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作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-8 16:04
标题: Army details rape-slaying of Iraqi girl
BAGHDAD, Iraq - American soldiers took turns raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, and one of them put a bullet through her head after killing her parents and 5-year-old sister, an Army investigator testified Monday.

The attack followed a session of whiskey drinking and card-playing during which five soldiers plotted the March 12 assault, criminal investigator Benjamin Bierce said.

He cited details from a sworn statement by Spc. James P. Barker in which the soldier told how he and his comrades practiced hitting golf balls before heading to the Iraqi teen's home 250 yards from their post at a traffic checkpoint.

After the slayings, the soldiers returned to their post, where Barker grilled chicken wings, Bierce testified.

The testimony came on the second day of a hearing to determine whether the soldiers should stand trial in the rape-slaying of Abeer Qassim al-Janabi and the killing of her father, Qassim Hamza, her mother, Fikhriya Taha, and her sister, Hadeel Qassim Hamza, in the town of Mahmoudiya.

The rape and killings are among the worst in a series of cases of alleged misconduct by U.S. service members that have tarnished the American military.

Barker is accused along with Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, Pfc. Jesse V. Spielman and Pfc. Bryan L. Howard of rape and murder. Another soldier, Sgt. Anthony W. Yribe, is accused of failing to report the attack but is not alleged to have been a direct participant.

Former Pfc. Steven D. Green was discharged from the Army for a "personality disorder" after the slayings and was arrested in North Carolina in June on rape and murder charges. He has pleaded not guilty in federal court and is being held without bond.

In his June 30 statement, Barker described playing cards and drinking Iraqi whiskey mixed with an energy drink as the defendants plotted the attack.

Bierce said Barker's statement made it clear that Green was persistent about wanting to kill some Iraqis and kept bringing up the idea. At some point, they decided to go to the house of Abeer, whom they had seen passing their checkpoint.

Barker said the soldiers found the girl and her father outside their home. Spielman grabbed the girl while Green seized her father and took them into the house, Barker's statement said, and Cortez and Barker followed them inside.

Green led the father, mother and younger sister into the bedroom and closed the door, while the teenage girl remained in the living room with the others, Barker's statement said.

Cortez pushed the girl to the floor, lifted her dress and tore off her underwear while she struggled, Bierce said, citing Barker's statement. Cortez appeared to rape her, then Barker tried to rape the girl, according to the statement.

Suddenly, the group heard gunshots, and Green came out of the bedroom holding an AK-47 rifle and declared: '"They're all dead. I just killed them,"' according to the statement.

Green then raped the girl while Cortez held her down, Barker's statement said. Green picked up the AK-47 and shot the girl once, paused, then shot her several more times, Bierce said, quoting Barker's statement.

Barker said he poured fuel from a kerosene lamp on the girl's body but did not say who set it on fire. The soldier's statement did not say whether Howard or Spielman participated in the rape, Bierce said.

Another investigator, Gary Griesmyer, quoted Cortez as telling him that the teenage girl was weeping and speaking in Arabic and that Barker told her to "shut up."

Also Monday, another soldier, Pfc. Justin Watt, testified that Howard told him before the incident that Green, Cortez and Barker had planned to rape a girl, and Howard was to be the lookout.

"There's nothing I've read that says what to do if your buddies have raped and murdered a family," Watt said.

Another investigator, Michael Hood, told the hearing he interviewed Spielman, who denied shooting or having sex with anyone in the house. Spielman was given a lie-detector test and passed, Hood said.

Since the case became public last month, U.S. officials have said they were concerned it could strain relations with     Iraq's new government if Iraqis perceive that the soldiers receive lenient treatment.

They have offered assurances the case will be pursued vigorously and that the soldiers will be punished if convicted.

The case already has increased demands for changes in an agreement that exempts U.S. soldiers from prosecution in Iraqi courts, and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has demanded an independent investigation.

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-8 16:21
为无辜的阿比尔.卡西姆.阿尔贾纳比Abeer Qassim al-Janabi及其家人默哀

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-8 16:23
毫无人性的兽兵，竟然在杀完人后还能再去吃肉喝酒

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-8 16:26
且看如何判决
应该交给伊拉克法庭审判

作者: 西夏名猪 时间: 2006-8-8 16:26
太长了，翻译一下。。。

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-8 16:28
我想还是找个相关的中文报道贴上比较省事

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-8 16:32
今年7月3日，21岁的前驻伊美军士兵史蒂文·格林被美国北卡罗来纳州检察机关以强奸和谋杀罪名起诉。7月9日，美国军方又宣布另外4名涉及此案的士兵也遭到指控。今年3月，格林和其他几名驻伊美军士兵闯入巴格达以南的马哈茂迪耶一户居民家中，强奸了年仅14岁的少女阿尔比，然后开枪将她和她的三位家人打死。为了掩盖罪行，格林还焚烧了阿尔比的尸体。
　　
　　格林的原定受审日期为8月8日。但由于涉案的其他几名士兵于8月6日在伊拉克的美军基地内出席听证会，两次开庭所需要的证人和证据基本上相同，因此肯塔基州法官7月20日决定，将格林的受审日期推迟3个月。

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-8 16:52
英国《泰晤士报》报道，一名伊拉克军队的医护人员6日在美国军方的一个听证会上称，他是这一事件发生后第一个进入这名女孩家中的人士。他发现她左眼下方被一发子弹击中，杀害她的凶手点燃了她的尸体以掩盖他们的罪行。他在隔壁的房间发现了她的妹妹哈迪尔，她的头部中弹。这对姐妹的父母卡希姆和法赫里亚也被杀害。
这起案件是美国军方正在追查的涉及驻伊美军士兵的第五起案件。这五名士兵来自第101空降师，他们被控酗酒、更换平民服装、放弃他们的检查站哨位前往这名女孩的家中。
美国军方报纸《星条旗报》的一名前记者上周写道，格林在犯下凶杀案发生之前曾告诉他，杀人就像是踩蚂蚁。

作者: 闷头瞎走 时间: 2006-8-8 17:01
佩服lz，都看英文报道了！

作者: 美人鱼 时间: 2006-8-8 19:07
真是人间惨剧啊!

作者: 老狼 时间: 2006-8-8 23:09
主呀，慰问那些被人蹂躏的孩子们吧！

作者: cosmopolitan 时间: 2006-8-8 23:33

引用第0楼逸云于2006-08-08 16:04发表的“Army details rape-slaying of Iraqi girl”:
Cortez pushed the girl to the floor, lifted her dress and tore off her underwear while she struggled, Bierce said, citing Barker's statement. Cortez appeared to rape her, then Barker tried to rape the girl, according to the statement.

Suddenly, the group heard gunshots, and Green came out of the bedroom holding an AK-47 rifle and declared: '"They're all dead. I just killed them,"' according to the statement.

Green then raped the girl while Cortez held her down, Barker's statement said. Green picked up the AK-47 and shot the girl once, paused, then shot her several more times, Bierce said, quoting Barker's statement.

Barker said he poured fuel from a kerosene lamp on the girl's body but did not say who set it on fire.
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残暴！令人发指！

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-10 16:27
A U.S. Army private yesterday described the ever- present fear of death gripping his unit, members of which stand accused of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl and killing her family in Iraq's infamous "Triangle of Death."

"You're just walking a death walk," Pfc. Justin Cross told a hear ing to determine whether five fel low soldiers must stand trial in the March 12 attack near Mahmoudiya.

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-10 16:29
But prosecutors argued that the threats of war, arduous missions and frequent loss of life were no excuse for rape and murder.

"Murder, not war. Rape, not war. That's what we're here talking about today," prosecutor Capt. Alex Pickands said in his closing ar gument before the three-day hear ing concluded. "Cold food didn't kill that family. Personnel assignments didn't rape and murder that 14-year-old little girl."

Pickands said the suspects "gathered together over cards and booze and came up with a plan to rape and murder that little girl."

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-10 16:32
Spc. James P. Barker, Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, Pfc. Jesse V. Spielman and Pfc. Bryan L. Howard are accused of raping and murdering the girl and killing her parents and 5-year-old sister. Another soldier, Sgt. Anthony W. Yribe, is accused of failing to report the attack but is not alleged to have participated.

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-10 16:34
"It drives you nuts. You feel like every step you might get blown up," Cross told the hearing. "You just hit a point where you're like, 'If I die today, I die.'"

Cross said the unit was "full of despair," and he feared dying at his post before he could go home.

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-10 16:35
To cope with the stress, he said, soldiers turned to whiskey -- a violation of U.S. regulations in Iraq -- and painkillers to ease their fears.

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-10 16:36
Much of the testimony has centered on former Pfc. Steven D. Green, who was discharged due to a "personality disorder."

Green was arrested in June shortly after the command learned that U.S. soldiers might have been involved in the attack. He has pleaded not guilty to rape and murder charges and is being held in the United States.

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-10 16:41
种种辩解都不能抹煞杀人的罪行。且看如何判决
强暴在阿拉伯世界来说是最难以接受的，如果美军轻判（不管以何种借口），都将引起更大的民愤和更强烈的抵抗

作者: 美人鱼 时间: 2006-8-10 17:22
记得,美国有一电视节目,

比较深度地探讨,

男人对强奸的看法,

基本上,他们都无以为然,,,

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-11 08:43
这种不以为然实际上是一个社会道德没落的征象，而不属于文化差异

作者: 逸云 时间: 2006-8-11 10:41

引用第19楼美人鱼于10-08-2006 17:22发表的“”:
记得,美国有一电视节目,

比较深度地探讨,

男人对强奸的看法,
.......

that is because they were talking in the stand of a inflicter, not a victim,

if they appeared after raped, say sodomized, what should they say?

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