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Elysium is a disappointment when viewed as a follow up to District 9.
Elysium transports us into the year 2154, where Earth has become a Third World ghetto planet where the poor and downtrodden reside, while the wealthy elite have moved off-planet into the pristine and technologically advanced orbital community known as "Elysium." Enter Max de Costa (Matt Damon), an ex-felon working a dead-end blue collar job. One day while on said job, Max is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation, leaving him with just five days (and a lot of desperation) to make it to Elysium where a cure awaits.
In order to make his journey, Max is recruited by a local gang, who outfit him with an exoskeleton capable of helping him break into the most secure place in the universe. However, Max's scheme snowballs into a larger plot, and when Elysium's Secretary of Defense, Delacourt (Jodie Foster), gets wind of the plan, she activates her secret police force to bring down the perpetrators - a pack of wolves led by the ruthless and cunning Agent Kruger (Sharlto Copley). Before long, Max is in over his head, with Kruger on his tail and a mission that quickly changes focus when an old friend (Alice Braga) asks for Max's help in saving her dying daughter.
Writer/director Neil Blomkamp made a splash with his first feature-film, District 9, combining some self-styled technical wizardry with a timely socio-political story to create one of the more innovative and relevant sci-fi movie experiences of the last decade. Set against that impressive achievement, expectations for Elysium are high - but does the movie live up to the hype? In short answer: only halfway.
As both writer and director of his sophomore effort, Blomkamp must be held accountable for both the great and terrible halves of this conflicted whole. On the directorial side, Blomkamp continues to demonstrate real filmmaking creativity and innovation, bringing to life the world of 2154 in vivid, grounded, realness. From the filth-ridden conditions of Earth to the pristine setting of Elysium, this is a world that is well realized, with visual effects that put a lot of other films to shame.
In terms of action, Blomkamp's talent is second to none when it comes to creative design and implementation of weaponry and gadgetry. It's a real shame that Elysium is so painfully short on action (just one or two scenes, really), because in the moments where we do get it, it is unlike just about any other cinematic experience out there - though quite like many of the most popular video games played today (in a good way). Like so many other directors of today, though, Blomkamp could stand to pull back and give his audience better view of the fight sequences; but again, the uniqueness of the world and technology makes up for deficiencies in the filmmaking technique. On the whole, Elysium is a very impressive directorial endeavor, and (visually speaking) is well enjoyed in full IMAX splendor.
Now for the rub: The story, characters, and overall thematic and/or metaphorical point of the film are all poorly conceived and implemented. In terms of story, Elysium is all over the place with its focus, full of plot holes and strange idiosyncrasies, and fails in the principal task of selling its protagonist (Max) in convincing fashion. Who to care about and how to feel about them are questions that plague the narrative, and the third act just unravels completely into a race-and-chase sequence whose grand payoff is a hoodwink effort of paper-thin ideological fantasy.
Indeed, the much talked-about themes and metaphors about economic inequality come in and out of focus as the narrative takes its detours through the many subplots of its many secondary characters (read: distractions), resulting in muddied arcs that are not even interesting to the characters themselves. Worst of all, the heavy-handed thematics of the ending preach a message that anyone with a middle school degree could poke holes in; Elysium tries to say something profound, forgets to make its point half the time, and ends up just saying something naively fantastical. Worst of all, it's not even much fun. The narrower focus of District 9 seems better suited to Mr. Blomkamp's scripting abilities; this script - with all its lofty ambitions - got away from him.
Caught in the middle are a cast of actors who mostly look unsure of who they should be playing, and how they should be playing them - with the exception of Sharlto Copley, who has a manic good time playing the unhinged Kruger. When Kruger is on the screen (whether in action or monologue), Elysium is crackling with a good, menacing villain; when Kruger is not on the screen, Elysium loses just about any spark it has (both literally and figuratively). Copley is just energetic enough to carry things - even when his character's motivations and personality are a vague mess.
Damon, Braga and Foster's characters, on the other hand, are all over the place. Foster sports a distracting accent (French? German?) as her character floats listlessly through the narrative with little significance; Damon tries to pull off his arc as earnestly as possible, but there is no solid foundation (read: good writing) under his feet, and Max's act-to-act persona shifts are unearned and are hardly relatable or engaging. Braga's character decisions and motivations also seem vague and inorganic - clearly the contrivances of a scriptwriter trying (and failing) to stitch larger overarching concepts to more personal character drama. As honorable mention, there are some sufficient supporting turns from character actors like William Fichtner (Lone Ranger), Diego Luna (Contraband) and Jose Pablo Cantillo (The Walking Dead) that help prop up the solid middle section of the film.
It is hard to discuss Blomkamp's second effort without some mention of his first, and in that sense, Elysium is a disappointment when viewed as a follow up to District 9. It is way too early to start making (the inevitable) M. Night Shyamalan comparisons; Blomkamp is, no doubt, still a highly-skilled, unique and innovative directing talent. However, in carving out an early niche as a maker of sci-fi films with very insightful and important real-world things to say, Blomkamp has also placed heavy demands on himself as both a director and writer responsible for creating the best possible halves to that complicated formula. Elysium only gets the formula half-right.
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SpicyTunas has been bringing us up to speed with a couple of transformations that take your Mage from being 1 in 11,000,000 to something a little different.
We have seen Dwarf Mages and Walrus Mages.
Well I am going to introduce you to two more.
Murloc Mage.
Everyone loves a Murloc right?
What about a fireball throwing Murloc?
Yep that's right. Do the Winterfin Murloc quests and at one point you will get your hands on a spare Murloc suit.
Head over to the Winterfin Murlocs, throw on your disguise and throw those fireballs…. Err 1 fireball to be exact. Unfortunately Elvish tailoring isn't the best, and the heat from one fireball will melt it clean off your body.
But as long as you don't make top many offensive moves, you can have a bit of fun.
Run around like a mad Murloc.
Grab a snack.
Leap into the air with joy at your new appearance.
Do a little dance…
Don't forget to check out the latest in Murloc underwear.
Orc mage
Next on the lair of must have disguises for the discerning Gnome on the street is the Warsong Orc disguise.
- Hate getting taken down by the Orcs in WSG?
- Wish you had biceps like an Orc?
This one is a little more hardy, (designed by Gnomes you know) and assuming you are in the right place, you can grind away happily in your smelly Orc gear. (I never realized how bad Orc breath was until I smelt the Dragons Breath coming from an Orc)
It was a good opportunity for me to observe Orc dinner manners. Croissant in your beer anyone?
Actually, those Gnome inventors are pretty clever. I mean who would have ever thought of putting an Orc mask over a perfectly good Orc costume?
Ohhh but while I think of it… Crafty, the Gnome that gives you the disguise has got a bit of am attitude problem. Some one needs to slap it out of here. Seriously, don't offer quests unless you are going to wait around for us to read the text.
Blizzard does want us to read the quest text don't they?
Back to the costumes…
The Problem
The limitation with these costumes is that you can only use them in the designated place, and you have to give them back at quest handin. So if you are happy to go back to the same place to dress up, don't hand in the quest.
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"Aqui" is the feature-debut of Madrid-born Antonio Mendez Esparza, who's now based out of New York. It is co-produced by Spain's Aqui y Alli Films and U.S.' Torch Films.
The project was put through the Sundance Institute Scripts Lab in 2010. It also received backing from Sundance's Cinereach fund, which provides grants for social-issue pics or movies furthering global cultural exchange.
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Set in the Mexican mountains and shot with non-pro actors, "Aqui" turns on the life of a Mexican immigrant who comes back to his native land with his family, after some years spent in the U.S.
"The pic is a study on the concept of home," said Mendez Esparza.
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Finally, someone from the NHL weighs in on the Brett Favre dong bid'ness, this being Joffrey Lupul, the trade bait that landed Chris Pronger in Philadelphia.
First comment: "Wait, Favre is in trouble w/ the league for sending "racy" txt msgs... You can get in trouble for that? I certainly hope not..."
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Fine, there isn't a little "verified" check next to Lupul's name. So, I apologize in advance if I've just gotten tricked by someone capable of culling 9,830 followers to a faux ice-dude's Twitter account.


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It's a girl for Guy Ritchie!
Madonna's ex-husband and his fiance, Jacqui Ainsley, recently welcomed a daughter, the "Revolver" director's rep confirms to the Daily Mail.
This is the second child for the duo, who are also parents to a 1-year-old son named Rafael.
Guy and Jacqui got engaged last month
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In addition to Rafael and his newborn, Ritchie also father to Rocco, 11, and David, 7, from his marriage to Madonna.
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Players have bought into feeling of being part of something huge in Brazil
The true heir to Maradona arrived at this World Cup in São Paulo last Thursday night – Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez: did something against England that superficially resembled Maradona's immortal feat in 1986.
It might come as a surprise to those who automatically associate the word "Fifa" with bland corporate mediocrity to hear that the official Fifa movie of the 1986 World Cup is actually a fine piece of work. Narrated by Michael Caine and featuring a weirdly beautiful synthesiser score by Rick Wakeman, the movie is called Hero, and it pursues an individualistic agenda in keeping with the Me Decade.
Hero tells the story of Mexico 86 by tracing the paths of the star players through the tournament. Most of the shots are tightly focused on an individual player – the screen filled with images of Michael Laudrup dribbling, Enzo Francescoli getting kicked, Michel Platini rearranging his thinning hair. You often can't see the game context or most of the other players. Instead, you see some other things that aren't so apparent from the wider angle.
Hero is mostly about Diego Maradona and the real star of the movie is Maradona's face. Few players have lived the emotions of the game as intensely as Maradona and over the course of the film we see him experience the whole gamut, from operatic anguish to incredulous joy.
When you watch this movie you understand why Maradona was more than just the best player in the world. He remained the world's favourite footballer for years after he had retired because his face was as expressive as his feet. He had an instinctive understanding of what it meant to be a hero. He knew how to channel the emotion of the crowd and reflect it back at them. Football doesn't matter without the audience and Maradona played the audience as well as he played the game.
This is probably the reason why Lionel Messi has never managed to supplant Maradona in Argentina's affections. It's nothing to do with Messi's talent, which is as great as Maradona's – greater, if you like to measure these things by counting goals and medals. It has to do with how he expresses himself.
Messi plays the game in a sort of imperturbable trance, he appears impassive, even cold. Sometimes he betrays flashes of irritation or amusement, but he only lets go at really big moments. When he scored against Bosnia last week he allowed himself an eruption of exultant relief, and you could see in that instant how deeply he had felt the misery of failing to score in South Africa last time. But from minute to normal minute of the game, Messi's face tells us little about how he's feeling. Maradona's face told us everything, so we could feel like we were living every second of it with him.
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Uruguay are possibly one of the worst teams in the World Cup but on Thursday they showed us what international football can be at its best. It wasn't just Suarez who was possessed by the spirit of heroism. There was that fascinating scene that played out after the left-back Alvaro Pereira was knocked out cold. Uruguay's team doctor indicated he had to come off, but Pereira refused point-blank to be substituted and stumbled back on to the field.
After the match, the player's union, FifPro, issued a statement complaining that football's rules do not do anything to protect players who are concussed. But it was clear that the person Pereira needed to be protected from was himself. On one level, what happened was obviously wrong. Uruguay's management should not have allowed their player to risk his health. And yet there was also something inspirational about Pereira's refusal. You suspected that some of the English players might have accepted the diagnosis of concussion with a certain quiet gratitude, as a way to get honourably discharged from the game. Pereira showed how much more it meant to Uruguay and on Thursday their desire made the difference.
That kind of desire has not been seen enough at recent World Cups, where the apparent indifference of many teams and individuals fed into a fear that international football might be losing its relevance. It seemed as though the players already had so much money and status from club football that they had started to think of international tournaments as little more than irritating impositions that cut into their holiday time.
In South Africa, there was a strange sense of the World Cup taking place in an airless, artificial Fifa-zone, cut off from the people of the country, a perception which was not softened by the cold weather and half-empty stadiums and that weird vuvuzela drone. Euro 2012 was arguably even worse, with those terrible pre-match ceremonies contributing to an impression of being part of something pre-packaged and unreal.
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Maybe it has something to do with the cities. Everyone constantly reminds you how dangerous Brazil's big cities are, but every city has something beautiful about it. São Paulo is a megalopolis that can remind you of New York City or Istanbul or Soweto, depending on where in town you happen to be.
There is the Miami-like beachfront at Fortaleza, drenched in endless sunshine, or the little houses of Salvador piled on the hills around the Fonte Nova stadium. And even travel-jaded footballers would have to be impressed by the grandeur of the rainforest and river visible from the air on the way into Manaus. At that city's Ponta Negra beach you stand and look out across the Rio Negro, which is only half of the Amazon, and it's like looking across Dublin Bay. This is a river?
This tournament has full stadiums, noisy crowds, hot sunshine, short shadows, bumpy pitches, crazy packs of fans who pursue the team coaches through the cities on motorcycles. Everywhere there is the feeling of being part of something huge. The players know that this is the real thing.
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Then there are some players who naturally have the temperament for tournament football. The outstanding candidate here is Thomas Müller, the German forward who has eight World Cup goals in seven matches after his hat-trick against Portugal. In addition to remarkable gifts of anticipation and timing, Müller's performance against Portugal also displayed some of the quick-thinking cynicism that was associated with the winning West German teams of the 1970s and 80s. He is a player whose 360 degree view of the possibilities is not obscured by sportsmanship blinkers, and if his behaviour generates a certain quantity of heel heat, the spectacle is all the better for it.
Suarez, Messi, van Persie and Müller all understand the same thing about the World Cup: this is their chance to win the kind of fame that doesn't end. In Brazil, the game's ultimate stage has found its perfect backdrop.


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The problem with this choice is that it happens so quickly that you may not realise that you are making it. Only the Imperial actually spoke to me, and so it was only when a quest popped up on the screen as to which I wanted to follow, that I realised I might have a choice. I assume you can back-track later, but it's silly to put such a fundamental question so early on.
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Mahmudiyah killings
|Mahmoudiyah Killings
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Abeer Qassim Hamza at the age of seven
|Yusufiyah, Iraq
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|Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi
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|5 U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 502d Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
The Mahmudiyah killings were the gang-rape and killing of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi by United States Army soldiers on March 12, 2006, and the murder of her family, in a house to the southwest of Yusufiyah, a village to the west of the town of Al-Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Charged with the crimes were five U.S. Army soldiers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment consisting of (I) SGT Paul E. Cortez, (II) SPC James P. Barker, (III) PFC Jesse V. Spielman, (IV) PFC Brian L. Howard, and (V) PFC Steven D. Green, whom the U.S. Army discharged before becoming aware of the crime.
Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi was raped and murdered after her family consisting of her 34-year-old mother Fakhriyah Taha Muhsin, 45-year-old father Qasim Hamza Raheem, and six-year-old sister Hadeel Qasim Hamza were killed.[1] Spielman and Green have been convicted and three others have pleaded guilty.[2]
- 1 Background
- 2 Rape and killings
- 3 Cover up
- 4 Alleged 2006 retaliation
- 5 Legal proceedings
- 6 Others
- 7 In popular culture
- 8 See also
- 9 References
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Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi (عبير قاسم حمزه الجنابي) (August 19, 1991 – March 12, 2006),[3][4] lived with her mother and father (Fakhriya Taha Muhasen, 34, and Qassim Hamza Raheem, 45, respectively) and their three other children: 6-year-old daughter Hadeel Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, 11-year-old son Mohammed, and his 9-year-old younger brother Ahmed. Their house was situated approximately Script error: No such module "convert". from a six-man U.S. traffic checkpoint,[5] southwest of the village of Yusufiyah, which lies west of the larger township of Al-Mahmudiyah (in the coalition-termed area "Triangle of Death").[6]
According to her neighbours, Abeer spent most of her days at home, as her parents would not allow her to go to school because of security concerns. From their checkpoint, the soldiers would often watch Abeer doing her chores and tending the garden. The neighbors had warned Abeer's father of this, but he replied it was not a problem as she was just a small girl.[6]
Abeer's brother Mohammed (who along with his younger brother was at school at the time of the killings and thus survived) recalls that the soldiers often searched the house. On one such occasion, Green ran his index finger down Abeer's cheek, an action which had terrified her.[7]
Abeer's mother told her relatives before the murders that, whenever she caught the soldiers staring at Abeer, they would give her the thumbs-up sign, point to her daughter and say "Very good, very good." Evidently this had concerned her and she made plans for Abeer to spend nights sleeping at her uncle's (Ahmad Qassim's) house.[7][8] According to an affidavit later filed by the FBI, Green discussed raping the girl in the days preceding the event.
Rape and killings
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On March 12, 2006, the soldiers (from the 502nd Infantry Regiment) at the checkpoint had been drinking alcohol and discussing plans to rape Abeer. Five soldiers of the six-man unit responsible for the checkpoint left their posts for the Qasim farmhouse.[9] (The sixth, Sergeant Anthony W. Yribe, was charged with failing to report the attack but did not otherwise participate). Of the five, four of the soldiers were alleged to have directly perpetrated the attack, while Howard acted as lookout. In broad daylight, they walked to the house (not wearing their uniforms)[7] and separated Abeer and her family into two different rooms. Green then murdered her parents and younger sister, while two other soldiers raped Abeer. Green then emerged from the room saying "I just killed them, all are dead".[10] He then raped Abeer and shot her in the head. After the rape the lower part of Abeer's body, from her stomach down to her feet, was set on fire. The fire eventually spread to the rest of the room and the smoke alerted neighbors, who were among the first to discover the scene. One recalled "The poor girl, she was so beautiful. She lay there, one leg was stretched and the other bent and her dress was lifted up to her neck."[8] They ran to tell Abu Firas Janabi, Abeer's uncle, that the farmhouse was on fire and that dead bodies could be seen inside the burning building. Janabi and his wife rushed to the farmhouse and doused some of the flames to get inside. Upon witnessing the scene inside, Janabi went to a checkpoint guarded by Iraqi soldiers to report the crime.
The Iraqi soldiers immediately went to examine the scene and thereafter went to an American checkpoint to report the incident. This checkpoint was different from the one manned by the perpetrators. After approximately an hour, some soldiers from the checkpoint went to the farmhouse. These soldiers were accompanied by at least one of the perpetrators.
Cover up
Green and the other soldiers who participated in the incident told the Iraqi Army soldiers who arrived on scene immediately after the incident that it had been perpetrated by Sunni insurgents. These Iraqi soldiers conveyed this information to Abeer's uncle, who viewed the bodies. This lie prevented the event from being recognized as a crime or widely reported amidst the widespread violence occurring in Iraq at that time.[7][11]
On June 16, a checkpoint manned by soldiers in the perpetrators' unit was attacked and overrun. Specialist David Babineau was killed and Pfcs Thomas Lowell Tucker and Kristian Menchaca were captured, tortured, and killed. When Yribe heard this, he told Pfc Justin Watt that Green was a murderer. On June 22, 2006, the rape and the murders came to light when Watt revealed them during a psychological health counseling session. Watt stated that he asked to speak with a mental health counselor because he wanted to bypass what he thought would be a skeptical command structure and get an audience with Army investigators.[12]
Green had been honorably discharged from the Army on May 16, 2006, before the crime was recognized, with "antisocial personality disorder".[13] The FBI assumed jurisdiction for the crime committed by Green under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act[14] and charged him with the killings.[13]
Alleged 2006 retaliation
On July 10, the Mujahideen Shura Council (now a part of the Islamic State) released a graphic video showing the bodies of Pfcs. Tucker and Menchaca. This video was accompanied by a statement saying that the group carried out the killings as "revenge for our sister who was dishonored by a soldier of the same brigade."[15][16] The Washington Post reports that Charles Babineau and two comrades from the same unit were captured and killed by militants a month after the rape.[17][18] Local Iraqi officials, and American officials, denied the killing of the GIs was an act of retaliation, because the GIs were killed days before the revelation leaked out that American soldiers had committed the rape and murder in Mahmudiyah. At the time of Menchaca and Tucker's abduction on June 16, 2006, only the perpetrators of the rape and murder, and a few soldiers in their unit engaged in covering up the crime, knew that it had been committed by American soldiers. The crime was revealed by Pfc Justin Watt on June 22, and American responsibility only became "public knowledge" in Iraq on July 4, days after which the video by the Mujahideen Shura Council was released. Also, the abduction occurred on June 16, nine days after the targeted killing of the Shura Council's leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, on June 7.[19][20]
The video from the Mujahideen Shura Council claimed that upon learning of the rape/murder, the group "kept their anger to themselves and didn't spread the news, but were determined to avenge their sister's honor". Locals may have been able to deduce the guilt of the US soldiers from the nearby check point, after the Americans and their Iraqi cohort unit provided the explanation, 'sunni extremists did this'. A portion of locals served as auxiliary support for both for Al Qaeda in Iraq and the 1920s Revolutionary Brigade. Auxiliary support comprised both material aid and performing a human intelligence support function. Relaying the accusation of the local MNC-I unit to the insurgents, is a basic function of that support. The sunni extremists were able to eliminate themselves as suspects and having an already low opinion of the US military, may have assumed the guilt of the 101st Airborne soldiers. From the perspective of the insurgency, whether or not they had evidence or confessions to prove the guilt of the US soldiers, the accusation alone was a propaganda victory. A statement issued along with the video stated that "God Almighty enabled them to capture two soldiers of the same brigade as this dirty crusader." Other militant groups also made various claims or statements announcing revenge campaigns after the killings were reported on July 4, when the American investigation into the incident was announced.[21][22]
On July 4, Jaysh al-Mujahidin claimed downing a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache "in retaliation for the child, Abir, whom U.S. soldiers raped in Al-Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad."[23]
On July 12, the Islamic Army in Iraq claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb near the entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad, in support of the "Abir operations" targeting the "evil den in the Green prison".[24]
Legal proceedings
Green was arrested as a civilian, and convicted by a civilian court, the U.S. District Court in Paducah, Kentucky.[25] The other four, all active-duty soldiers, were convicted through courts-martial.
Steven Dale Green
Green was arrested in North Carolina while traveling home from Arlington, Virginia, where he had attended the funeral of a soldier. On June 30, 2006, the FBI arrested Green, who was held without bond and transferred to Louisville, Kentucky. On July 3, 2006, United States Federal Court prosecutors formally charged him with raping and killing Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, and with killing her six-year-old sister Hadeel, her father, Qassim Hamza Rasheed, and her mother, Fakhriya Taha Muhasen in Mahmoudiyah, on March 12, 2006. On July 10, the U.S. Army charged four other active duty soldiers with the same crime. A sixth soldier, Sgt. Anthony Yribe, was charged with failing to report the attack, but not with having participated in the rape and the murders. On May 7, 2009, Green was found guilty by the federal court in Kentucky of rape and multiple counts of murder.[2] While prosecutors sought the death penalty in this case, jurors failed to agree unanimously and the death sentence could not be imposed.[26] On September 4, 2009, Green was formally sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.[27] He was held in the United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona, and died on February 15, 2014, from complications following an attempt at suicide by hanging.[28]
On July 6, 2006, Green entered a plea of not guilty through his public defenders. U.S. Magistrae Judge James Moyer set an arraignment date of August 8 in Paducah, Kentucky.[29] On July 11, 2006, his lawyers requested a gag order. "This case has received prominent and often sensational coverage in virtually all print, electronic and internet news media in the world." "Clearly, the publicity and public passions surrounding this case present the clear and imminent danger to the fair administration of justice," said the motion.[30] Prosecutors had until July 25 to file their response to the request.[31]
On August 31, 2006, a federal judge rejected a gag order. U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell said there is "no reason to believe" that Green's right to a fair trial would be in jeopardy. Furthermore he added, "It is beyond question that the charges against Mr. Green are serious ones, and that some of the acts alleged in the complaint are considered unacceptable in our society."[32] In July 2007, federal prosecutors, led by Brian Skaret of the United States Department of Justice's Domestic Security Section, announced that they would seek the death penalty for Green, based upon the prosecutors' belief that the rape and killings were premeditated, and were committed using a firearm.[citation needed]
Opening arguments in Green's trial were heard on April 27, 2009.[33] The prosecution rested its case on May 4, 2009.[34] On May 7, 2009, a federal jury convicted Green of rape and murder, for which he could have received the death penalty.[35] However, on May 21, 2009, Green was spared the death penalty when the jury of nine men and three women could not come to unanimous agreement on a penalty; as a result, he received life without parole.[36] Formal sentencing took place on September 4, 2009.[27][37]
Some said the jury's indecision may indicate that the public is becoming increasingly aware of combat stress and its effects on soldiers. Green's defense attorneys argued against the death penalty, presenting military witnesses who testified that Green's unit suffered unusual stress and heavy casualties, and had insufficient Army leadership.[37] At the same time, Abeer's relatives were outraged at the punishment Green has been given, feeling that Green's sentence was insufficient; the story was featured in Al Jazeera News.[38]
Green challenged his convictions, claiming that the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act is unconstitutional and that he should face a military trial.[39] In his first interview since the murders, Green was quoted as saying "I didn't think of Iraqis as humans".[40] Green lost his appeal in August 2011.[41]
Green grew up in Seabrook, Texas, and moved with his family to Midland, when he was 14. According to school officials, he dropped out of high school in 2002 after completing the 10th grade and moved to Denver City, Texas, where he earned his high school equivalency diploma in 2003. Days after a January 2005 arrest for alcohol possession, Green enlisted in the U.S. Army. In doing so, he was granted a moral character waiver for prior alcohol and other drug related offenses that might have otherwise disqualified him. Green graduated from infantry training and was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. According to a military spokesperson and a criminal complaint filed in connection with the charges, Green was honorably discharged from the military "due to antisocial personality disorder but before the military was aware of the incident."[42] Green was deployed to Iraq from September 2005 to April 2006 and discharged in May 2006.[43]
James P. Barker
On November 15, 2006, Specialist Barker pleaded guilty to rape and murder as part of a plea agreement requiring him to give evidence against the other soldiers to avoid the death penalty. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, 90 years in prison, and must serve 20 years before being considered for parole. He wept during closing statements, and accepted responsibility for the rape and killings, saying the violence he had encountered in Iraq left him "angry and mean" toward Iraqis.[44] Despite this show of emotion during closing arguments, Barker showed no such emotion afterward. Journalists reported "he smoked a cigarette outside as a bailiff watched over him. He grinned but said nothing as reporters passed by."[45]
He is currently held in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.[46]
Paul E. Cortez
On January 22, 2007, Cortez pleaded guilty in a court martial to rape, conspiracy to rape, and four counts of murder as part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, and was sentenced to 100 years in prison.[47] He will be eligible for parole in 10 years. Cortez, 24, also was given a dishonorable discharge. He wept as he apologized for the crimes, saying he could not explain why he took part.[48]
He is currently held in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.[46]
Jesse V. Spielman
On August 3, 2007, Private First Class Jesse V. Spielman, 23, was sentenced by a court martial to a dishonorable discharge; 110 years in prison, with the possibility of parole after 10 years. He was convicted of rape, conspiracy to commit rape, housebreaking with intent to rape and four counts of felony murder. He had earlier pleaded guilty to lesser charges of conspiracy to obstructing justice, arson, wrongfully touching a corpse and drinking.[49]
Spielman is currently held in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.[46]
Bryan L. Howard
Private First Class Bryan L. Howard was sentenced by a court martial under a plea agreement to dishonorable discharge and 27 months' imprisonment for obstruction of justice and being an accessory after the fact. The court found that his involvement included hearing the others discussing the crime and lying to protect them, but not commission of the actual rape or murders.[50][51]
Ultimately, Howard served a 27-month sentence and was dishonorably discharged.[46]
Anthony W. Yribe
Initially Sergeant Anthony W. Yribe was charged with obstructing the investigation, specifically, dereliction of duty and making a false statement. In exchange for his testimony against the other men, the government dropped the charges against him and he accepted an administrative discharge characterized as "other than honorable".[46][52][53]
Justin Watt
Private First Class Justin Watt, the whistleblower, received a medical discharge and is now running a computer business. He says that he has received threats since coming forward.[46]
Muhammed and Ahmed Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, the surviving brothers of murder victim Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, are being raised by an uncle, according to testimony in the courts-martial of Cortez, Barker and Spielman. Caitlin Berczik, a spokeswoman for the Iraqi embassy in Washington, said the Iraqi government could provide no information about the children's whereabouts or how to contact them or their uncle.[46] No compensation or damages have been paid.
In popular culture
- The 2007 war film Redacted is loosely based upon the events at Mahmudiyah.
- The incident and the ensuing investigations were described in the book Black Hearts by Jim Frederick, published in 2010.[54][55]
- The play "9 Circles" by Bill Cain follows Daniel Reeves through the aftermath of Mahmudiyah and was performed in 2011 at the Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles.[56]
See also
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- Sexual assault in the U.S. military
- FOB Ramrod kill team
- Human rights in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq
- Hamdania incident
- Haditha massacre
- John E. Hatley
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Joshua Partlow; Saad Al-Izzi (2006-07-12). "From Baghdad Mosque, a Call to Arms". The Washington Post. p. A08. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
The hand-held video shows two bodies -- one decapitated, the other face down on the ground as someone steps on his head. The video was posted on an insurgent Web site, accompanied by a statement from the Mujaheddin al-Shura Council, a collection of several insurgent groups including al-Qaeda in Iraq, asserting that the soldiers were killed in retaliation for the rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killings of three members of her family, allegedly by U.S. soldiers from the same unit in the nearby town of Mahmudiyah.
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- ↑ Almasy, Steve. "Former soldier at center of murder of Iraqi family dies after suicide attempt", edition.cnn.com, February 18, 2014; retrieved February 19, 2014.
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- ↑ "MOTION TO RESTRAIN PARTIES AND OTHER TRIAL PARTICIPANTS FROM MAKING EXTRAJUDICIAL STATEMENTS OF INFLAMMATORY OR PREJUDICIAL NATURE" (PDF). United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. 2006-07-11. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
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External links
- Video: The Rape & Murder Scene in Mahmudiya - Short BBC Documentary from August 7, 2006
- Images: The Mahmudiya Massacre Images - A Photo Series
- Resources: The Massacre of Mahmudiya: A full detail of the case with court documents
- "Killings shattered dreams of rural Iraqi family." Associated Press at NBC News. 2009.
- Rape: American soldiers 'took turns' The Age Aug 8, 2006
- Steven Green's Apology to Victims May 28, 2009
- "I came over here because I wanted to kill people." Andrew Tilghman The Washington Post Sunday July 30, 2006
- Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi at Find a Grave
- Fakhriyah Taha Muhsin at Find a Grave
- Hadeel Qasim Hamza at Find a Grave
- Qasim Hamza Raheem at Find a Grave


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Story highlights
- Hartley's widow calls Monday's arrest an "out-of-the-blue shock"
- Salvador Martinez Escobedo is suspected in the Falcon Lake killing of David Hartley
- Authorities have not said why or how they believe he was involved in the slaying
- A Texas sheriff says the suspected Zetas leader was not on his list of suspects
For more than two years, details about the investigation into who killed David Hartley have been as murky as the waters where his body disappeared.
His grieving widow told police that attackers shot him in the head on a lake that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border. She said she was forced to flee and leave his body behind.
Some blamed her for his death. Then the severed head of the case's lead investigator was delivered in a suitcase to a Mexican military post.
The trail seemed to go cold until Monday, when Mexican authorities said they had arrested a leader of the ruthless Zetas drug cartel and linked him to the Falcon Lake killing.
Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo also is a suspect connected to the slaying of the Mexican state police investigator who was heading the investigation into Hartley's killing until he turned up dead himself nine days later, the Mexican navy said in a written statement.
Hartley's widow, Tiffany Hartley, told reporters in Colorado that the news was "a complete, out-of-the-blue shock." She said she had heard no news about her husband's killing for 10 months, and she and her family were trying to learn more "from anyone."
"We've got calls out to all these different agencies, and we haven't heard back from any of them," she said.
Authorities accuse Martinez, known as "The Squirrel," of being a regional leader of the Zetas in three northern Mexican states and heading up a brutal battle with the rival Gulf cartel. They had offered a reward of more than $1 million for information leading to his capture.
He was picked up in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo on Saturday night and presented to the media on Monday. But one Texas sheriff says the 31-year-old alleged cartel leader wasn't on a list of five suspect names in the Hartley case that he's handed over to the FBI.
"Based on the information I have, he may have been the one responsible for that area, but not the one responsible for the actual killing," said Sigifredo Gonzalez, sheriff of Zapata County, Texas.
The navy didn't explain why or how authorities believe Martinez is connected to the case.
But his arrest appears to be the first that officials have publicly tied to Hartley's killing.
"If this is, in fact, true that he was involved," Gonzalez said, "it's a welcome sign that the Mexican government is trying to solve the killing of yet another American citizen on Mexican soil."
Widow: Cartels 'are killing anyone who gets in their way'
After the shooting she reported on September 30, 2010, Tiffany Hartley told a dramatic story of the attack to investigators. For months, she told the story to lawmakers and members of the media, hoping, she said, to speak out for others caught in the drug-related violence that has killed more than 47,500 across Mexico since December 2006.
"The men who murdered David are right across the river. They aren't in Afghanistan, they aren't in Iraq. They're in our own backyard," she said at a congressional field hearing in Brownsville, Texas, last year. "The cartel members are taking over Mexico, and they are killing anyone who gets in their way."
Tiffany Hartley has said that she and her 30-year-old husband were ambushed by assailants while riding Sea-Doo personal watercraft on the lake.
It was supposed to be leisurely adventure, she said. They were visiting the ruins of a half-submerged church.
They'd been snapping photos when three boats carrying armed men approached, she said. Bullets whizzed by as the couple took off on their Sea-Doos. One of them hit David Hartley in the head.
She said she was unable to haul his body onto her watercraft before being forced to flee.
Some raised doubts about her account. In a 2010 interview with CNN, she said she was hurt by the suspicion, but no, there was no drug deal gone bad. She said she was no merry widow, as one border town official suggested. Her heart is broken, she said.
"You know, the only people who know what happened that day are the people on the boat, God and myself. The only people who I cared about believing me are my family and his family," she said. "Everyone else can doubt me as much as they want."
Seven months later, a member of Mexico's navy and 12 suspected members of the Zetas were killed in a shootout on a Falcon Lake island. Drug traffickers were using the island for storing marijuana to be tran


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AIKEN, S.C. – After avenging an earlier loss to Albany State in their mid-week match-up, the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes were hoping to build on the positives of their thirteen-run win. GSW faced the #14 USC Aiken Pacers on Friday evening, and the Blue & Gold lost their earlier momentum dropping Friday's night's game 10-2.
The #14 ranked Pacers wasted no time putting up the game's first run after a leadoff single by Stephen Carmon. The USCA shortstop would advance to second on a wild pitch, steal third and then driven home by the next batter, catcher Josh Miller. Carmon's first run would be followed by a plethora of Aiken runs fueled by two GSW defensive errors. By inning's end the home team would already have a 5-0 lead over the Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes looked to have an immediate answer in the top of the second inning. After Chase Young and Jarrod Taylor walks and a Corey Benson single, Georgia Southwestern would load the bases with no outs. Michael Sneed, Kyle Nobles and Michel Coffey would be retired in order neutralizing the Hurricane scoring threat.
GSW would threaten again in the third inning, and a Corey Benson two-out RBI single would get Coach McLain and company on the board. USC Aiken would answer the GSW third-inning run with one of their own. Freshman Will Tankersley would hit a triple to left field and was driven in by Ty Barkell to make it 6-1 Pacers. Aiken's one run in the third would be followed by another run in the fourth.
Benson would mimic his third-inning actions in the fifth when he would hit his second straight, two-out RBI single to cut the Pacer lead to 7-2. However, the Hurricanes would not come any closer than five runs from that point on.
Hurricane starter Matt Suggs would be knocked out of the game in the sixth inning. The sophomore would end the night with five and two-thirds innings pitched, giving up eleven hits and seven earned runs in the loss.
Senior Tyler Daniel would come on in relief of Suggs, and he finished the game throwing the seventh and eighth innings.
The Pacers would get to their final tally of ten runs via three Bill Gerstenslager RBI's including a two-run home run to right center field in the eighth inning. Aiken's two pitchers would also combine to strike out 16 GSW hitters.
Michael Coffey would finish the evening without a hit in his five at-bats and end his fourteen-game hitting streak. The Hurricane top hitter of the day would be Corey Benson. Benson would finish the night with three hits in four at-bats driving in both of GSW's runs. His two RBI's give the right fielder seven RBI's over his last two games.
The loss puts the Georgia Southwestern record at 4-20 (2-10 PBC). The Hurricanes will look to flip the script on #14 USC Aiken in their double header on Saturday with first pitch scheduled for noon at Roberto Hernandez Stadium in Aiken.