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01/05/2004 Archived Entry: "Three soldiers being discharged for mistreatment of Iraqis."
Three soldiers being discharged for mistreatment of Iraqis.
CNN reports that 3 Army MPs have been dishonorably discharged for mistreating Iraqi prisoners.
Good on the Army. There's no room for sadistic fuckheads when it comes to detainees - from any country.
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Actually, there were four charged, one chose to take an OTH (Other-Than-Honorable) discharge rather than facing any judicial proceedings. Of the remaining three, only one got an OTH, the other two were awarded discharges termed "General Under Honorable Conditions", which are essentially Honorable, it just means you screwed the pooch somehow. OTH dischargees also have few to no vetrans benefits.
The OTH and General UHC, are both "administrative" discharges, and not easily reviewable or easily subject to appealate review like the Bad Conduct and Dishonorable Discharge are (but then they are like felony convictions).
So two got hammered, two walked off.
Posted by Jo Fish @ 01/05/2004 02:42 PM NY
actually, I was apalled that these folks were not dishonorably discharged. The account I read only had one of them being discharged on "other than honorable" criteria. One was allowed to have an honorable discharge if he agreed to loss of rank and pay. They all should have been court martialed.
Posted by annoyed with the US Code of Military Justice @ 01/07/2004 03:20 PM NY
