U.S. Soldier Acquitted In Iraqi's Death

[pnorman]

U.S. Soldier Acquitted In Iraqi's Death
Associated Press
May 27, 2005

FORT HOOD, Texas - An Army staff sergeant was acquitted of murder Thursday in the death of an unarmed Iraqi he said he shot to save a fellow soldier.
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Prosecutors said the killing of Naser Ismail, a suspected insurgent, was in retaliation for an Army captain's death earlier that day. Werst, 32, said he only shot Ismail because he was lunging for an unsuspecting soldier's weapon during house raids in Iraq. Prosecutors declined to comment after the verdict.

Werst testified Thursday that he doesn't regret gunning down Ismail, but admitted his actions afterward in making the slaying look like self-defense were wrong.
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After shooting Ismail, Werst said he quickly fired the Iraqi pistol into a couch and told the other soldier, Pfc. Nathan Stewart, to put the man's fingerprints on it.
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http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_acquitted_052705,00.html?ESRC=army.nl

pnorman

[LiberalVoice]

1. This is why they hate us....This is why Bush is such a fucking bastard. nt

[leftchick]

2. It seems as though the US Military enables a lot of Murders

I wonder what these people they are letting off will be like back in American society? :eyes: