes or no for Adbullaah as president. (they nominated him.)