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Friday, May 9, 2008 12:00 AM

Killing by the numbers

In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq?
By Mark Benjamin and Christopher Weaver

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  • Friday, May 9, 2008 12:39 AM

    Ten years for cold-blooded murder....

    I'm sickened and disgusted by this, not just the crime, but the punishment.

    The conquest of Iraq isn't a cakewalk but the road to Hell....

    —Kevin Andrew Murphy Read Kevin Andrew Murphy's other letters

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