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The
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The Killing of Gani Ahmad Zaben |
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U.S. solder interrogates
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Background - Ramadi,
February 15th, 2006 “An investigating officer in Baghdad has recommended that commanders
drop voluntary manslaughter and conspiracy charges against a Pennsylvania
National Guard soldier after determining that he followed appropriate rules
of engagement when he killed an Iraqi man in the insurgent stronghold of
Ramadi in February. Army Lt. Col. John W. McClory found that Spec. Nathan B.
Lynn, 21, of South Williamsport, Pa., did nothing wrong in shooting Gani
Ahmad Zaben in the post-curfew darkness outside a group of homes on Feb. 15.
[…] ‘Although evidence in this case indicates that the victim was in fact
unarmed, sufficient evidence was presented that SPC Lynn thought the man was
armed, perceived hostile intent from the movement of the victim in an active
area of combat operations, and acted within the ROE in engaging the target
with deadly force,’ McClory wrote in his report to commanders on Thursday.
[…]” Excerpt of a
Washington Post article
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August 17th, 2006 - Pa. Guardsman Returns From Iraq
After Court-Martial 1 news article by
the Associated Press August 5th, 2006 - Pa. Soldier Avoids Prison with
Plea in Iraqi Slaying Case 1 news article by
the Associated Press July 23rd, 2006 - Pa. Guardsman Cleared in Iraqi's
Death 1 news article by
the Associated Press July 22nd, 2006 - Killing by Guardsman in Iraq
Called Appropriate 1 news article by
the Associated Press June 30th, 2006 - U.S. Servicemen Suspected of
Unlawful Killings 1 news article of
Reuters June 26th, 2006 - Guardsmen Charged in Iraqi’s
Death 1 news article by
Washington Post June 25th, 2006 - U.S. Charges Another Soldier in
Iraq Killing 1 news article by
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June 25th, 2006 - Two Soldiers Charged News Release by
the Headquarters U.S. Central Command |
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War Scenes from Ramadi |
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U.S. humvee hit by IED |
Aftermath of IED attack against U.S. convoy |
Ramadi Insurgents |
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Background 1) An unidentified Iraqi soldier questions an unidentified Iraqi man
after he approached officials during an Iraqi recruiting drive in the Iraqi
city of Ramadi on Monday March 27, 2006, saying he wanted to join to get a
pistol. The man was suspected of scouting out the complex for insurgents. He
was questioned and was released later the same day - March 28th,
2006 - Todd Pitman/Associated Press; War Scenes from Ramadi 1) An Iraqi
commando, right, and a U.S. Army soldier look at a burning Humvee that was
hit by an improvised explosive device a block from where voters entered a
polling station Sunday in Ramadi - February 2005 - Joe Raedle / Getty Images; 2) A local
resident looks back at the scene of an overnight bomb attack on a U.S. convoy
of armored vehicles on the outskirts of Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 113
kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad - February 17, 2005 - Bilal
Hussein/Associated Press; 3) Insurgents
engage in street fighting in Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 113 kilometers
(70 miles) west of Baghdad Saturday. Four suicide bombers blew themselves up
Saturday, killing at least five people, in the latest wave of violence to mar
the most important holiday in the Shiite Muslim calendar - February 19th,
2005 - Bilal Hussein/Associated Press; |
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