From the previous thread -

Now this is politics at its worse.

So if the tank fired at the window which the servicemember believed that fire came from. Trying to hold the tank crew responsible for the death of a civilian in a war zone is one thing. but Why is the Battalion Commander and the Company commander being charged for the actions of the tank crew?

Politics and the desire to be seen as doing something in the eyes of the anti-United States crowd that is running around in Spain. I wonder if the Judge is going to run for public office?

Additional comments.

Now before someone says I am speaking out of my rear-end - as another member already pointed out. Spain does not have jurisdiction in Iraq The event happened in Iraq concerning a Tank Crew that fired at a hotel that contained journalists. The journalists were in the middle of the war zone. This particular charge is nothing but a political stunt on its face. When does Spain have jurisdiction of United States servicemen who might or might not have committed a crime against a spanish citizen in a nation away from the courts jurisdiction. Spainish courts only have jurisdiction in Spain for actions committed in Spain that violate Spanish Law. Under the European Union Charter, Spanish Courts might have jurisdiction over crimes committed by European Union members against Spanish citizens within the European Union. However this alledge crime was committed by soldiers of a nation not in the European Union in a hostile war zone that was known to the Spanish Citizen to be a war zone that was not on Spanish soil.

If Spain was interested in pursueing justice verus political games the prosecution would of filed the motions in the Iraqi Courts of the Interm government or in the International Court. (Which would of been ignored by the United States, but would of given the shown that the motives of the Spanish Judge was not politics but Justice.)

Futhermore by attempting to charge and have arrested individuals who could not have been in the tank at the time of the incident also smacks of politics - since the Judge could not have determined where the individuals were when and what their actions were when the actual tank round was fired.

Especially since I doubt very seriousily that the United States Army turned over any information to Spain concerning the investigation that it did not want to give the Spanish Government.

Yes indeed Politics at its worse. And again I suspect the Spanish Judge is looking at running for a political office.