US troops laughed as Iraqi drowned
US troops laughed as Iraqi drowned, court told
Sydney Morning Herald [Australia]
01/06/05
An Iraqi civilian testified today that US soldiers forced him and his cousin at gunpoint off a bridge into the Tigris River and laughed as his relative drowned. Marwan Fadil told the court martial of army Sergeant 1st Class Tracy Perkins, who is accused of killing 19-year-old Zaidoun Hassoun by having subordinates push him into the river, that they begged the soldiers to stop. Perkins faces up to 29 years of confinement on charges of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Defence lawyers have said there was no death, no body and no crime...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Sydney Morning Herald [Australia]
01/06/05
An Iraqi civilian testified today that US soldiers forced him and his cousin at gunpoint off a bridge into the Tigris River and laughed as his relative drowned. Marwan Fadil told the court martial of army Sergeant 1st Class Tracy Perkins, who is accused of killing 19-year-old Zaidoun Hassoun by having subordinates push him into the river, that they begged the soldiers to stop. Perkins faces up to 29 years of confinement on charges of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Defence lawyers have said there was no death, no body and no crime...
http://tinyurl.com/4dwkc
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 6. Jan, 15:18
