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 5:15 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:358611 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
