Interrogation-in-a-Bag

A
military jury recommended a simple reprimand Monday for an Army officer
who killed an Iraqi general by stuffing him headfirst into a sleeping
bag and sitting on his chest during an interrogation.

As soldiers applauded in the courtroom, Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer
Jr. hugged his wife after hearing the surprisingly light sentence, which
will be reviewed by Fort Carson’s commander, Maj. Gen. Robert W. Mixon.

Welshofer, 43, was charged with murder, but was convicted over the weekend
of negligent homicide and negligent dereliction of duty that carried a
penalty of up to three years and three months in prison, a dishonorable
discharge, loss of pension and other penalties. The murder charge carried
a potential sentence of life in prison. Instead, Welshofer faces no jail
time, the forfeiture of $6,000 in salary and what amounts largely to a
restriction to his barracks for 60 days.

Wait a minute, didn’t a bunch of religious fanatics just get life
for doing the same thing to an 11-year-old girl who was possessed by the
devil? Guess they should have claimed the girl was possessed by the spirit
of an Iraqi general….

from the AP