British Sniper Faces Legal Probe After Shooting Insurgent...

[StonehamPark]

You there! Yes you! , no not you madame the chap next to you with the RPG!

I must say in the strongest possible terms that you need to put it down and move away from the area! ......................see you next Friday!

Very good.

 

[GoingUp]

Strange Clint Eastwood directs a film celebrating the skills of an American Sniper and we look to bring charges against a British sniper for doing his job.

I always thought that the aim of the sniper was to remain concealed and to kill with one shot.

What next a big sign with an arrow pointing down saying 'Warning Snipers operating in this area'

Going off the information here this story is ridiculous. A guy with an RPG was about to blow up a British base and our snipper did his job by..... snipping him, and stopping the base from being blown off the face of the earth and HE is getting prosecuted! WTF? Did the guy with the RPG get an charges as it sounds like he might of survived. Good advert for the army: 'Join the forces, but you might get prosecuted for possession of a firearm'

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Ambulance chasing lawyers. It's all about money.

 

[5mins-from-amex]

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Ambulance chasing lawyers. It's all about money.

Are they the same ambulance chasing lawyers who gave ££££££ to the new Labour Shadow Defence Secretary I wonder.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-donation-from-iraq-war-lawyers-a3149856.html

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I guess next we'll be sending out letters to targets warning when the SAS will be calling. Utter ridiculous. If anyone should be in the dock it should be B.Lair not British soldiers.

 

[glasfryn]

its called war and whether we should be there or not is not a question for the troops on the ground
you carry arms and are prepared to use them and get injured or killed ............thats war

 

[heathgate]

If JC made any sort of a comment you can guarantee it would be twisted and end up on the front page of the Daily Mail...!!!

Well... Corbyn and twisted are actually a good match in one sentence.

 

[The Birdman]

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British Sniper Faces Legal Probe After Shooting Insurgent.

A sniper in the British Army is reportedly to be investigated for firing on an Iraqi insurgent who was about to launch an RPG at a British base.
The soldier has come under scrutiny from the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) for not 'shouting a warning' before firing, according to a number of national newspapers.

UK Veterans - One Voice, a pressure group based in the UK representing former soldiers, brought details of the reported investigation to the public.
The IHAT has been accused of fronting a 'witch-hunt' against British soldiers who served in Iraq as it investigates allegations of unlawful killings and torture.

David Cameron has expressed his "deep concern" at the prospect of British veterans of the Iraq War facing persistent threats of prosecution years after the conflict ended.

Forces TV's audience, meanwhile, voted overwhelmingly in favour of imposing a time limit on soldier-prosecutions.
The story, which does not include any details of when or where the incident occurred, focuses on a British base which was the subject of repeated attacks by an individual over a period of weeks.
The attacker was allegedly armed with an RPG and habitually targeted the British base after Friday prayers.

Soldiers are reported to have been warned not to return fire for fear of harming bystanders who gathered to watch the event after leaving their local mosque.
The following Thursday, with the base having been the subject of further RPG attacks from the same insurgent, a patrol unit with a sniper attached allegedly targeted the individual before his regular attack took place.
“As the insurgent’s finger tightened on the trigger of the RPG, a single shot cracked out,” says the account.
“The round flew almost 1,200 metres across the face of the crowd missing them safely. The RPG jumped unfired into the air and the insurgent’s body briefly flew across the ground having been hit by a veteran of long military service, a graduate of the Army Sniper School.”
Because the distance between the sniper and his target was so great, a warning would have been ineffective, according to the pressure group.

Oh yeah.... "Stop.... don't shoot that RPG at us please"

That will work....

Maybe just Maybe that would work in a Utopian society were both sides respected that law, however you would not be killing each other in a Utopian society ..... Fact we don't live in such a happy clappy society & they don't shout out warning's or leave billboards where IED's are hiden.... feck em...... Shoot away

give the guy a medal do they shout warnings when they set of bombs.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

There's 100's of British servicemen under investigation for war crimes, over a thousand redcaps down here in Cornwall. This is probably one of those cases. Many of the reported actiuons are pretty despicable, the one in the headline seems strange when taken at face value

 

[Wrong-Direction]

How would he have heard him from a mile away?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

There's 100's of British servicemen on trial for war crimes, over a thousand redcaps down here in Cornwall. This is probably one of those cases. Many of the reported actiuons are pretty despicable, the one in the headline seems strange when taken at face value

He's not on trial.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

He's not on trial.

Ah yes. edited my post

 

[Pavilionaire]

Cameron needs to get a grip of this situation. He'd put another 5% on his popularity rating if he brought some common sense to bear. It's not just the armed forces who aren't allowed to do their job properly, it's also the police too.

People are right to be wary of Donald Trump and yet you wouldn't get this sort of 'hand-wringing' going on in the USA with him as President.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

“As the insurgent’s finger tightened on the trigger of the RPG, a single shot cracked out,” says the account.
“The round flew almost 1,200 metres across the face of the crowd missing them safely. The RPG jumped unfired into the air and the insurgent’s body briefly flew across the ground having been hit by a veteran of long military service, a graduate of the Army Sniper School.”

So much shit in that 'account' it's hard where to begin.

 

[Stat Brother]

There's nothing wrong with having accountability.

It's just a shame the people that put the soldiers to war don't seem to be held to the same high standards expected of the troops.

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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Sums it up.

 

[Wellesley]

Did the insurgent give a warning? Of course he did, Damn good egg I'm sure, what?

 

[symyjym]

Instead of holding our soldiers to account it should be Blair.

Our soldiers are sent out to war to risk death.