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See all the many war crimes comitted by the ruthless American invaders here >>>> http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...rch_type=&aq=f
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Old 08-29-2008, 06:57 PM
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Doesnt change the fact that....... What you have posted doesn't disturb me, its what you haven't posted. Get my drift?

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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year.
Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, also was given a dishonorable discharge. He will be eligible for parole in 10 years under the terms of his plea agreement.

Cortez, of Barstow, Calif., pleaded guilty this week to four counts of felony murder, rape and conspiracy to rape in a case considered among the worst atrocities by U.S. military personnel in Iraq.

In his plea agreement, he said he conspired with three other soldiers from the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division to rape 14-year-old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi. The girl, her parents and a younger sister were all killed.

Earlier Thursday, tears rolled down Cortez's face as he apologized for the rape and murders. He said he could not explain why he took part.

"I still don't have an answer," Cortez told the judge. "I don't know why. I wish I hadn't. The lives of four innocent people were taken. I want to apologize for all of the pain and suffering I have caused the al-Janabi family."

The military judge hearing the case, Col. Stephen R. Henley, issued a sentence of life in prison without parole, the maximum for the charges. Under military law, the defendant is given the lesser sentence unless he violates terms of the plea agreement, which requires Cortez to testify against others charged in the case.

Psychologist Charles Figley testified that Cortez and the other soldiers likely suffered stress brought on by fatigue and trauma.

"It eats you up," Figley said. "It's a horrible thing. This is not unique. We've seen this in other wars."

Five soldiers who served with Cortez in Iraq testified that his actions were out of character and described the hardships of war they experienced, including sleep deprivation and the lack of running water.

"I just never would have seen it coming," said Staff Sgt. Tim Briggs, who has known Cortez for five years and served with him in Iraq.

Prosecutors said the stress was no excuse for the actions of Cortez and the other soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell.

On Wednesday, Cortez described raping the girl in her family's home in Mahmoudiya last March, along with Spc. James Barker, 24. Barker pleaded guilty in November to rape and murder and was sentenced to 90 years in military prison.

Barker has said in a sworn statement that the soldiers drank whiskey and played cards while plotting the assault.

Cortez said this week that former private Steven D. Green raped the girl before he did. Then Green shot her father, mother and sister before shooting the teen in the head, Cortez said.

He also testified that the soldiers tried to burn the girl's body. They burned their own clothes and threw the murder weapon, an AK-47, into a canal in an effort to dispose of the evidence.

Cortez was found not guilty of more serious charges of premeditated murder and conspiracy to premeditated murder.

Pfcs. Jesse Spielman, 22, and Bryan Howard, 19, await courts-martial. Green, who is accused of being the ringleader but was discharged from the military before being charged, will be prosecuted in a federal court in Kentucky.
These things happen in nearly every war, but hey, lets not sweep it under the rug so easily.

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Old 08-29-2008, 07:08 PM
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Doesnt change the fact that....... What you have posted doesn't disturb me, its what you haven't posted. Get my drift?



These things happen in nearly every war, but hey, lets not sweep it under the rug so easily.
Oh my god!!! Your right!!! Im willing to bet that all of our troops are raping 14 year old girls in Iraq. There must be a wide spread 14 year old rape-a-thon going on right now in Iraq!!!! Thank you so much for pointing this out as I am sure that this isnt an isolated issue. Stop the war now! Stop the wide spread rapeing of Iraqi children! Abu Graib, Abu Graib, George Bush, Halliburton, Dick Cheney, Blackwater, Christians, Neocons, War Crimes, 9/11 was an inside job, AAAAAAAAAAAGOIUOSWFUIWFQOQG*(WGE*FWFE*!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

WHAT A REDICULOUS COUNTER! TO TRY TO COUNTER THE GOOD THAT WE ARE DOING IN IRAQ BY POSTING THIS ONE TIME INCEDENT DONE BY A BAD AMERICAN! REDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh my god!!! Your right!!! Im willing to bet that all of our troops are raping 14 year old girls in Iraq. There must be a wide spread 14 year old rape-a-thon going on right now in Iraq!!!! Thank you so much for pointing this out as I am sure that this isnt an isolated issue. Stop the war now! Stop the wide spread rapeing of Iraqi children! Abu Graib, Abu Graib, George Bush, Halliburton, Dick Cheney, Blackwater, Christians, Neocons, War Crimes, 9/11 was an inside job, AAAAAAAAAAAGOIUOSWFUIWFQOQG*(WGE*FWFE*!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

WHAT A REDICULOUS COUNTER! TO TRY TO COUNTER THE GOOD THAT WE ARE DOING IN IRAQ BY POSTING THIS ONE TIME INCEDENT DONE BY A BAD AMERICAN! REDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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...Dude...seriously try the decaf...it's good, I promise.
Here is what happened the last time I had decaf!

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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year.
Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, also was given a dishonorable discharge. He will be eligible for parole in 10 years under the terms of his plea agreement.
I can't believe this. 100 years is the sentence, yet he'll be out in ten for rape and murder - if his parole is successful. How sick. Rape should get you at least 20 years, murder should buy you life. WTF is the point of a 100 year sentence when it isn't even going to be enforced?
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I can't believe this. 100 years is the sentence, yet he'll be out in ten for rape and murder - if his parole is successful. How sick. Rape should get you at least 20 years, murder should buy you life. WTF is the point of a 100 year sentence when it isn't even going to be enforced?
Agreed. Life in prison or death penalty please.

This guy brings shame on his fellow soldiers.
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I can't believe this. 100 years is the sentence, yet he'll be out in ten for rape and murder - if his parole is successful. How sick. Rape should get you at least 20 years, murder should buy you life. WTF is the point of a 100 year sentence when it isn't even going to be enforced?
I think rapeing a child should be punished by death even without the murder charge. But thats just me. Yet I can see out of all the posts in this thread you chose the one time incident doom and gloom story. I saw it coming!
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I think rapeing a child should be punished by death even without the murder charge. But thats just me. Yet I can see out of all the posts in this thread you chose the one time incident doom and gloom story. I saw it coming!
I don't disagree that the troops are doing good things in Iraq, but I did prefer to read a news artical over loading up a YouTube video. Sorry Tobes.
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WHAT A REDICULOUS COUNTER! TO TRY TO COUNTER THE GOOD THAT WE ARE DOING IN IRAQ BY POSTING THIS ONE TIME INCEDENT DONE BY A BAD AMERICAN! REDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One time incedent? A real live war crime from the people who brought us 'winning the hearts and minds'.

There's lots more where this came from.
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