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   From: theprof@jonez.net   
      
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   >> Soldier convicted of murder in war-torn Iraq   
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   >> By Bartholomew Sullivan (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal   
   >> Sunday, July 13, 2008   
   >>   
   >> The Iraqi civilian made the mistake of smirking when soldiers found his   
   >> hidden AK-47. He was dead a few minutes later.   
   >>   
   >> Michael Patton Williams, a Ridgeway High graduate, shot the unidentified,   
   >> unarmed man twice in the chest, later telling colleagues, falsely, that the   
   >> victim had gone for the dismantled rifle and that he'd felt threatened -   
   both   
   >> justifications for firing under the existing rules of engagement that day in   
   >> Sadr City.   
   >>   
   >> When the victim kept breathing, Williams shot him a third time - a "coup de   
   >> grâce," he calls it - an inch below his right eye, and his eyeball popped   
   >> out.   
   >>   
   >> The gruesome details of that day are part of thousands of pages of   
   >> court-martial trial transcript obtained from the U.S. Army by The Commercial   
   >> Appeal under the Freedom of Information Act.   
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