O-2 testifies he shot detainee in self-defense

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O-2 testifies he shot detainee in self-defense
By Kristin M. Hall - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Feb 26, 2009 21:57:52 EST

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — An Army officer testified that he shot and killed an Iraqi detainee because he felt he was in danger.

1st Lt. Michael Behenna is charged with premeditated murder, but during trial testimony Thursday at Fort Campbell he said he did not intend to kill Ali Mansour Mohammed.

Behenna said he made several mistakes while he was interrogating the detainee in a secluded railroad culvert near Beiji, Iraq.

He said he should not have stripped the detainee and pointed his weapon at him, but that he was trying to scare him into giving information about insurgents.

Behenna said he looked away and then saw Mohammed moving his hands toward the gun. Behenna said he shot the detainee twice.


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