Fort Bragg lieutenant found guilty in Afghan civilians' deaths

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Fort Bragg lieutenant found guilty in Afghan civilians' deaths

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Fort Bragg, N.C. — A military jury on Thursday found a Fort Bragg Army lieutenant guilty of murder in the shooting deaths of two Afghan civilians more than a year ago during a military mission.

Prosecutors characterized 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, 28, with Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team, as aggressive toward Afghans and argued that he illegally ordered the fatal shootings of two men on motorcycles in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.

http://www.wral.com/fort-bragg-lieutenant-found-guilty-in-afghan-civilians-deaths/12731599/

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To the untrained eye, it seems that ordinary US military personnel operating in a dangerous area get prosecuted for executing suspects without a trial but SWC Obama can target kill suspects without a trial and does not get prosecurted, isn't it blatant double standard ?



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I'd recommend not reading the comments on this story.

Did you have to warn. I ended up reading all 115 comments because of your post.


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I'd recommend not reading the comments on this story.

I will not , am off to work , that is enough for me , I am not a glutton.