Rogelio "Roger" Maynulet

Rogelio "Roger" Maynulet was a Captain in the United States Army. He was convicted of assault with intent to commit voluntary manslaughter. [http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/mar/31/31032005ap.htm#A3]

On May 21, 2004, he was a tank commander assigned to 1st Armored Division and had been on patrol near Kufa, Baghdad. He was notified by his command that a car near his location was thought to be carrying a driver for radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and another militiaman loyal to the Shiite cleric, who led uprisings against U.S.-led forces in Iraq last year. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050402/ai_n13615022]

He ordered his company to chase the vehicle and fired at it, wounding both the passenger, who fled and was later apprehended, and the driver. Maynulet had the medic evaluate the driver (Karim Hassan) but since he could not be saved, Maynulet then shot the gravely wounded Iraqi, under the pretext of a mercy killing. The killing was taped by a U.S. drone surveillance aircraft. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B921718-1A8B-4219-BAEA-E04E8095FE02.htm]

On April 2, 2005, he was convicted of the shooting to death of a wounded Iraqi, was dismissed from the military and will serve no prison time. [http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,SS_033105_Wounded,00.html] [http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27259&archive=true]

Quotes

*"Maybe my mistake was that I projected myself into that Iraqi. I didn't want to be in his state - if I were, I would hope that someone would put me out of my misery." [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B921718-1A8B-4219-BAEA-E04E8095FE02.htm]
*"I'm happy to have my life back, but I'm being forced out of my family. It's hard to leave the Army this way." [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050402/ai_n13615022]
*"I hope you can take into consideration my service, my attitude and my love for the Army before you make a decision,"After his court martial, Maynulet traveled to Spain to walk part of the pilgrimage of St. James to Santiago de Compostela.

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References

External links

* [http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,SS_033105_Wounded,00.html U.S. Army Captain is Found Guilty In Shooting Death of Wounded Iraqi]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050402/ai_n13615022 No prison time for captain who shot wounded Iraqi]
* [http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/mar/31/31032005ap.htm#A3 Killing unarmed Iraqis honourable: US soldier]
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B921718-1A8B-4219-BAEA-E04E8095FE02.htm US soldier convicted of murder]
* [http://www.jagcentral.org/2005/03/breaking-news-cpt-maynulet-convicted.html JAG: Rogelio "Roger" Maynulet Breaking News]