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[boonchuan]

3 years sentence for cold blooded murder.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/11/ir...ier/index.html

Wow they even forfeit his pay!

[PCplayground]

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(Website listed at top of google, take it as you will):
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/world/C62466/

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Previous military court hearings have heard that several troops had fired on a group of Iraqi men placing homemade bombs along a road in Sadr City. Soldiers from the same battalion arrived on the scene to find a burning truck and casualties around it.

According to accounts given by witnesses at previous hearings, the soldiers, including Horne, tried to rescue an Iraqi casualty from inside the vehicle. The victim had severe abdominal wounds and burns and was thought by several of the witnesses to be beyond medical help.

The criminal investigator had said that the U.S. soldiers had decided that "the best course of action was to put (the victim) out of his misery."

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Witnesses testified that the driver had been shot in the head when Maynulet saw him. A fellow officer said Maynulet told him he then shot the man out of compassion.

[boonchuan]

They are not medical professionals, neither do they have the right to play God!

[gina_]

The truck was on fire? And they tried to rescue someone inside this vehicle, someone who had severe abdominal wounds?

i guess, if they couldnt get him out of the truck, they could have let him burn to death....

[adorno]

Originally posted by gina_TVI
The truck was on fire? And they tried to rescue someone inside this vehicle, someone who had severe abdominal wounds?

i guess, if they couldnt get him out of the truck, they could have let him burn to death....

Good point Gina.

If it was me and there was no possibility or rescue and I was burning to death, I would want to be put out of my misery. A bullet is more humanitarian than burning to death.

Remember the people jumping to their deaths from the World Trade Center on 9/11? Those people had to know that they wouln't survive the jump but they preferred that over burning to death.

[Torith]

Yes if I was burning to death and no way to get out like this person I would want to be killed right away.

Originally posted by adorno
Good point Gina.

If it was me and there was no possibility or rescue and I was burning to death, I would want to be put out of my misery. A bullet is more humanitarian than burning to death.

Remember the people jumping to their deaths from the World Trade Center on 9/11? Those people had to know that they wouln't survive the jump but they preferred that over burning to death.

[Torith]

Originally posted by boonchuan
They are not medical professionals, neither do they have the right to play God!

So you would rather suffer a slow and painfull death or a quick death?

[jackpot]

I always supported, and will continue to support mercy killing. It is better than having to die after having sufferred pain for a looong time....

[boonchuan]

If that guy was an American teenager , will they do such mercy? And is he burning to death? Where was the report saying that?

[Torith]

Originally posted by boonchuan
If that guy was an American teenager , will they do such mercy? And is he burning to death? Where was the report saying that?

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty at his court-martial Friday to killing a severely wounded 16-year-old Iraqi male during fierce fighting in Baghdad's impoverished Sadr City neighborhood, the military said.

Staff Sgt. Johnny M. Horne Jr., 30, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was among several soldiers who had found the wounded teenager on Aug. 18 in a burning truck with severe abdominal wounds sustained during the clashes. A criminal investigator had said during an earlier hearing that the soldiers decided to kill him to "put him out of his misery."

If you are severely wounded and in a burning truck with abdominal wounds and you would most likley not of lived and you would of been in pain for who knows how long or would you want to have a mercy kill?

Also if it was an American teen I would assume they would of done the same thing.

[boonchuan]

I know what you are trying to say, but who is to judge if the teenager wants to fight for his life. Only the Guy somewhere up and above can judge I guess.

I remembered another incident an American dad upon hearing his son was killed in Iraq. Lock inside himself his car and burn himself to death, he was rescued no matter what but died after. I didnt hear any news of any merciful act of relieveing him from the agony of being burnt to death and also loss of son, by pumping bullets into him.

All are human beings and each life whether Iraqis , Americans are precious.

[Torith]

Though that is war over there, and it is not so great. If I was that kid I would rather die then have a slow painfull death. If they wouldnt do it I would do it my self. That is one of my fears that I have is a slow painfull death .

Originally posted by boonchuan
I know what you are trying to say, but who is to judge if the teenager wants to fight for his life. Only the Guy somewhere up and above can judge I guess.

I remembered another incident an American dad upon hearing his son was killed in Iraq. Lock inside himself his car and burn himself to death, he was rescued no matter what but died after. I didnt hear any news of any merciful act of relieveing him from the agony of being burnt to death and also loss of son, by pumping bullets into him.

All are human beings and each life whether Iraqis , Americans are precious.

[adam]

Also, if I was on fire, in a van, and burning, I would rather be shot and killed, then be pulled out and have them try to save me.

I wouldn't be able to live with the scars and trauma afterwards.