Soldiers testified that in the process of detaining Mr. Hamoodi, he appeared to reach for his weapon and needed to be subdued.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is the Wikipedia summary. I'd say that the whole NYT article is much > kinder to West than this summary: > > While serving in Taji, Iraq <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taji,_Iraq>, > West > received qualified information from an intelligence specialist about a plot > to ambush his unit. The alleged plot reportedly involved Yahya Jhodri > Hamoodi, a civilian Iraqi police < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Police> > officer. West had his men detain > Hamoodi.[12]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)#cite_note-WestNYT-12> > Soldiers testified that in the process of detaining Mr. Hamoodi, he > appeared to reach for his weapon and needed to be > subdued.[12]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)#cite_note-WestNYT-12 > >Hamoodi > was beaten by four soldiers from the 2/20th Field Artillery Battalion on > the head and body.[13]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)#cite_note-CNN.com-13> > West then fired his pistol near Hamoodi's > head,[12]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)#cite_note-WestNYT-12> > after which Hamoodi provided West with names and information, which > Hamoodi later described as "meaningless information induced by fear and > pain."[12]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)#cite_note-WestNYT-12> > At least one of these suspects was arrested as a result, but no plans for > attacks or weapons were > found.[12]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)#cite_note-WestNYT-12> > West said "At the time I had to base my decision on the intelligence I > received. It's possible that I was wrong about Mr. > Hamoodi."[12]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)#cite_note-WestNYT-12> > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > "generally tortured"? > > > > what does that mean? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358609 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
