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Originally posted by wright35633:
Dogsoldier addressed this very incident in the news forum. Basically, this journalist sheds light on the situation from his eyes. I'm sure the real story lies somewhere in the middle.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion...istan-crying-bullst/
Maybe you missed THIS from the link in my initial post:
" . . a review of internal Army records and investigative files obtained by Rolling Stone, including dozens of interviews with members of Bravo Company compiled by military investigators, indicates that the dozen infantrymen being portrayed as members of a secretive "kill team" were operating out in the open, in plain view of the rest of the company. Far from being clandestine, as the Pentagon has implied, the murders of civilians were common knowledge among the unit and understood to be illegal by "pretty much the whole platoon," according to one soldier who complained about them. Staged killings were an open topic of conversation, and at least one soldier from another battalion in the 3,800-man Stryker Brigade participated in attacks on unarmed civilians. "The platoon has a reputation," a whistle-blower named Pfc. Justin Stoner told the Army Criminal Investigation Command. "They have had a lot of practice staging killings and getting away with it."
From that, it would seem that the Rolling Stone reporter did some pretty good in-depth research.
Just wait until the Army bites the bullet and releases its own findings on this affair. I do not believe that this problem is widely systemic; but it sure looks like there were quite a few players in the platoon involved in this sordid mess.