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Lawyer asks Marines to drop Iraq murder charge

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A Marine's lawyer says the military will decide as early Friday whether to drop charges that his client murdered an unarmed detainee in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Attorney Joseph Low says Gen. Samuel Helland made the pledge during a private meeting Wednesday at Camp Pendleton. The lawyer urged Helland to drop charges against Sgt. Jermaine Nelson, who has pleaded not guilty to unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the November 2004 death. Nelson faces a maximum sentence of life in...Read Full Story

Marine faces court martial in Fallujah killing

By waddingtonweb on  From court-martial-defense-attorney.com
Marine faces court-martial in Fallujah killing (AP) – 29 Sep 2009 CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The government failed twice to persuade jurors that members of a Marine squad wrongly killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq. Now it's trying a third time. A court-martial is scheduled to begin Tuesday at Camp Pendleton for Sgt. Jermaine Nelson, who has pleaded not guilty to unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the November 2004 death of a detainee. The Marines were involved in vicious...Read Full Story

Marine faces court martial in Fallujah killing at Camp Pendleton

By waddingtonweb on  From court-martial-defense-attorney.com
Marine faces court martial in Fallujah killing (AP) – 6 days ago CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine charged with murdering an unarmed detainee in Fallujah, Iraq, is scheduled to go on trial. Sgt. Jermaine Nelson of New York has pleaded not guilty to unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty. He is accused of killing a detainee after a group of men was captured during a battle in November 2004. Nelson's court-martial begins Tuesday at Camp Pendleton. If convicted of murder, he faces a...Read Full Story

Camp Pendleton Marine reservist faces court martial for security breach

By waddingtonweb on  From court-martial-defense-attorney.com
Marine reservist faces court martial for security breach MASTER SGT. REINALDO PAGAN TRIAL STARTS FRIDAY AT CAMP PENDLETON Written by MARK WALKER Posted at http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/military/article_2670a650-9709-57c5-b0fb-755e2a8bd478.html A Marine reservist accused of removing secret documents at Camp Pendleton and sharing them with civilian law enforcement officials goes on trial at Camp Pendleton on Friday. Master Sgt. Reinaldo Pagan, who also is a member of the Hayward Police...Read Full Story

Camp Pendleton Marine reservist faces court martial for security breach

By waddingtonweb on  From ucmjdefense.blogspot.com
Marine reservist faces court martial for security breach MASTER SGT. REINALDO PAGAN TRIAL STARTS FRIDAY AT CAMP PENDLETON Written by MARK WALKER Posted at http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/military/article_2670a650-9709-57c5-b0fb-755e2a8bd478.html A Marine reservist accused of removing secret documents at Camp Pendleton and sharing them with civilian law enforcement officials goes on trial at Camp Pendleton on Friday. Master Sgt. Reinaldo Pagan, who also is a member of the Hayward Police...Read Full Story
The drones are indeed coming. Specifically, they're coming to the US, to our skies. At first they will be unarmed. At first in Iraq and Afghanistan they were unarmed. How long do you think that will last? There is an article in the LA Times ...  
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RAMADI, Iraq, Feb. 13- A government-backed paramilitary group leader and two of his guards were killed Monday by gunmen in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial police source said. Unidentified gunmen opened fire from their assault rifles on the ...  
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty on Monday, reaching a plea deal and ending the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops to emerge...  
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CAMP PENDLETON – The second RPG round blew Cpl. Mike Dowling off his feet. The Marine had never seen combat before, but in 2004, he found himself in the thick of battle in Iraq's infamous "Triangle of Death." Boom! The blast from the rocket-propelled grenade slammed him into the ground, along with a fellow Marine, Sgt. Rex. As Dowling recounts in his just-published book, the explosion must have knocked him out cold for a second: "I come to...  
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Fallujah, Iraq - Fallujah still bears the scars of war; skeletons continue to be pulled from the rubble of bombed buildings, and, worse, rates of birth defects and childhood malformations have skyrocketed. There is evidence of reconstruction, but ...  
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Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for a court session at Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for a court session at Camp Pendleton ...  
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CAMP PENDLETON, CALIF.—A Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty on Monday, reaching a plea deal and ending the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops to emerge from the Iraq ...  
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