Death Squads, Porn, Hashish And Killing For Kicks … It’s Not Just A Few “Bad Apples”

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Death Squads, Porn, Hashish And Killing For Kicks … It’s Not Just A Few “Bad Apples”
By: Dubhaltach Sunday October 3, 2010 10:55 am

Guess what? Having done the El Salvador option in El Salvador and in Irak it seems that the death squad option is now being well and truly being exercised by some American troops in Afghanistan. Surely you’re not surprised?


Dressed in a t-shirt and Army shorts, a 22-year-old corporal from Wasilla, Alaska casually describes on a video tape made by military investigators how his unit’s "crazy" sergeant randomly chose three unarmed, innocent victims to be murdered in Afghanistan.

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On the tape, obtained by ABC News, Morlock admits his role in the deaths of three Afghans but claims the plan was organized by his unit’s sergeant, Calvin Gibbs, who is also charged with pre-meditated murder.

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"He pulled out one of his grenades, an American grenade, you know, popped it, throws it, tells me where to go to whack this guy, kill this guy, kill this guy," Morlock told the investigators.

In some ways there is no comment necessary on the video confessions obtained by ABC News why on earth would anybody be surprised that American troops in Afghanistan plant weapons on corpses to try to justify killing civilians? — They did it in Irak (and in Irak when they couldn’t get hold of a spare weapon they would plant a spade and pretend they’d murdered their victim while he was planting a bomb).

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[Starry Messenger]

1. recommend.

[maryf]

2. K&R

words fail me right now, thanks for this.

[Forkboy]

3. But enough about my weekend.....

Sorry, gallows humor is all I got left these days.

K&R

[MinneapolisMatt]

4. Does anybody else find it ironic

that he's from Wasilla? Out of all of the towns in America, he hails from that one.