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US soldier's killing spree puts Afghanistan on a knife-edge

"Among the dead was a young girl in a green and red dress who had been shot in the forehead. The bodies of other victims appeared partially burned. A villager claimed they had been wrapped in blankets and set on fire by the killer.

It is not the first time that US soldiers have intentionally killed Afghan civilians but the toll is unprecedented for a single soldier. The soldier, who was reported to be a staff sergeant and father of three who has done three tours of duty in Iraq, was arrested after the assault. He appears to have made no attempt to cover up the shootings."

Will this soldier be let off with a slap of the wrist as well,
In no way am I pre-empting what might or might not happen to this guy, but I do believe that the Afghan people will want justice, and justice seen to be done. I don’t think it is right to comment on something that no one knows why it took place or what state of mind this soldier was in at the time if the killing.
Quote Originally Posted by thir View Post
"A string of abuses has soured attitudes to foreign military. A group of US soldiers killed three Afghan civilians for sport in 2010 in a different part of Kandahar province. In January, a video surfaced showing US marines apparently urinating on the corpses of three insurgents, and in February anger flared over the burning of the Qur'an."

I no longer ask myself if the marines have gone crazy. I ask myself who wants this situation to explode, and why marines lend themselves to this.
Shit happens in all conflicts all around the world, it has happened since battles were reported and logged in the history books. The media and education has brought it into the home and we just have to live with it. This war it is America and the next war it will be some other country so on so forth. If the media made the same pinpoint accusations of the opposing forces atrocities, then the civilians that know damn all about warfare would not be so fast to point the finger. [But then that does not sell news papers.]

Be well IAN 2411