Title: British
soldier will not be charged over killing of Afghan
Subject:
A british soldier gets away guilt free because there is not enough evidence to
prove murder
Date: Monday 16 April 2012 15.50 BST
Summary
Duane Knott, a member
of the Territorial Army, came under investigation after shooting an Afghan man
six times of which two shots were to the back. He suspected the Afghan to be a
terrorist as he saw the man digging a hole in a field 400 meters away from the
army base and reaching for a packet which looked like it contained bombs. The
Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) has concluded that there is not enough
evidence present to prove that it was a case of murder instead of a prevention
of terrorism.
Opinion
I will not get too far
into the whole Afghan war stuff, I know we’re supposed to support the “western”
forces but I just don’t know. It’s all a bit too complicated. As for shooting a
man in the back, there’s not honour in that but then there is no honour in modern
warfare. I do feel that the Afghan man deserved a chance to try to explain
himself and his actions. If he hadn’t tried to talk but still would have gone
for the package the British soldier could’ve shot to kill for all I care. What
I find a bit weird is that there was no evidence at all. There is no
information about the “package”, I’d like to know what it contained.
Seemed appropriate, and I didn't want to make a package joke
I think it is really annoying that killing during a war is supposed to be okay. If someone shot a guy picking up a package in a non-war situation he would be in jail by now. Policemen and soldiers get away with so much violence nowadays, I think this should stop.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI think war is supposed to be about killing people, but you're right.
VerwijderenIn an ideal world, people would not get away so easily with killing another human. But then again, in an ideal world there would not be war. Of course, in such situations it is hard to judge, but I think at the very least it should be looked at and prevented (if it was unjust) next time.
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