For the past 6 or 7 years, I’ve kept an increasingly fat folder labelled “Atrocities.” It contained reports of abuses by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan so egregious that even the military couldn’t ignore them. I retitled it “A Few Bad Apples” when it became clear that those who got caught had to be portrayed as anomalies so as to avoid the central question of what the hell they’re doing there in the first place.


Friday, May 30, 2014

not murder, but predatory

Staff Sgt. Angel Sanchez, (clearly misnamed) stands accused of sexual assault against a dozen women soldiers over the past 3 years.  He deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan & got a Bronze Star.  I have no idea if there are any connections there.
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Friday, May 16, 2014

former Army linguist convicted of murdering her kids

This isn't exactly what this site is about -- this woman didn't kill "enemy combatants" or other soldiers, but you do wonder what toll her life in the military and as a military spouse may have played.
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Sgt. Anthony Peden sentenced

Soldiers at Ft. Stewart, who formed an anti-government militia group, murdered a former soldier and his girlfriend in December 2011.  Peden got life, the other three did plea bargains to avoid a potiential death penalty.
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