Grieving Soldier faces War Crimes Trial for punching Taliban Suspect
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A grieving soldier faces a "war crimes" trial for punching a Taliban prisoner suspected of killing his closest comrade.
Lance Corporal Lawrence Soni had a "flash of anger" after the fanatic - caught laying a mine - laughed in his face.
Days earlier he had been given the heartbreaking news that Cpl Joseph "Etch" Etchells, had been blown up and killed.
Fellow troops restrained Soni after he landed a hot-headed thump on the insurgent, knocking him out.
The 22-year-old, on his second tour of Afghanistan, was put under investigation and detectives from the Army's Special Investigation Branch are investigating him for a possible "war crime" charge of assaulting a prisoner.
The soldier's shocked father Jaspal, 50, said last night: "All Lawrence ever wanted was to fight for his country.
"He and Joseph were incredibly close. Lawrence lashed out but in his mind this was the man that had killed his friend. The Army have used him as a scapegoat."
If convicted he could spend up to a year in prison and would be thrown out of the Army in disgrace. Last night Colonel Richard Kemp, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, said: "This doesn't sound like a war crime. Considering the huge pressures that troops face in Helmand - getting blown up at any time and seeing their friends blown up - we should be in awe of their restraint."
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Lance Corporal Lawrence Soni had a "flash of anger" after the fanatic - caught laying a mine - laughed in his face.
Days earlier he had been given the heartbreaking news that Cpl Joseph "Etch" Etchells, had been blown up and killed.
Fellow troops restrained Soni after he landed a hot-headed thump on the insurgent, knocking him out.
The 22-year-old, on his second tour of Afghanistan, was put under investigation and detectives from the Army's Special Investigation Branch are investigating him for a possible "war crime" charge of assaulting a prisoner.
The soldier's shocked father Jaspal, 50, said last night: "All Lawrence ever wanted was to fight for his country.
"He and Joseph were incredibly close. Lawrence lashed out but in his mind this was the man that had killed his friend. The Army have used him as a scapegoat."
If convicted he could spend up to a year in prison and would be thrown out of the Army in disgrace. Last night Colonel Richard Kemp, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, said: "This doesn't sound like a war crime. Considering the huge pressures that troops face in Helmand - getting blown up at any time and seeing their friends blown up - we should be in awe of their restraint."
http://www.bigredkev.com/2009/11/soldier-faces-war-crimes-trial-for.html
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chivideoguy
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This is not a war crime. War crimes are what those soldiers did in Abu Grab. All he did was defend the honor of not only his close friend, but the honor of all soldiers who have died fighting this war. If my closest friend had died from a land mine and we caught a guy doing that and he laughed in my face over it, I'd knock him the fuck out too!
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chivideoguy
