[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

What gets me is that if 4 men were spotted outside the camp then the responding soldiers should have been armed and on guard duty (you don't go outside of the camp except if you're armed and on official business)

Since when has a wellington boot been part of the kit of an on duty camp guard?

I think that there's a lot more of this story than has been published (like for example why he was given to the afghan police for what everyone is reporting as burying an IED when intelligence would have wanted him first)

It stinks from both sides and at this point reading all the reports I'm more than likely to suggest that the soldier went too far with an already secured prisoner and now he's looking for someone else to blame for he himself losing his career!!!

But that's just my own viewpoint...

This will explain

The fateful incident began at 2pm on March 19 last year near Wishtan base, Sangin, when four men were spotted planting an IED.

A patrol gave chase and two suspects, one of them Ekhlas, were arrested. He put up a fierce struggle, during which he received facial injuries. The other man was shot dead while escaping.

Five hours later, Ekhlas, in plastic handcuffs, was being held a mile away at Forward Operating Base Jackson, where Sgt Leader and Capt Wheelhouse were based, and the prisoner was put in the custody of their troop, to be held in a tent.

There, Royal Military Police Lance-Corporal Ellen Chun ensured he had food and took photos of his injuries. At some point, the cuffs were removed to allow Ekhlas to pray.

Sgt Leader said he and Capt Wheelhouse went to the tent to check on the guard duty, but upon opening the tent could see no guards, yet found the prisoner, uncuffed and standing up.


Sgt Leader said: ‘I immediately assumed he was making a run for it and I grabbed the nearest weapon available – the boot – and hit him with it and using minimum force put him down on the ground.’

L/Cpl Chun returned to the tent, having found Ekhlas a sleeping bag, and told the court she found the two men assaulting the prisoner, who was streaming with blood.
It turned out that the two Marines guarding Ekhlas had been in the tent, but were not immediately visible when Sgt Leader opened the flap, which led him to assume something was wrong and tackle the prisoner.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0ndg5ukri