U.S. Marines Imprisoned for Shocking Iraqi Inmate

[Barrett808]

U.S. Marines Imprisoned for Shocking Iraqi Inmate
Thu Jun 3, 5:42 PM ET
By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Marines have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to charges of abusing an Iraqi prisoner who threw trash by shocking him with 110 volts of electricity at a jail south of Baghdad in April, the Marine Corps said on Thursday.

The incident at a detention center in Mahmudiya occurred months after the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad but before pictures of that misconduct created an international scandal.

Marine Corps Pfc. Andrew Sting and Pfc. Jeremiah Trefney, both 19, pleaded guilty in courts-martial in Iraq on May 14 and were sentenced to prison, said Marine Lt. Nathan Braden, a spokesman at Camp Pendleton, California, reading from a statement.

The Marines were accused of attaching wires to a power converter and pressing the live wires carrying 110 volts of electricity against the body of the prisoner to create a shock, Braden said. The prisoner survived.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040603/us_nm/iraq_abuse_marines_dc_1

[Jacobin]

1. So, when does Rumfilled get sentenced?

:eyes:

[a_random_joel]

2. Hmmm... no longer just the Army?

Can you say "widespread pattern?"

I knew you could.

On top of this is the revelation that "American Taliban" Lindh, was subjected to similar treatment when he was taken into custody a couple of years ago.

[The Stranger]

3. Rate the story a 5 on Yahoo.

It will never make the pages of the New York Times.

[bluestateguy]

4. A couple of little boys in green uniforms

While I hope to see their commanding officers and Pentagon higher ups also held responsible for these crimes, no tolerance should be spared these two little fascists. Soldiers have a responsiblity to disregard illegal orders, and if they are too dumb to do that, they don't belong in the armed forces. I hope they are beaten in prison.