Rules of Engagement?: A Social Anatomy of an American War Crime – Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq by Stjepan G. Mestrovic
Requirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 2.6 Mb
Overview: Coalition and Iraqi troops raided an insurgent training camp southwest of Tikrit as part of Operation Iron Triangle May 9-11, 2006. After intelligence sources identified the 60-square-mile Muthana Chemical Complex, 200 soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division and about 230 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division assaulted the complex. The operation resulted in the detention of 200 suspected terrorists and the confiscation of weapons and propaganda materials.
Mestrovic’s book investigates the three soldiers who were charged with murder after questions were raised about the rules of engagement (ROE), which were to kill every military aged male on sight for Operation Iron Triangle. The statements given by the three soldiers presented three distinct versions of what happened. The Prosecution avoided going to trial by getting the defendants to agree to plea bargains. Colonel Steele, the commanding officer who issued the unlawful ROE, was never prosecuted and neither was anyone further up the chain of command. Pfc. Corey Clagett was sentenced to 18 years in prison in January 2007.
Genre: Non-Fiction > General
Download Instructions:
http://gestyy.com/w8zs3F
http://gestyy.com/w8zs3L
http://gestyy.com/w8zs33
