The Defense Attorneys are now starting to talk about the case. 

First of all, according to how the dominent media, liberals/anti-war types and Amnesty International define torture, these 7 Marines and Navy Medic were tortured by NCIS.

Note how they were treated:

“When you put two NCIS agents in a room with a little 19-year-old kid and threaten him with the death penalty and call him a (expletive) liar for 2 1/2 hours and only give him water after he has signed the statement that’s been typed by an NCIS agent, I think that’s coercive,” Siegel said. “I don’t think you arrive at the truth that way; I think you arrive at whatever it is NCIS wants to arrive at.”

I know this also will shock you but sounds like motivation here could be MONEY. For the Iraqi family with the dead family member it took them 4 days to report the death to the Marines.

“If you had your brother’s body turned over and it was all shot up, wouldn’t you at least start with the people who are handing it over to you and say, `What happened here?’” Siegel said.

If nothing else for these Marines and Navy Medic there is questionable motivation here.

Defense attorneys Jeremiah Sullivan III and David Brahms said money could have been a motivation. They also said it is possible the relatives are sympathetic to the insurgents.

“What better way to undercut the American presence and to embarrass the Americans than to say this horrible act occurred and that these Marines without hesitation and in cold blood mowed down this disabled guy?”

Just remember this occurred in Anbar Province, a Sunni stronghold with a virulent anti-American/Coalition mentality.

Defense: Money May Figure in Hamdania Case – Examiner.com