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| US officer in Iraq may face life sentence |
| 2007-10-15 |
| A US officer has been sent to court-martial in connection with seven charges that may send him into prison for good, the US army said here Sunday. US Colonel William H. Steele has been convicted in three charges, while four charges are still being investigated, the army said in a release. Steele has been charged with nine violations, including fraternizing with the daughter of a detainee, mishandling classified information and government funds, having an inappropriate relationship with an interpreter and possessing pornography. When Steele left his job at western Baghdad's Camp Cropper detention center for another position in Iraq, he took 18,000 electronic and printed classified documents, witnesses testified. Like the Abu Ghraib scandal, the allegations against Steele have raised questions about the behavior of military jailers in Iraq. But one of the key questions about Steele seemed to be whether he was treating detainees far too well, in violation of military law. If Steele is convicted in the other four charges during a trial to be held on October 15, he may face life sentence. Steele is now held in Theater Field Detention Facility in the State of Kuwait pending trial. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #3 He's mistake was making the military a career choice. His resume speaks volumes of qualification for employment as either a Representative or Senator in Congress. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-10-15 10:53 |
| #2 He was only trying to honor the spirit of international law on treatment of detainees. It's a crime now to not be a 'war criminal.' (I intend it as sarcasm but I suspect many of the western 'elite' would actually say it and mean it.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-10-15 07:04 |
| #1 This is the gentleman who gave cell phones to the detainees, I think. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-15 06:50 |