Soldier Is Convicted of Killing Afghan Civilians for Sport

By WILLIAM YARDLEY

Published: November 10, 2011 

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — The soldier accused of being the ringleader of a rogue Army unit that killed three Afghan civilians last year for sport, crimes that angered Afghan leaders and villagers and rattled high levels of the American military, was found guilty of all charges on Thursday.

Convicting Iran Outside a Courtroom
October 26, 2011, © Consortiumnews.com
By Joe Lauria
The United States has attempted to turn the U.N. Security Council into a courtroom. Before they had even been indicted in a court of law, the U.S. tried Iranian suspects before foreign governments in the bizarre story of an alleged assassination attempt on the Saudi ambassador to Washington. . . .