tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14144745.post-75982430939491440982009-11-22T19:15:00.002-05:002009-11-23T22:47:40.338-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:tahoma, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div class="post-headline"><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://freedetainees.org/4300">Soldier testifies he shot detainee in self-defense</a></span></h3><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ed Note: If you have been following this case – you’ll know how insane this defense is.</span></span></h3></div><div class="post-bodycopy clearfix" style="min-width: 0px; display: block; text-align: left !important; "><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) – An Army officer testified that he shot and killed an Iraqi detainee because he felt he was in danger.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1st Lt. Michael Behenna is charged with premeditated murder, but during trial testimony Thursday at Fort Campbell he said he did not intend to kill Ali Mansour Mohammed.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Behenna said he made several mistakes while he was interrogating the detainee in a secluded railroad culvert near Beiji, Iraq.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; text-align: left; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; text-align: left; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span id="more-4300"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He said he should not have stripped the detainee and pointed his weapon at him, but that he was trying to scare him into giving information about insurgents. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Behenna said he looked away and then saw Mohammed moving his hands toward the gun. Behenna said he shot the detainee twice.</span></p></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14144745-7598243093949144098?l=eaazi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joachim Martillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00121944171459090792tprovoni@aol.com0