AP: Sailor details Hamdania killing at Marine's sentencing hearing

[Eugene]

Posted on Wed, Feb. 07, 2007

Sailor details Hamdania killing at Marine's sentencing hearing
THOMAS WATKINS
Associated Press

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Navy medic told a military court Wednesday that one of his
closest friends - a Marine corporal he regarded as a brother - was instrumental in the
kidnapping and killing of an Iraqi man last year.

Prosecutors called Seaman Recruit Melson J. Bacos as a witness during Cpl. Trent D.
Thomas' sentencing hearing. Thomas pleaded guilty Jan. 18 to murder, kidnapping and
other charges as part of a plea deal. He was one of seven Marines who along with Bacos
were charged in the April 26 slaying of Hashim Ibrahim Awad in the Iraqi town of
Hamdania.

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Bacos implicated other squad members in his testimony. He told prosecutors that after
Awad was dead, squad leader Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III said, "Congratulations, we just
got away with murder, gents."

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Full article: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/16647535.htm

Also: Marine leader said to have boasted of Iraq murder - Reuters

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Support the troops.

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[saigon68]

2. Yes 'BLOWING AWAY" an islamic is just a frat prank

Not surprizing that the "troop enablers" are avoiding this thread