Soldier silenced for testimony in Afghan killings probe

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CNN

First, Justin Stoner blew the whistle on his platoon. Now, the Army apparently wants to silence him.

In photos obtained by CNN, Stoner sports bruises and abrasions on his back, chest and near his neck -- the marks of a beating inflicted by fellow soldiers as payback for reporting their rampant hashish use, the Army said.

At the time, those close to the investigation tell CNN, Stoner just wanted the smoking in his tent and around him to stop. So he went outside his group and reported the drug use to his superiors.

But that move, and the subsequent beating he endured for being viewed as a snitch, triggered a wide-ranging criminal investigation that has left some soldiers accused of killing innocent Afghan civilians and others accused of posing in gruesome photos with the dead or keeping body parts as war trophies.

Now the Army is doing everything it can to limit the publicity its own explosive account created.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/14/griffin.afghan.murder.soldiers.investigation/?hpt=C2

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Pfc. Stoner posed for these pictures, taken by the U.S. Army, to show his physical injuries.


This photo from the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Calvin Gibbs' tattoos that are suspected to represent his "kills."

[gratuitous]

1. Shouldn't take too much longer

And the terrorists won't have to hate us for our freedoms. We're moving well on the way toward the repressive regimes we used to oppose so vigorously. Seems that the only difference is the choice of law.

[TheMadMonk]

5. McCarthy? Jim Crowe? Pinkertons?

"Middle America" is/was nothing more than the biggest fucking Potemkin Village ever constructed.

[mike_c]

2. and his name is STONER?

:rofl:

[kgnu_fan]

3. Support our troop to tell us the truth

[kgnu_fan]

4. We need to support them more.... kick

[midnight]

6. End this disaster......