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June 25th, 2006 - Soldier who
Killed Iraqi Man Released from Prison |
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Soldier who Killed Iraqi Man
Released from Prison Associated Press June 25, 2006 A U.S. Army soldier
convicted of fatally shooting an Iraqi cow herder in the back of the head was
released from an Oklahoma military prison almost a year early, his attorney
said. Army Spec. Edward Richmond
Jr., 22, of Gonzales, La., was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and
sentenced in August 2004 to three years in prison for the April 28, 2004,
shooting death of Muhamad Husain Kadir in the village of Taal Al Jal, which
is about 40 miles southwest of Kirkuk. Richmond was released on
parole, his attorney said Friday. "He told me this
morning it feels good to be free," said Richmond's father, Edward
Richmond Sr. The shooting was one of two
of Iraqi civilians during a 10-day period by members of the same Hawaii-based
platoon, the HHC 1/27th Mortar platoon. Richmond Jr. said that he
shot Kadir because he thought he lunged at the soldier who was holding him,
Sgt. Jeffrey D. Waruch of Olean, N.Y., and that he wasn't aware Kadir's hands
were bound. Waruch was accused in the
other shooting, in which a 13-year-old girl was killed and her mother and
sister wounded. Waruch was discharged without being accused of a crime. Army
officials determined it was unlikely they would find sufficient evidence
against him. Both shootings were examined
by the Dayton Daily News last year. External link:
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/14896276.htm |