Should A Taliban Fighter Who Survived The Attack At Camp Bastion Be Given The Death Penalty?

A Taliban Fighter Survived The Attack On Afghanistan’s Camp Bastion. Will He Get The Death Penalty? -- Washington Post

Two years ago Sunday, 15 insurgents crept onto one of the largest coalition military bases in Afghanistan, penetrating its external perimeter and launching a fierce attack with grenades, machine guns and other weapons. The toll was significant: Two Marines were killed, 17 other coalition members were wounded and nine aircraft were either destroyed or severely damaged.

Only one of the armed attackers involved in that Sept. 14, 2012, attack on Camp Bastion survived, military officials said. Mohammed Nazeer, now 24, was convicted and sentenced to death by an Afghan court, said Maj. John Caldwell, a Marine Corps spokesman at the Pentagon. But it still isn’t certain the punishment will stand. An Afghan appellate court affirmed the death penalty July 6, but the case is now before the Afghan Supreme Court for additional review, Caldwell said.

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My Comment: They fought wearing U.S. uniforms .... cannot be treated as a normal combatant. I will have no problem with the death penalty in this case.