Betrayal of allied sacrifice - Royal Marine found guilty of doing hisduty

In a disgusting betrayal of what sacrifices allied troops make for all our freedoms a British Royal Marine has wrongly and disgustingly been found guilty of murdering an Afghan fighter, who had been seriously wounded by an Apache attack helicopter.

A court martial in Bulford, Wiltshire, found that the serviceman - known only as Marine A - shot the insurgent, or better put terrorist, who was armed with an AK47, in the chest with a 9mm pistol in Helmand Province more than two years ago.

Two other Marines - referred to as Marines B and C - were acquitted.

All will remain anonymous until the court martial or a judge decides otherwise.

The three men had denied murdering the unknown captured Afghan national on or about September 15, 2011, contrary to Section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006. And their denial was a correct statement as they simply did their duty in the heat of battle.

But a seven-strong board, consisting of officers and non-commissioned officers, convicted Marine A following a two-week trial.

Marine A shot the Afghan national in the chest at close range before quoting a phrase from Shakespeare as the man convulsed and died in front of him.

"There you are. Shuffle off this mortal coil, you ****. It's nothing you wouldn't do to us," Marine A told the insurgent.

And his words were true as the terrorist he killed would have in fact done worse as they have proved many times. 

The brave soldier then allegedly turned to comrades and said: "Obviously this doesn't go anywhere, fellas. I just broke the Geneva Convention."

The insurgent's body was left where he died and was later taken by locals, who erected a memorial in its place. No post-mortem was conducted.

A memorial - I wonder if they've erected memorials to the thousands upon thousands who have been barbarically murdered by the Taliban?

 The killing came to light as it was filmed by a camera mounted on the helmet of Marine B.

Judge Advocate General Jeff Blackett ruled that the graphic video footage cannot be released, but agreed that the audio could be made public.

The video, which was played to the court, shows Marine A walking forward, bending down, and shooting the man at close range in the centre of his chest.

Quicker death than the saddistic slaughter given out by the Taliban.

Giving evidence to the court martial, Marine A insisted he believed the insurgent was dead at the time and he was simply shooting into a corpse in anger.

Also released were excerpts from a diary kept by Marine C, including one extract that relates to the moments of the shooting.

Brigadier Bill Dunham told of the Royal Marine Corps' reaction to the verdict.

He said: "It is matter of profound regret in this isolated incident that one Marine failed to apply his training and discharge his responsibilities.

"What we've heard in the last two weeks is not consistent with the ethos, values and standards of the Royal Marines.

"It was a truly shocking and appalling aberration. It should not have happened and it should never happen again."

Judge Blackett told Marine A: "Marine A, this court has found you guilty of murder. The mandatory sentence prescribed by law is imprisonment for life.

"This court now has to determine the minimum term you will serve before you are eligible for release.

"In the meantime, I direct that you are to be taken into custody."

Marine A will be sentenced on December 6.

We at this blog stand by this British soldier as we stand by all our soldiers, British, Israeli, American, Canadian, Australian and all our allies. This trial and its outcome is a betrayal of the sacrifices our troops make for all of us and we will speak out against all these betrayals of our heroes.

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British Soldiers Posed With 'Killers' Before Deaths

Two British soldiers shot dead by two rogue Afghan policemen posed for pictures with their suspected killers moments before they died, an inquest was told.

Corporal Brent McCarthy, 25, and Lance Corporal Lee Davies, 27, died of gunshot wounds in an attack at an Afghan police base in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province on Saturday, May 12, last year.

The inquest at Oxfordshire Coroners Court was shown several photographs including one of Cpl McCarthy, of the Royal Air Force, with one of the policemen each holding the other's weapon.

Another showed both Afghans posing for the camera with their own AK47 rifles.

It also emerged during evidence that it was unclear to several soldiers which of them was tasked with keeping his comrades in the patrol safe from an insider attack.

The role was regarded as being the 'guardian angel' of the group.

L/Cpl Davies and Cpl McCarthy had been part of an eight-man British Army patrol, with an interpreter, who regularly advised and trained Afghans at a nearby base run by local forces.

Cpl McCarthy - an RAF policeman - acted as a specialist advisor.

On the occasion when the deaths occurred, the patrol had arrived at the base without warning so the British could question the local police commander about a tip-off that one of his fellow commanders was working with the Taliban.

A short while after the patrol arrived, there was a burst of gunfire which left both servicemen including L/Cpl Davies, of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, fatally injured.

The two suspected killers, dressed in police uniforms, were seen dashing out the base's main gate and across fields by another British soldier who managed to fire a shot at one of them.

One of the suspects was pursued and killed, while the other shooter escaped.

Guardsman Joshua Foley, of the Welsh Guards, said the training group had "a good relationship" with the Afghans but added a new local police unit had moved into the base meaning there were several unfamiliar faces when they had arrived that afternoon.

As guardsman Foley was stood with L/Cpl Davies and Cpl McCarthy, two Afghan policemen passed them near the main entrance to the base and there was an attempt by the British soldiers to strike up some "banter".

"We tried to have a laugh with them but they didn't seem to get it," Guardsman Foley told the coroner.

However, Cpl McCarthy then produced his camera and the Afghans agreed to have some photos taken, including with the RAF policeman.

Guardsman Foley then described how L/Cpl Davies commented to his fellow soldiers that one of the Afghans appeared to have a wet patch between his legs.

He then left L/Cpl Davies and Cpl McCarthy with the policemen to take up duty in one of the base's two guard towers.

Describing what happened next, he said: "I heard a rapid burst of shots, and as I looked I saw the two Afghan police holding their weapons and L/Cpl Davies was lying back."

"I did not see the Afghan police fire any shots but they both ran out of the main entrance."

He was asked by counsel for the McCarthy family, Sebastian Naughton, about who he understood to have taken on the guardian angel role.

Guardsman Foley said he had assumed the role was initially his as he was "the spare man" until he went to relieve a sentry in the guard tower, when it passed to the next man.

His colleague L/Cpl Jo Price confirmed the informal arrangement but Mr Naughton said it had been suggested elsewhere in evidence that Cpl McCarthy had been the guardian angel.

Meanwhile, in later evidence, second in command that day Sergeant Robert Heath told the coroner he had specifically tasked L/Cpl Davies with the job, and also with rotating the sentries.

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The Battle of Jerusalem - An event that changed history and an event that decided that Israel shall be Jewish and not Islamic

General Allenby

The Battle of Jerusalem (officially named the "Jerusalem Operations" by the British) developed from 17 November with fighting continuing until 30 December 1917, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.

In taking Jerusalem General Allenby, the British General in charge of the operation, had unarguably saved the Jewish capital from eventual annihilation and hence it saved the Jewish nation from becoming Islamic under Turkish control. In reality, it is completely unquestionable, that if this event hadn't taken place Israel would almost certainly not be a Jewish nation today.

Before Jerusalem could be secured, two battles were recognised by the British as being fought in the Judean Hills to the north and east of the Hebron–Junction Station line.

 These were the Battle of Nebi Samwill from 17 to 24 November and the Defence of Jerusalem from 26 to 30 December 1917. They also recognised within these Jerusalem Operations, the successful second attempt on 21 and 22 December 1917 to advance across the Nahr el Auja, as the Battle of Jaffa, although Jaffa had been occupied as a consequence of the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 16 November.

This series of battles was successfully fought by the British Empire's XX Corps, XXI Corps, and the Desert Mounted Corps against strong opposition from the Yildirim Army Group's Seventh Army in the Judean Hills and the Eighth Army north of Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast.

The loss of Jaffa and Jerusalem, together with the loss of 50 miles (80 km) of territory during the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) advance from Gaza, after the capture of Beersheba, Gaza, Hareira and Sheria, Tel el Khuweilfe and the Battle of Mughar Ridge constituted a grave setback for the Ottoman Army and the Ottoman Empire.

As a result of these victories, British Empire forces captured Jerusalem and established a new strategically strong fortified line. This line ran from well to the north of Jaffa on the maritime plain, across the Judean Hills to Bireh north of Jerusalem, and continued eastwards of the Mount of Olives.

With the capture of the road from Beersheba to Jerusalem via Hebron and Bethlehem, together with substantial Ottoman territory south of Jerusalem, the city was secured. On 11 December, General Edmund Allenby respectfully entered the Old City on foot through the Jaffa Gate instead of horse or vehicles to show respect for the holy city.

Despite being the Jewish capital, Jerusalem is a very important site for both Christianity as well as Judaism and in turn the battle was a great moral victory for both religions.

 Reproduced below is General Sir Edmund Allenby's account of events which led to the fall of Jerusalem into Allied hands on 9 December 1917.

Allenby recounts how he formally entered the historic city two days following its fall and noted that "the population received me well".

His account is as follows

The date for the attack on Jerusalem was fixed as December 8th.

British troops from a Welsh Regiment, with a cavalry regiment attached, had advanced from their positions north of Beersheba up the Hebron-Jerusalem road on the 4th.  No opposition was met, and by the evening of the 6th the head of this column was ten miles north of Hebron.
 

The infantry were directed to reach the Bethlehem-Befit Jala area by the 7th, and the line Surbahir-Sherafat (about three miles south of Jerusalem) by dawn on the 8th, and no troops were to enter Jerusalem during this operation.

It was recognized that the troops on the extreme right might be delayed on the 7th and fail to reach the positions assigned to them by dawn on the 8th.  Arrangements were therefore made to protect the right flank west of Jerusalem, in case such delay occurred.

On the 7th the weather broke, and for three days rain was almost continuous.  The hills were covered with mist at frequent intervals, rendering observation from the air and visual signalling impossible.

A more serious effect of the rain was to jeopardize the supply arrangements by rendering the roads almost impassable - quite impassable, indeed, for mechanical transport and camels in many places.

The troops moved into positions of assembly by night, and, assaulting at dawn on the 8th, soon carried their first objectives.  They then pressed steadily forward. T he mere physical difficulty of climbing the steep and rocky hillsides and crossing the deep valleys would have sufficed to render progress slow, and the opposition encountered was considerable.

Artillery support was soon difficult, owing to the length of the advance and the difficulty of moving guns forward.  But by about noon London troops had already advanced over two miles, and were swinging northeast to gain the Nablus-Jerusalem road, while the yeomanry had captured the Beit Iksa spur, and were preparing for a further advance.

As the right column had been delayed and was still some distance south of Jerusalem, it was necessary for the London troops to throw back their right and form a defensive flank facing east toward Jerusalem, from the western outskirts of which considerable rifle and artillery fire was being experienced.

This delayed the advance, and early in the afternoon it was decided to consolidate the line gained and resume the advance next day, when the right column would be in a position to exert its pressure.

By nightfall our line ran from Neby Samwil to the east of Beit Iksa, through Lifta to point about one and a half miles west of Jerusalem, whence it was thrown back facing east.  All the enemy's prepared defences west and northwest of Jerusalem had been captured, and our troops were within a short distance of the Nablus-Jerusalem road.

The London troops and yeomanry had displayed great endurance in difficult conditions.  The London troops especially, after a night march in heavy rain to reach their positions of deployment, had made an advance of three to four miles in difficult hills in the face of stubborn opposition.

During the day about 300 prisoners were taken and many Turks killed.  British casualties were thankfully  light.

Next morning the advance was resumed.  The Turks had withdrawn during the night, and the London troops and yeomanry, driving back rear guards, occupied a line across the Nablus-Jerusalem road four miles north of Jerusalem, while Welsh troops occupied a position east of Jerusalem across the Jericho road.

These operations isolated Jerusalem, and at about noon the enemy sent out a parlementaire and surrendered the city.

In the operations from October 31st to December 9th over 12,000 prisoners were taken.  The total captures of material have not yet been fully counted, owing to the large area covered by these operations; but are known to include about 100 guns of various calibres, many machine guns, more than 20,000,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, and 250,000 rounds of gun ammunition.

More than twenty airplanes were destroyed by our airmen or burned by the enemy to avoid capture.

I entered the city officially at noon, December 11th, with a few of my staff, the commanders of the French and Italian detachments, the heads of the political missions, and the Military Attaches of France, Italy, and America.

The procession was all afoot, and at Jaffa gate I was received by the guards representing Britain, notably England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, then also Australia, New Zealand, India, France, and Italy.  The population received me well.

Guards have been placed over the holy places.  My Military Governor is in contact with the acting custodians and the Latin and Greek representatives.  The Governor has detailed an officer to supervise the holy places.

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Two pieces of human filth plead not guilty to the already proven murder of a hero

Two men or better put vile rabid animals accused of murdering soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, have unbelievably pleaded not guilty.
Michael Adebolajo, 28, from Romford, east London, and Michael Adebowale, 22, from Greenwich, south-east London, denied the charges at the Old Bailey.

They are accused of murdering Fusilier Rigby near Woolwich barracks on 22 May, which isn't really in any doubt apart from in the warped mindset of these scumbags.

The men also denied attempting to murder a police officer on that day, as well as planning to murder a police officer on or before that day.

Adebolajo has asked to be known as Mujaahid Abu Hamza in court, while Mr Adebowale wants to be called Ismail Ibn Abdullah, and obviously the per usual appeasing justice system agreed to this.

The vile men appeared via videolink from HMP Belmarsh, with Mr Adebowale sitting in front of a prison sign.

Fusilier Rigby's widow, Rebecca Rigby, was in court for the hearing. Obviously it was a horrible time for her seeing these filthy piles of human trash before her, but she, as every decent person wants to see justice being done for Lee.

A trial date has been provisionally set for 18 November.


　

　


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