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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 28 Mar 2017

    Marine A sentenced to seven years for manslaughter of wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistanhttp://bbc.in/2o5OqYD 

    2:45 AM - 28 Mar 2017
    • 356 Retweets
    • 581 Likes
    • Brian Barmen atbt.co Lawyer In The Making Cokhelyne zaag Lee-Ann Norton Hap22 Leigh Perry TomFeilden Afifi Hasan
    168 replies 356 retweets 581 likes
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      2. Lee Childs‏ @ashes5nil 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        what is this world coming to. Absolute disgrace. Why would anyone want to join the armed forces these days. #MarineA

        7 replies 4 retweets 42 likes
      3. hunted  🐾 ❄️ 🇪🇺‏ @S8Middle 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ashes5nil @BBCBreaking

        even in war and prison there are rules you don't break. He did. He's not the only person in combat situation

        3 replies 0 retweets 45 likes
      4. Ditto‏ @Englanduberall 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @S8Middle @ashes5nil @BBCBreaking

        Been in many war zones have you?

        5 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      5. hunted  🐾 ❄️ 🇪🇺‏ @S8Middle 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Englanduberall @ashes5nil @BBCBreaking

        one

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
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      7. hunted  🐾 ❄️ 🇪🇺‏ @S8Middle 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Colcheeky8 @Englanduberall and

        exactly, that's the whole point. Don't point a finger if you're no better yourself

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Bruce B‏ @Artook 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Are they f'ing joking in the UK. Wonder what the Taliban would have done to a wounded Marine?

        5 replies 2 retweets 55 likes
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      4. Matthew Griffiths  🔰‏ @MatthewGrif18 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @jimmybignose @Artook @BBCBreaking

        that taliban fighter was prob responsible for killing afghan civilians or even soldiers

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      6. Ditto‏ @Englanduberall 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @jimmybignose @MatthewGrif18 and

        Compassion for subhuman low life butchers, who delight in ingnoring the Geneva Convention, Why? Fight fire with fire.

        8 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Peter‏ @petergw97 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        murderer

        6 replies 0 retweets 37 likes
      3. Ricky‏ @CornishCracker 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @petergw97 @BBCBreaking

        He was a terrorist. He deserved it!

        2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      4. James Petherick‏ @jtpetherick 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @CornishCracker @BBCBreaking

        sorry, how does that make him better than the guy he shot?

        3 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
      5. Matt Leigh‏ @MLeigh4SM 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @jtpetherick @CornishCracker @BBCBreaking

        Because the man he shot was hostile, & had been attacking.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. Peter‏ @petergw97 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @MLeigh4SM @jtpetherick and

        he broke the Geneva convention

        3 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
      7. Matt Leigh‏ @MLeigh4SM 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @petergw97 @jtpetherick and

        The same convention that terrorists follow? Pfft!

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. Peter‏ @petergw97 28 Mar 2017
        Replying to @MLeigh4SM @jtpetherick and

        so we should follow the same rules as terrorists?

        3 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
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