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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 prison if convicted of murder. Nelson's squadmate, Sgt. Ryan Weemer, was acquitted of murder this month by a military jury. His squad ... Read Full Story
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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 house-to-house fighting to recapture Fallujah from insurgents. If convicted of murder, Nelson, of New York, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. ... Read Full Story
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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 Department, is accused of dereliction of duty and failing to safeguard classified information. He also is accused of stealing an M-16 rifle. Pagan is considered innocent unless the charges are proven during his court-martial, which is expected to last ... Read Full Story
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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 Department, is accused of dereliction of duty and failing to safeguard classified information. He also is accused of stealing an M-16 rifle. Pagan is considered innocent unless the charges are proven during his court-martial, which is expected to last ... Read Full Story
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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 maximum sentence of life in prison. The only other defendants in the case have been acquitted. Nelson's squadmate, Sgt. Ryan ... Read Full Story
Belfast Telegraph Wednesday, 30 December 2009 The British Army wanted to change the law to allow soldiers to open fire on unarmed prisoners trying to escape from the Maze to be a more effective deterrent in the late 1970s, it has emerged. A confidential memo written by Major Richard Turner to the NIO revealed they had concerns that [...]  
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On Friday, Nov. 13, the London Guardian reported a "Huge rise in birth defects in Fallujah," Iraq. I sent the news to KPFA Radio 94.1FM Weekend News anchor Anthony Fest, along with contact info for Bob Nichols, San Francisco Bay View newspaper correspondent and winner of a 2004 Project Censored Award for his reporting on the U.S. military's use of depleted uranium weapons in Iraq and consequent radiation poisoning.  
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March 31, 2004: Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as the charred and mutilated bodies of U.S. contractors hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, Iraq.(Fox News) - Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges...  
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An explosion targeted the convoy of Fallujah police officer Major Saad Al Shumari wounding seven bodyguards. 11 policemen were killed and four others were wounded in Fallujah when bombs planted by unknown gunmen exploded. In Mosul, a person was killed and 20 army recruits were wounded in a car ...  
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.ash (flickr)" title="Iraqi women are caught in the crossfire between military troops and insurgents. Can dairy farming help bring peace to Fallujah? Photo: .ash (flickr)" class="img" width="500px" height="333px" />Iraqi women are caught in the crossfire between military troops and insurgents. Can dairy farming help bring peace to Fallujah? Photo: .ash (flickr)Here's an innovative way to expand economic opportunity for Iraqi widows and reduce...  
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Fallujah is located in Iraq.  Fallujah is where American Contractors were hanged upside down on a bridge.  Fallujah is where those bodies were dragged through the streets with everything inhumanly possible done  to them.  Fallujah was the place that the Marines and other fighting forces faced down Saddam’s remnants of his Pretorian Sunni Guard and others.  [...]  
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Fallujah, a city forever marked by the U.S. assault on Iraqi forces there, is dealing with another claim to infamy—infant deformities running 15 times higher than normal and a spike in cases of early-life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials from the fighting. The Guardian: Doctors in Iraq’s war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that...  
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