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To: LindyBill who wrote (106677)	3/30/2005 7:04:41 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793624

I have always respected the military justice system. IMO it is much fairer, much quicker and has more safeguards than our civilian systems. "March 29, 2005 Eleven cleared of wrongdoing in Iraqi officer’s death Associated Press FORT CARSON, Colo. — Rejecting the recommendation of military investigators, Army commanders have decided not to charge 11 soldiers in the death last year of an Iraqi lieutenant colonel who was allegedly beaten and suffocated while in U.S. custody in Iraq. Investigators had recommended charging two soldiers with manslaughter and nine others with offenses ranging from assault to lying in the death of Lt. Col. Abdul Jaleel. But the Army Criminal Investigation Command “determined that the detainee died as a result of a series of lawful applications of force in response to repeated aggression and misconduct by the detainee,” spokesman Christopher Grey said in a statement Monday. Grey declined to elaborate. Jaleel, 46, died Jan. 9, 2004, at a 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment camp at Al Asad, Iraq, according to an Army report. The soldiers were from the 5th Special Forces Group at Fort Campbell, Ky., and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Carson. An Army spokesman could not say how many soldiers came from each unit. Special Forces spokeswoman Barbara Ashley told The Gazette of Colorado Springs the Fort Campbell troops did nothing wrong. Fort Carson spokesman Lt. Col. David Johnson said the commanders said evidence in the case wasn’t sufficient to bring charges. They declined to comment on the specifics of the case. Fort Carson soldiers have been charged in deaths of three other Iraqi prisoners. Two soldiers were convicted of assault in the January 2004 drowning of Zaidoun Fadel Hassoun, a civilian they had detained. They had been charged with manslaughter. Evidence hearings are scheduled to resume Wednesday for four soldiers charged in the November 2003 death of Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush. Investigators say he suffocated while he was being interrogated. Another soldier is awaiting trial on charges of murder and obstruction of justice in the January 2004 shooting death of an Iraqi civilian in Balad."