Allegedly on March 12, US solders raped a 14 year-old Iraqi girl and killed her and her family. The case was made public last month but the details came out today from a hearing trying to determine if they should face a court martial. If this is true, I think they fry or give them to the Iraqi's to deal with.
This article from The Age in Australia is just a description of what supposedly happened, as a result it's very dramatic and compelling. This story in the Seattle Times has a little more info.
This AP story by Ryan Lenz tells how combat stress played a role. I don't care, there's no excuse. "U.S. officials have said they were concerned it could strain relations with Iraq's new government if Iraqis perceive that the soldiers receive lenient treatment." Well it should strain relations and they shouldn't receive lenient treatment.
Reminds me a lot of Brian De Palma's underrated film Casualties of War which told a similar story set in Vietnam apparently based on real though unnamed events. The cast of Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox (yeah really), John C. Reilly helped though it was all sold by the amazing and tragic performance of Thuy Thu Le as the victim.
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