Court-Martial Near in Iraq Rape-Killing (of 14 year old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi)

[Ghost in the Machine]

Court-Martial Near in Iraq Rape-Killing
Published: 7/29/07, 8:45 PM EDT
By RYAN LENZ

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Spc. Jesse Spielman crept alongside three soldiers as they cut through wire fences to enter the home of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, not knowing about the rape and murder that awaited, defense attorneys said.

It seemed another routine raid on a home in an area gripped by insurgents, said attorney Craig Carlson, who will defend Spielman against rape and murder charges at his court-martial Monday at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Spielman is not accused of raping and killing Abeer Qassim al-Janabi or slaying her family in March 2006 midway through a yearlong deployment for the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division.

Instead, prosecutors say he knew of the plan, did nothing to stop it once it began and touched the girl's nude body before the soldiers left, according to military charging documents released at the time of his arrest.

http://home.bellsouth.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=2728&eeid=5329467&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=1&ck=&ch=ne

[ck4829]

1. May we never forget what happened to poor Abeer and her family

[Ghost in the Machine]

3. That's exactly why I added her name to the subject line - Abeer Qassim al-Janabi - remember

that name...

"We must not forget the death of Abeer, who was allegedly stalked, raped and killed by American soldiers.

Abeer was 14 years old; her name means 'fragrance of flowers.'

Her birthday is August 19, her death day March 12.

We cannot let this crime, too, pass into oblivion."

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/40481/

Abeer puts a name on the 600,000+ innocent Iraqis killed in this occupation.

[Grandrose]

2. Merciful Heavens.....

May that beautiful little girl and her family finally get justice and peace!:cry: :kick:

[Ghost in the Machine]

4. It's part of our shame of this illegal occupation... and a name that will make

a million more muslims hate us, where they may not have before this war...