{"id":38764,"date":"2013-12-07T09:24:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T14:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38764"},"modified":"2013-12-08T07:33:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T12:33:29","slug":"royal-marine-to-be-sentenced-for-murder-of-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38764","title":{"rendered":"Royal Marine to be sentenced for murder of Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROS sends us a link to a Guardian<\/a> story about a Royal Marine who was sentenced for the murder of an injured Taliban member. Actually, the story is about what the Guardian considers a victory of sorts because they convinced the judge to release the Marine’s name. Anyway,the story goes like this;<\/p>\n

His court martial in Bulford, Wiltshire, was shown a damning video of him firing his pistol into the chest of the prisoner, who had been badly wounded in a helicopter strike. He was heard telling the dying man: “There you are, shuffle off this mortal coil, you cunt. It’s nothing you wouldn’t do to us.”<\/p>\n

The lifting of the anonymity order means that the full details of Blackman’s career can be revealed for the first time.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

By then [his second tour of Afghanistan, following a tour to Iraq] a sergeant, he was considered a safe pair of hands by his superiors, a physically imposing marine who led from the front.<\/p>\n

In May 2011, […] was devastated when a roadside bomb claimed the lives of two hugely well-liked and admired marines, including Lieutenant Ollie Augustin, 23, whom Blackman had mentored. “We had a good rapport,” Blackman said. “He was developing into a very good officer.”<\/p>\n

Another man lost a leg in the attack. […] and his comrades were outraged to see it hung from a tree as a gruesome trophy. “It’s not a nice thing when you find out body parts have been displayed as a kind of trophy for the world to see,” said […].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I edited out his name, because he has a wife and children who the government claims that they’ve taken steps to protect. I don’t believe it. They also claim that they’ve taken steps to protect him if he’s sent to prison. I don’t believe that either. Now that the media has declared their right to endanger his life and the lives of his family, I hope the media and the judge are willing to accept their culpability should anything happen to any of the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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