Soldier's Comments Allowed in Iraq Case (Mahmoudiya)

Source: Associated Press

Soldier's Comments Allowed in Iraq Case
By RYAN LENZ
Associated Press Writer

June 29, 2007, 11:39 PM EDT

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- A military judge on Friday said he would
allow evidence that one of five soldiers accused in the rape
and killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl had previously said he
wanted to hurt Iraqis.

Witnesses testified to having heard Army Spc. Jesse Spielman,
22, of Chambersburg, Pa., saying he wanted Iraqis dead.

"I don't care if they live or die. They will either support insurgents
or breed insurgents. I want them dead," Pfc. Thomas Doss recalled
Spielman, a member of the 101st Airborne, saying of three
detainees their unit had stopped.

The testimony came at a hearing to hash out details and evidence
before Spielman's court-martial on charges of rape and murder.
The court-martial will begin July 30, one week later than planned,
because of scheduling conflicts for defense witnesses, said Lt.
Col. Stephen Henley, the military judge.

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This is what happens in an unjust war.