US Platoon Members Accused of Killing for Sport

[n0n1m0us3]

Members of U.S. platoon in Afghanistan accused of killing civilians for sport
By Craig Whitlock
Saturday, September 18, 2010; 9:39 PM

AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. The U.S. soldiers hatched a plan as simple as it was savage: to randomly target and kill an Afghan civilian, and to get away with it.

For weeks, according to Army charging documents, rogue members of a platoon from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, floated the idea. Then, one day last winter, a solitary Afghan man approached them in the village of La Mohammed Kalay. The "kill team" activated the plan.

One soldier created a ruse that they were under attack, tossing a fragmentary grenade on the ground. Then others opened fire.

According to charging documents, the unprovoked, fatal attack on Jan. 15 was the start of a months-long shooting spree against Afghan civilians that resulted in some of the grisliest allegations against American soldiers since the U.S. invasion in 2001. Members of the platoon have been charged with dismembering and photographing corpses, as well as hoarding a skull and other human bones.

The subsequent investigation has raised accusations about whether the military ignored warnings that the out-of-control soldiers were committing atrocities. The father of one soldier said he repeatedly tried to alert the Army after his son told him about the first killing, only to be rebuffed.

washingtonpost.com

Hmmm ...


Lets turn them loose on the rest of the country ....



"If You Kill Enough of Them, They Will Surrender", Gen Curtis LeMay

[bresamil]

Hmm sounds like Nam. Anyone know if soldiers are still used as guinea pigs for drug testing?

A shame their superiors didn't crack down quicker, now we've got bad soldiers tarnishing the good works of others.

[ImnoMensa]

Originally Posted by bresamil

Hmm sounds like Nam. Anyone know if soldiers are still used as guinea pigs for drug testing?

A shame their superiors didn't crack down quicker, now we've got bad soldiers tarnishing the good works of others.

Only if you believe this BS story from the Washington Compost. It sounds like horse crap to me.

[bresamil]

Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

Only if you believe this BS story from the Washington Compost. It sounds like horse crap to me.

I hope it is complete BS.

After 30 years working with military and hearing many personal accounts, I do know they have their share of idiot yahoos just like every other profession. That's why I like to wait for the rest of the story and can't just dismiss this one.

[PsyOps (Premo)]

OMG... This proves our military are a bunch of wild animals. They can't be trusted to defend our country

[glhs837]

If true, nail them to the wall. Unlike our opponents, we discipline our bad dogs. If not publicist the hell out of it

Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

Only if you believe this BS story from the Washington Compost. It sounds like horse crap to me.

Have I seen this story in other places ........ (it was on Lucianne.com last week, I donot remember where the original news article was )


but too gruesome, and too many details for the activities to go on so long ....

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by ImnoMensa

It sounds like horse crap to me.

That would be my first reaction. However, this from the article is problematic;

But the case has already been marked by a cycle of accusations and counter-accusations among the defendants as they seek to pin the blame on each other, according to documents and interviews

[CrashTest]

Originally Posted by glhs837

If true, nail them to the wall. Unlike our opponents, we discipline our bad dogs. If not publicist the hell out of it

Do we play by the rules hoping the folks who hate us will start liking us?