Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Ind. Marine

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Ind. Marine
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The U.S. Marine Corps' investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes that he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor fired shots at a group of Marines.

The Marine Corps' report, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request, says 24-year-old Lance Cpl. Joshua Birchfield of Westville was shot Feb. 19 when a security contractor working for a local company opened fire on a squad of Marines who had stopped in a dry riverbed during a combat foot patrol.

The contractor has been turned over to Afghan prosecutors for "future criminal proceedings," Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, the top U.S. Marine in Afghanistan, wrote in an accompanying cover letter


Read more: http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=12160434

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previous DU discussion here:
Pentagon probes Indiana Marine's death in Afghanistan (opium & contractors)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4293004

[SpiralHawk]

1. Support America's troops

Send the corporate mercenaries back to their godforsaken Republicon Homeland, and keep America honorable.

[Robb]

2. Reading comprehension, oh kneejerk poster:

This particular mercenary, like 95% of those in Afghanistan, was already in his godforsaken homeland. :eyes: