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[rearadmiral]

Haven't read the entire article yet, but what I have was unsettling.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-kill-team-20110327?page=1

'NAM: the sequel.

[TeeDub]

is Mr. Obama wearing blue eye shadow right now?

[B Luc]

http://thestir.cafemom.com/teen/118256/father_beheads_daughters_rapist_hero&srch=0&prov=&utf8?quick_picks=1&utm_medium=sem2&utm_source=outbrain&utm_campaign=outbrain&utm_content=outbrain_feb_test

[BS1]

I'd go after the motherfuckers too......

just a warning, Lugz

[MCA]

unborn child raped by a friend jokes are.....interesting.

[BS1]

or you know, when my child is 18 and lugz is like 70....but however you want to spin it is fine by me

[PhillyandBCEagles]

Haven't read the entire article yet, but what I have was unsettling.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-kill-team-20110327?page=1

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/callin ... -stone.htm

Whole thing is worth a read, but the most damning part:

The brigade gave me open access. I could go anywhere, anytime, so long as I could find a ride, which never was a problem beyond normal combat problems. If they had something to hide, it was limited and I didn’t find it. I was not with the Soldiers accused of murder and had no knowledge of this. It is important to note that the murder allegations were not discovered by media vigilance, but by, for instance, at least one Soldier in that tiny unit who was appalled by the behavior. A brigade is a big place with thousands of Soldiers, and in Afghanistan they were spread thinly across several provinces because we decided to wage war with too few troops. Those Soldiers accused of being involved in (or who should have been knowledgeable of) the murders could fit into a minivan. You would need ten 747s for the rest of the Brigade who did their duty. I was with many other Soldiers from 5/2 SBCT. My overall impression was very positive. After scratching my memory for negative impressions from 5/2 Soldiers, I can’t think of any, actually, other than the tiny Kill Team who, to my knowledge, I never set eyes upon.

The online edition of the Rolling Stone story contains a section with a video called “Motorcycle Kill,” which includes our Soldiers gunning down Taliban who were speeding on a motorcycle toward our guys. These Soldiers were also with 5/2 SBCT, far away from the “Kill Team” later accused of the murders. Rolling Stone commits a literary “crime” by deceptively entwining this normal combat video with the Kill Team story. The Taliban on the motorcycle were killed during an intense operation in the Arghandab near Kandahar City. People who have been to the Arghandab realize the extreme danger there. The Soviets got beaten horribly in the Arghandab, despite throwing everything including the Soviet kitchen sink into the battle that lasted over a month. Others fared little better. To my knowledge, 5/2 and supporting units were the first ever to take Arghandab, and these two dead Taliban were part of that process.

[lugnutz]

or you know, when my child is 18 and lugz is like 70....but however you want to spin it is fine by me

<<<<<<<<<< oops >>>>>>>>>

First guy he calls in to dismember and dispose of the guys body.

[tballa55]

Uganda lawmakers remove death penalty clause from anti-gay bill

so considerate

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... 8656.story

[B Luc]

Hey that's my heritage maaaannnnnn....

...btw, the whole anti-gay thing is directly related to southern baptists or episcopalians or something from this country.

I really wish I was making that up but I'm not.

[Mk]

Is this odd?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05 ... tml?hpt=T2



Brings to mind the Canadian bus story that former poster BA5 posted a few years ago.

[B Luc]

Might as well stop pretending to be allies...

http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-helped-us-sentenced-prison-111936200.html

[Section 40]

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason, officials told CNN.
Shakeel Afridi was also fined $3,500 for spying for the United States, said Nasir Khan, a Khyber Agency official, and Fazal Mehmood, an official from the tribal court that handed down the sentence.
The court heard the case against Afridi for two months. The doctor was not afforded a chance to defend himself, which is in accordance with the laws of the tribal justice system, the two officials said.

Not afforded a chance to defend himself. Why even have a trial? The backwards fucks. I just crossed Pakistan off my vacation destination list.

[lugnutz]

Fuck that butt fuck backward country...great place for China to put up a parking lot

[B Luc]

India will do it first. They vehemently hate each other.