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April 10, 2009

Marine Acquitted Despite Confessing to Killing Unarmed Iraqi
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A military jury has acquitted a Marine sergeant of murdering an unarmed
Iraqi prisoner, even though he confessed to the crime. Sergeant Ryan
Weemer was accused of killing the prisoner during the US attack on
Fallujah in November 2004. In a recorded interview with interrogators in
2006, Weemer said, “I grabbed a gun and took him to the back of the
house. I shot him twice in the chest.” Weemer also said he was ordered
to carry out the killing and was tormented by his actions. His attorneys
argued he was coerced into making the confession.



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