A US military court jails an 26-year-old American soldier for life for leading a rogue “kill team” that murdered three unarmed Afghan civilians for sport.
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‘Kill team’ leader Gibbs guilty
A Pakistani military court convicts seven people over an attack on army headquarters in 2009, sentencing one retired soldier to death.
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Seven guilty of Pakistan attack
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani official says a military court has found seven men guilty of involvement in an attack on army headquarters and sentenced one of them, a retired soldier, to death. The October 2009 siege in Rawalpindi lasted 22 hours, left nine militants and 14 others dead, and deeply embarrassed Pakistan’s security establishment. One former soldier — identified only as “Aqeel” alias “Dr. Usman” — was handed the death penalty. He is believed to have led the attack. Read full article > >
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Official: Military court convicts 7 in Pakistan army headquarters raid; 1 gets death penalty
A military court in Egypt jails blogger Maikel Nabil for three years for criticising the armed forces in the first such case post-Mubarak.
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Egypt blogger jailed by military
A military court in Mexico charges 13 soldiers with trafficking after arresting them allegedly carrying a tonne of methamphetamine and 30kg of cocaine.
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Mexico soldiers on drug charges
A military court in Rwanda sentences four former top officials, now in exile, to long prison terms for threatening state security.
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Rwanda exiles get long jail terms
An Israeli military court sentences a leading Palestinian protest leader, Abdallah Abu Rahma, to a year in prison for incitement and riot.
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Israel jails West Bank protester
An Israeli military court convicted two soldiers of forcing a 9-year-old Palestinian to check bags for explosives.
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2 Israelis Convicted for Using Boy as Shield in Gaza
An Israeli military court convicts two Israeli soldiers for using a Palestinian child as a human shield during an assault on Gaza in 2009.
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IDF soldiers guilty of Gaza abuse
Former Sri Lankan armed forces chief Sarath Fonseka says he expects a jail sentence from a military court trying him on charges of corruption.
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Fonseka ‘expects jail sentence’
A Lebanese military court charges a former general turned Christian party politician with spying for Israel.
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Spy charge for Lebanon ex-general
Official: Military court convicts 7 in Pakistan army headquarters raid; 1 gets death penalty
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
