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They placed the man on the ground and searched him, he said.
Hensley appeared agitated after waking up, and slammed his knee into the man's back, Vela said. Then Hensley grabbed the man by the mouth and threatened to kill him, he said. Hensley then strung the man's arms behind his back.
A child wandered up to their camp, and Hensley briefly held the child on the ground, holding a poncho over his head, Vela said. He eventually released the boy, who looked at the man and called him "father." Then the boy fled.
Vela said he thought they were going to free the man, but Hensley called their platoon commander and said he saw a "suspicious person" moving toward their position. Hensley then asked for permission to shoot to kill, Vela recalled.
"At this point, I was really confused about what he was saying," Vela said.
Hensley then gave Vela the order to shoot the man, Vela said.
Once it was done, Vela testified, he watched Hensley grab an AK-47 rifle from his backpack and place it beside the dying man. Hensley radioed his captain and told him that they had engaged AIF, military jargon for firing on insurgents.
The Iraqi man convulsed. Blood covered his face and beard.
"Sgt. Hensley was kind of laughing about it. He hit him in the throat and said shoot him again, which I did," Vela told the judge.
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"My client is no murderer. He is a victim," said James Culp, Vela's civilian defense attorney, who suspects that baiting contributed to the slaying of the Iraqi man on May 11.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sniper28sep28,1,1653779,print.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=5&cset=true
There are a lot of incidents like this happening all the time.
I believe that for each one that sees the light of day,
there are dozens and dozens of others that occur with no one knowing -
except for the family members and friends of the innocent people that are killed, which adds to more attacks on our soldiers,
The U. S needs to draw down and withdraw the troops,
there is more to lose by staying.
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