If the jackboot had been on the Other foot...

I'm sure the self-appointed moral guardians will be loudly trumpeting the importance of these stories, passing us by in news this week:

A soldier convicted of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teenager
and her family was sentenced to 110 years in prison, with the possibility of
parole after 10 years.

During their courts-martial, [accused soldiers] Barker and Cortez testified they
took turns raping the girl while Green shot and killed her mother, father and
younger sister. Green shot the girl in the head after raping her, they
said.
The girl's body was set on fire with kerosene to destroy the evidence,
according to previous testimony. (IHT)

More collateral damage caused by occupation? 10 years for gang-rape and mass-murder?

Speaking of terror:

A former Australian Army sergeant has admitted to stockpiling a
$700,000 arsenal of stolen weapons and explosives including machine-guns and
assault rifles.
Read, who was head of the Puckapunyal army base's school of artillery, kept
the stolen weapons loaded and combat-ready. He said he stockpiled the weapons
because he was a patriot and wanted to be ready to defend Australia if there was
an attack.
But police said newspaper clippings on the Hoddle Street
shootings, the Port Arthur massacre and US sniper attacks found on Read's
properties suggested a different motive. (SMH)

Nothing to see here. Please move along.