Soldier gets 5 years in rape, killings in Iraq
CNN Website:- http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/21/iraq.rape.ap/index.html
The war in Iraq has already drawn flak from many sectors and this recent murder and rape case involving US Marines and an Iraqi family will certainly not improve the situation in Iraq.
Many believe that the war has already spun out of control and to prove it, cases such as this as well as the death of military personnels do not make the headline news anymore, which goes to show just how common these cases are.
In this particular case, a soldier is sentenced to imprisonment for 5 years for failing to stop his fellow comrades from raping an Iraqi girl and then later murdering her and her family. It was reported that the maximum sentence was 15 years but isn't it a bit too lenient after 4 innocent lives were lost in such a disgraceful way?
I find it so ironic that the very same people sent there to fight for the freedom and liberation of the Iraqi people are the same people imposing oppression and misery on them. It is obvious that the lessons learnt from atrocities committed at Abu Ghraib have not made an impression on those who were involved. I shudder to think how many more soldiers over there harbour intentions of committing a crime similar to the one committed here. Hence it is my opinion that those guilty of this heinous crime should be severely punished by their superiors and also be trialed for committing war-crimes. At the rate things are going, I believe it is going to take a long while before the Iraqi people get the freedom they have been crying out for.
Many believe that the war has already spun out of control and to prove it, cases such as this as well as the death of military personnels do not make the headline news anymore, which goes to show just how common these cases are.
In this particular case, a soldier is sentenced to imprisonment for 5 years for failing to stop his fellow comrades from raping an Iraqi girl and then later murdering her and her family. It was reported that the maximum sentence was 15 years but isn't it a bit too lenient after 4 innocent lives were lost in such a disgraceful way?
I find it so ironic that the very same people sent there to fight for the freedom and liberation of the Iraqi people are the same people imposing oppression and misery on them. It is obvious that the lessons learnt from atrocities committed at Abu Ghraib have not made an impression on those who were involved. I shudder to think how many more soldiers over there harbour intentions of committing a crime similar to the one committed here. Hence it is my opinion that those guilty of this heinous crime should be severely punished by their superiors and also be trialed for committing war-crimes. At the rate things are going, I believe it is going to take a long while before the Iraqi people get the freedom they have been crying out for.
posted by Clarence Tan @ 2:47 AM
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