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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Bad things by soldiers

As always, these are the exceptions, but all three of these revolve around acts of misconduct so I'm grouping them together.

(AP) "Nine officers, including up to four generals, should be held accountable for missteps in the aftermath of the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, a Pentagon investigation will recommend." (The key finding to me is that, unbelievably, this report will "not conclude there was an orchestrated cover-up in the investigation.")

(AP) "Marines accused of shooting and killing civilians after a suicide bombing in Afghanistan are under U.S. investigation, and their entire unit has been ordered to leave the country, officials said Friday." (This was the free fire incident where the photographers had their photographs destroyed.)

(Wired) An unbelievable description of US soldiers trying to deceive UAV surveillance to create the impression of a "good kill." The lengths they went to......

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