Gruesome news of U.S. Unit Killing Afghan Civilians at Random

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Court Hears of U.S. Unit Killing Afghan Civilians at Random
By WILLIAM YARDLEY


JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Members of an American Army unit consumed with drug use randomly chose Afghan civilians to kill and then failed to report the abuses out of fear they would suffer retaliation from their commander, according to testimony in military court here on Monday.

The testimony, in a hearing to determine whether one of those soldiers, Specialist Jeremy N. Morlock, would face a court-martial and a possible death sentence, came the same day that a videotape in the case was leaked showing Specialist Morlock talking to investigators about the killings in gruesome detail with no apparent emotion.

Top Army officials worry that the case against Specialist Morlock and four other soldiers accused in the killings of three Afghan civilians will undermine efforts to build relationships with Afghans in the war against the Taliban.

The soldiers are accused of possessing dismembered body parts, including fingers and a skull, and collecting photographs of dead Afghans. Some images show soldiers posing with the dead. As many as 70 images are believed to be in evidence.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28soldier.html?ref=global-home

[spanone]

1. winning hearts and minds and dismembered body parts

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. LOL that's a good way to put it

[HereSince1628]

2. Morlock.

Was he damaged by violent movies as a kid? Or did Jules Verne really see the future of human degradation...

a morlock from "The Time Machine"

[Nihil]

11. That was H.G.Wells but it's what I thought of too. (n/t)

:shrug:

[HereSince1628]

12. Right, HG Wells, maybe I should cut back on the carbamazepine

[VMI Dem]

3. Totally unsurprised.

[driver8]

4. But, they hate us for our freedoms!

They don't hate us because we invaded their country and randomly kill innocent people.

These fuckers should be put in prison for the rest of their miserable lives.

[Botany]

5. One more gift from the land of Palin

Specialist Morlock, who grew up in Wasilla, Alaska, appeared in court on Monday but did not testify.

[Kievan Rus]

6. The Soviet Army did this frequently when they were there; it was a primary reason we criticized them

[krispos42]

7. If we don't investigate and prosecute to the hilt...

...a lot more American soldiers will be killed by a re-energized insurgent movement.

[yodermon]

8. what breaks inside a person to allow them to do this?

not a popular question i know

[blindpig]

10. .