20060723 KDDC PA Guardsman cleared of charges in Iraq

Pennsylvania Guardsman cleared of charges in Iraq

July 23^rd, 2006

Good news for the American military.

However, in the big picture, decisions in combat are made on the nanosecond level and the last thing we want American soldiers to do in combat is to start hesitating as that will only result in the needless death of more American soldiers.

This is exactly what the enemy wants American men and women in uniform to do - hesitate and worry that the next shot will subject them to baseless second-guessing-charges and months of hassles and humiliation at the hands of the liberal main stream media and the Democratic Party.

Meanwhile, MSNBC is carrying a Reuters story: “U.S. military clears soldier of killing Iraqi - - Pa. Guardsman had been accused of murder, cover-up in Ramadi,” - Updated: 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military has cleared a soldier of unlawfully killing an Iraqi civilian after investigators concluded Specialist Nathan Lynn had reason to believe the man was carrying a gun when he opened fire.

Charges were brought against Lynn last month at a time when several murder investigations into U.S. troops in Iraq have prompted questions about their behavior and complaints from the new Iraqi government about a culture of impunity among soldiers.

“The commander ... has withdrawn ... the charges,” a military spokesman said on Saturday. “He is now authorized to rejoin his unit in Pennsylvania.”

Read the rest of the story here.

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