"Black Hawk Down" Army Commander Investigated in Iraq Killing Spree

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http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2262469

Aug. 1, 2006 — Col. Michael Steele, whose heroics were portrayed in the movie "Black Hawk Down," is under investigation for allegedly encouraging his men to go on a killing spree, as the Army begins making its case against four soldiers under Steele's command who are charged with murdering three Iraqi civilians, ABC News has learned.

The soldiers' defense is that they were under orders to kill all military-age males.

ABC News has learned that Steele has already been reprimanded for the incident.

The hearing for the four soldiers that began today is being held to determine if they should stand trial on murder charges. The killings took place as part of Operation Iron Triangle, which targeted a suspected al Qaeda training facility northwest of Baghdad in the city of Samarra.

Army prosecutors say the four American soldiers detained three Iraqi men and then killed them, unarmed, in cold blood.

[adarling]

1. who was his character in black hawk down? n/t

[Gruenemann]

3. Lucius Malfoy--REALLY!

Steele is played by Jason Isaacs, who also plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter flicks.

[Minstrel Boy]

2. I was just thinking about Black Hawk Down

listening to "Fallujah" by David Rovics and the Dope Poet Society:

If ya wanna save America I'll bring ya support
Arrest the president and bring him to court
Charge him and his puppeteers with war crimes
And start paying reparations of all kinds
You think what I'm telling you to do is extreme
But if you lived in Fallujah it'd be a beautiful dream
So I hold my tears and my hopes and fears, when you
Bomb our country and Attack our town
Don't be surprised when the whole world cheers
to see another Black Hawk down, motherfucker