Lieutenant Colonel William Steele, a former US commander at the jail that held Saddam Hussein, was jailed on Friday for two years after a court martial found him guilty of illegally possessing classified documents.
Lieutenant Colonel Steele was also dismissed from military service, and will forfeit all pay and allowances. However, his sentence will be cut by 229 days as he has already served that in detention in Kuwait awaiting trial.
Steele was acquitted on the more serious charge of aiding the enemy by supplying an unmonitored mobile phone to an inmate.
The judge, Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Grammel, also found him guilty of having an inappropriate relationship with an Iraqi interpreter and failing to obey an order.
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Saddam's Jailer on Trial
Lt-Col William Steele, a US serviceman who was in charge of the detention of Saddam Hussein, has gone on trial in Baghdad by court martial accused of aiding the enemy.
Lt-Col Steele is standing trial on a total of seven counts, and could face a life sentence.
The most serious charge is that he aided the enemy by providing a mobile phone to detainees. It has not been disclosed whom Col Steele lent the phone to.
During pre-trial hearings Steele was also accused of supplying Cuban cigars and hair dye to Saddam.
Echoes of Nuremberg, when a US serviceman aided Goring in committing suicide.
Lt-Col Steele is standing trial on a total of seven counts, and could face a life sentence.
The most serious charge is that he aided the enemy by providing a mobile phone to detainees. It has not been disclosed whom Col Steele lent the phone to.
During pre-trial hearings Steele was also accused of supplying Cuban cigars and hair dye to Saddam.
Echoes of Nuremberg, when a US serviceman aided Goring in committing suicide.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Cigars For Saddam
The final day of a hearing to determine if Lt. Col. William H. Steele, a former military police commander at the Camp Cropper prison, should stand trial on various charges of "aiding the enemy" heard that he let detainees use his cell phone to make unmonitored calls and approved buying Cuban cigars and hair dye for Saddam Hussein.
One of those investigating Steele noted:
"that during an interview, [Steele] admitted that he empathised with the prisoners he oversaw, who included ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and members of his former regime, and that he had lent them his cellular phone to make private calls."
A similar "bonding with the enemy" happened at Nuremberg, when the US guards allowed Goering to commit suicide rather than face the gallows.
One of those investigating Steele noted:
"that during an interview, [Steele] admitted that he empathised with the prisoners he oversaw, who included ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and members of his former regime, and that he had lent them his cellular phone to make private calls."
A similar "bonding with the enemy" happened at Nuremberg, when the US guards allowed Goering to commit suicide rather than face the gallows.
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