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Toufiq Haddad: The Road to Gaza’s Killing Fields
GAZA LIES in ruins. After 22 days of ruthless Israeli aerial bombardment and ground assault, a survey of the carnage is as enraging as it is numbing: at least 1,285 Palestinians have been killed; 895 were civilians, including 280 children and 111 women. Another 167 of the dead were civil police officers, mostly killed on the first day of the bombing as they were graduating from a training course. Twenty-four hundred houses were completely destroyed, and 20,000 partially. Other infrastructure destroyed includes 28 public civilian facilities (ministries, municipalities, governorates, fishing harbors, and Palestinian Legislative Council buildings), 29 educational institutions (including Gaza’s Islamic University and American High School), 30 mosques, 10 charitable societies, 60 police stations and 121 industrial, and commercial workshops. There are reliable reports that Israel used the banned chemical weapon white phosphorus, which on contact with skin burns all the way to the bone.
Military Court in Germany Convicts US Soldier in Iraq Murders
A 28-year-old US Army medic has been sentenced by a US military court in Germany to life in prison with the possibility of parole for his role in murdering four Iraqi prisoners in 2007.
The US military court in Vilseck, Germany, on Friday evening, Feb. 20, found Sgt. Michael Leahy guilty of murder for his role in the execution-style killings of four Iraqi detainees.
MILITARY: Court-martial delayed in Fallujah killings
CAMP PENDLETON —- A military judge on Wednesday delayed the start of a court-martial for a Marine accused of killing enemy prisoners to give the defense a chance to get the same high-quality expert assistance to which prosecutors have had access.
Jury selection was supposed to begin Tuesday in the court-martial of Sgt. Jermaine Nelson, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty.
AP: Soldier pleads guilty to assault in Iraq death
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — An Army staff sergeant who was facing a murder charge in the death of an Iraqi detainee pleaded guilty to assault on Wednesday and received more than a year’s confinement.
Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner was sentenced to 17 months’ confinement, had his rank reduced to private and was given a bad conduct discharge. He pleaded guilty to charges of assault, maltreatment of a subordinate and making a false statement.
