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An update from Glenn on the drowning of an Iraqi citizen first noted by Zeyad. A terrible event, tragic and horrible beyond all words. Must note, however, the linked Reuters piece alternates paragraphs of this story with bits of a report on mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and elsewhere. Not really the same story, except that both involve Soldiers, and although both are examples of the Army seeking justice rather publicly when it's own are accused of crimes, the press seems intent on spinning it otherwise.
Hopefully justice will be swift and true. Sadly, I expect the search for "smoking gun memos" from Secretary Rumsfeld authorizing the tossing of Iraqis into rivers to follow.
Update to the update: This Denver Post article might be the original source of the Reuters piece. It tries to tie the story to the prison abuse cases too, through a connection with other Ft Carson troops charged with manslaughter in a separate case. All of which are inexcusable and reprehensible, and related in the sense that all murders that occur in your town are related.
That tenuous connection wasn't enough for Reuters, who folded this story into it too.