mentaly ill or pre meditated murder..?
 

in the begining of the iraq war a usa soldier threw a live grenade into his comrades tent , you may remember it been on the news

hes come upto trial and is using the old mental ilness defense

what do you think..?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7591026/

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I think what these poor men and women in the armed forces have to see would drive any one to distraction but to turn on his own men there was something sadly wrong with him

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Tinkerbelle please can you re-edit your post so it is "Sooo politically incorrect" again :)

After reading the article you linked to I think he is a murderer and deserves the death penalty. I have copied a section of it below. I believe he should have been tried for treason as well as murder. The same goes for any British citizens that bear arms against us.

"Prosecutors say Akbar told investigators he launched the attack because he was concerned U.S. troops would kill fellow Muslims in Iraq. They said he coolly carried out the attack to achieve “maximum carnage” on his comrades in the 101st Airborne Division."

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there was no concern for the people of the country that was his home,just another fanatic.certainly not nuts in my opinion,his main concern was obviously moslems not his own countrymen,they were of no consequence to him,sooner they top him the better.

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I don't like the options on this vote...I would prefer to vote extremist and mentally ill.

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War affects different people different ways. Shell shock was once considered to be a form of cowardice now it is an illnes. It is possible it got too much for this guy and he lost the plot. If he pleads to mental illness he needs not prove as so much that the prosocution has to disprove it wasnt mental but premeditated. On this issue I go innocent until proven guilty and vote accordingly. Illness!