Topic: Andrew Holmes

Second U.S. soldier pleads guilty to murder in Afghanistan

Reuters US Online Report Top News - 144 days ago
TACOMA, Wash (Reuters) - A second of five U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghan villagers in cold blood pleaded guilty on Thursday to committing murder, saying he made a "bad decision" when he shot a teenage boy he knew was unarmed.Private ...

US soldier fights Afghan 'kill squad' court martial

AFP South Asian Edition - 264 days ago
A US soldier accused of being part of a rogue "kill squad" that targeted Afghan civilians should not face court martial, his lawyer argued at a new hearing Wednesday.Private Andrew Holmes is accused of the premeditated murder of a teenage boy ...

Soldier wins new hearing in Afghan murder case

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 273 days ago
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A military judge has granted a defense request to reopen pretrial evidentiary proceedings for one of the five soldiers in Washington state charged with killing Afghan civilians in cold blood.Dan Conway, the civilian lawyer for Army Private Andrew Holmes ...

Peter Worthington: More military abuse, but this time no cover-up

Full Comment - 328 days ago
If it were only photographs of U.S. soldiers posing alongside a dead Afghan civilian, it might be bad taste, even repulsive, but it wouldn't be...

High military court refuses to halt Afghan murder case

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 363 days ago
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The highest U.S. military court has denied a last-ditch bid to halt prosecution of one of the five U.S. soldiers in Washington state facing court-martial on charges of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians.Lawyers for Army Private Andrew Holmes ...

Army court halts case in Afghan civilian killings

Forbes - 451 days ago
An Army appeals court has halted the prosecution of one of five soldiers charged with killing Afghan civilians for fun earlier this year, taking the unusual step after his lawyer argued that the Army's refusal to make gruesome photographs public violated ...

Gruesome find told at US hearing into Afghan killings

AFP Global Edition - 455 days ago
The gruesome testimony came as a third US soldier faced a pre-trial hearing over the alleged killings -- after which the rogue soldiers allegedly posed for photos with their victims -- in southern Afghanistan earlier this year.If proved in a full court martial ...

Soldier charged in Afghan killing kept in solitary

San Francisco Chronicle - 476 days ago
0 . The soldier who tried to blow the whistle on an alleged plot to kill Afghan civilians for sport has been put in solitary confinement in a ...

A few good viruses

Cosmos - 1665 days ago
Viruses generally get a bad rap, but in laboratories around the world, these miniscule hijackers are themselves being hijacked to treat some of humanity's most feared diseases.. Pavel Osten from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, recently co-authored a paper on the ...