War crimes
Former child soldier to speak at EvCC
EVERETT -- A former child soldier from the Democratic Republic of Congo is scheduled to share his story of capture and escape at 12:30 p.m. May 3 at Everett Community College's Baker Hall, Room 120.The event is free and open to the public.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Local News
Holocaust survivor’s story one of hope over hate
Henry Friedman lived through unspeakable suffering -- and yet he speaks. He is a Holocaust survivor. Some of his memories stretch the limits of human endurance.His answer to evil is hope. That's why he tells what happened to his family 70 years ago. He tells his story again and again.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Local News
Suspect in killing of Afghan civilians identified
WASHINGTON — After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians has finally been identified, adding a critical detail to the still-sketchy portrait just beginning to emerge.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Northwest
Details emerge about U.S. suspect in Afghan massacre
He is the suspect without a name, his identity as shadowed now as the night the Army says he slipped into a pair of slumbering Afghan villages and slaughtered 16 civilians whose safety was his assigned mission.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Northwest
Experts: Soldier might have PTSD
Mental health experts say the soldier suspected of killing Afghan civilians could have post-traumatic stress disorder.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Northwest
Alleged Afghanistan shooter chooses Colton Harris-Moore lawyer
SEATTLE -- A Seattle attorney who represented a teenage thief known as the Barefoot Bandit said Thursday he has been asked to represent the U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians last weekend.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Northwest
Accused U.S. soldier flown out of Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn killing spree was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday to Kuwait, even as many Afghans called for him to face justice in their country.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Northwest
Family covets sketch of hero
Holding such a precious portrait was a once-in-a-lifetime honor.
Date: 12/12/2011 | Local News
Soldier found guilty in Afghan thrill-killings
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- A U.S. Army soldier accused of exhorting his bored underlings to slaughter three civilians for sport was convicted of murder, conspiracy and all other charges Thursday in one of the most gruesome war crimes cases to emerge from the Afghan war.
Date: 11/10/2011 | Northwest
Saudi terror suspect arraigned at Guantanamo in USS Cole attack
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A Saudi considered among the most senior figures in al-Qaida emerged Wednesday from nine years of secret confinement to face charges of orchestrating the deadly attack on the USS Cole in the start of a new round of Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals under a...
Date: 11/10/2011 | Nation & World
Solider: Afghan killings were in legitimate combat
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- An Army staff sergeant accused of masterminding the murders of three Afghan civilians took the witness stand at his own court-martial Friday, giving his first public denial of involvement in any plot and contradicting the accounts of co-defendants and fellow soldiers who...
Date: 11/04/2011 | Northwest
Idaho soldier pleads guilty in Afghan plot
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- An Idaho soldier among five charged in the thrill-killings of Afghan civilians last year pleaded guilty to a murder charge Thursday, confessing in court that he fired a heavy machine gun at a startled, unarmed man from 15 feet away after a co-defendant tossed a grenade...
Date: 09/22/2011 | Northwest
Amnesty International: Libyan rebels may be guilty of war crimes
BRUSSELS -- Rebels fighting to topple Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi committed unlawful killings and torture, Amnesty International said in a report released on Tuesday.
Date: 09/12/2011 | Nation & World
Witness: Sergeant bragged of killing unarmed man
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- An Army medic says a soldier accused of masterminding the murders of three Afghan civilians last year boasted about one of the killings.
Date: 07/22/2011 | Northwest
Soldier testifies against sergeant in Afghan deaths
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- A soldier who has already admitted his role in last year's thrill killings of three Afghan civilians took the witness stand Thursday against the sergeant he fingered as the mastermind of the grisly plot.
Date: 07/21/2011 | Northwest
WWII veteran among those riding in Arlington’s July 4 parade
Take a moment to recognize who is riding in the veterans' truck during Arlington's July 4 parade. Those folks served our country and preserved our freedom.
Date: 06/22/2011 | Local News
Probe of CIA in detainee's death
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has opened a torture and war crimes grand jury investigation into the interrogation and death of a prisoner at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a person close to the investigation said Tuesday.
Date: 06/14/2011 | Nation & World
Extradition hearing scheduled for Everett man accused of war crimes
SEATTLE -- A hearing to decide whether a man will be extradited to his native Bosnia to face war-crimes charges has been scheduled for Aug. 26.
Date: 06/09/2011 | Local News
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