LT Clint Lorance: 20yrs In Leavenworth For Attack On Taliban UPDATE! 10.10.13 -- DCX
Twenty eight year old First Lieutenant Clint Lorance of North Texas was recently found guilty of two counts of murder in the July 2012 killing of two suspected Taliban fighters in a remote sector of Kandahar Province Afghanistan. Lorance was sentenced to 20 years in Leavenworth, dismissed from the army and must forfeit all pay. He was found not guilty of making a false official statement.
Prosecutors insisted Lorance ordered his men to open fire on unarmed civilians which violates the U.S. military‘s official rules of engagement – a policy that requires them to hold their fire unless there’s evidence of hostile action or direct hostile intent. Capt. William Miller, a government prosecutor, told the jury “Lt. Lorance used his rank and position to harass, intimidate, threaten and murder Afghans.”
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Update #1: Are you sure you want to be an officer in the U.S. Army? -- Mark Vogl, America Today
Update #2: Obama's military contempt: The outrageous treatment of Clint Lorance -- Allen B. West, Washington Times
My Comment: This story has been completely under-reported in the media .... and from I have read so far .... I find it perplexing that he is going to jail.
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