US soldier jailed for Iraq deaths
Title of newspaper article: US soldier jailed for Iraq deaths
Newspaper: BBC News
Summary:
US soldier Ribordy is jailed for being part in the unlawful killing of four Iraqi prisoners in April 2007. He has to spend eight months in prison. He stood guard and watched how six other soldiers shot the prisoners and helped to through their bodies into a canal. Three soldiers were jailed with murder because of that case and another one was arrested last month. Ribordy felt guilty for what happened.
Analysis:
This is a conflict that often happens, when foreign soldiers are in another country. It’s not right that there are always people who let that happen, like Ribordy in this case and of course it’s not right that it happen.
I think it’s sad that Ribordy and the other soldier are not jailed until now, 17 months after the killing. And two of them haven’t got a fine till now and might not get it. I don’t know how it could be that it happens again and again. Why don’t they learn from the conflicts in the past? And why are they doing it. One theory says, that it’s because they are in a foreign country and are away from friends and family for a long time. But this shouldn’t happen.
Filed under: Lisa, Week of Oct 6
