Witness: Marines Beat Iraq Inmate Who Died

An Iraqi inmate who died at a U.S. detention camp was an "ornery prisoner" who was beaten by several Marines, including one on trial for allegedly kicking him in the chest, one of the camp's jailers testified. Pfc. William Roy testified Wednesday that he and defendant Sgt. Gary Pittman believed the 52-year-old inmate, Nagem Hatab, had sold a rifle taken during the ambush of a U.S. Army convoy that left 11 soldiers dead and led to the capture of Pfc. Jessica Lynch and five others. Hatab was a "pretty ornery prisoner," Roy testified, adding he believed reasonable and necessary force was used to subdue him after he resisted commands and at one point got out of his flexible handcuffs. [more ]