Soldier of Misfortune: Claims of a cover-up in the killing of a metro Detroit man in Iraq

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from the Detroit Metro Times:





Soldier of Misfortune
Claims of a cover-up in the killing of a metro Detroit man in Iraq

By Curt Guyette
Published: June 6, 2012


Five years ago, after surviving one tour of duty in Iraq and another in Afghanistan, Cpl. Justin Pope left the Marine Corps to take a lucrative, high-prestige job with a private military contractor providing security at the American embassy in Erbil, Iraq.

From the time he was a kid growing up in Riverview, Pope always knew he would be in a uniform some day, protecting people. The new job would be an extension of that, providing the experience and advanced training that would further his career.

Instead, it brought an end to his life.

On the night of March 4, 2009, the square-jawed 25-year-old was in his room at the embassy compound when a single bullet from a 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun fired at point-blank range entered his mouth, passed through his brain and exited the back of his skull. ........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://metrotimes.com/news/soldier-of-misfortune-1.1325448

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1. So Pope joins a shady mercenary firm

And the family is shocked that they have NO recourse against the firm in finding out the truth behind the son's shady death?