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Robert Richards, Marine Guilty in Taliban Desecration, Dies at 28
NY TImes ^ | 8/15/14 | Na

Posted on 08/30/2014 7:02:29 AM PDT by mgist

Robert Richards, Marine Guilty in Taliban Desecration, Dies at 28 Robert W. Richards, a former sergeant who helped provoke international outrage when he and three other Marines were seen on videotape urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in 2011, died on Wednesday at his home in Jacksonville, N.C., near Camp Lejeune, where he had once been based.

He was 28. His lawyer, Guy Womack, confirmed the death, saying there were no signs of foul play or self-inflicted wounds, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Womack said he suspected that a combination of medications that Mr. Richards had been taking for combat injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder contributed to the death. Mr. Richards pleaded guilty at a court-martial at Camp Lejeune in August 2013 and was demoted to corporal. He was granted a medical retirement with an honorable discharge. At the trial, one Marine testified that his comrades believed that the dead Taliban fighters had been responsible for the roadside bombing death of a platoon sergeant earlier that day.

Eight Marines have been punished for their involvement in the episode. The videotape surfaced in 2012 and was viewed worldwide on YouTube. One Marine could be seen looking down at the bodies and saying, “Have a good day, buddy.” The incident was one of several in which American troops were photographed or videotaped defiling enemy corpses and burning Qurans.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: obamaforeignpolicy; obamalegacy; robertrichards; taliban; youtube
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To: Oratam

There are many more like this guy. More like 3 x 1000. It isn’t happenstance, it’s tyranny.


41 posted on 08/30/2014 12:11:45 PM PDT by mgist (Semper Vigils)
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To: mgist
Taliban Desecration,

That's all you have to read to know for a fact this country is now led by and people who are dedicated to the destruction of everything so many patriots died to defend and this country once stood for.

Afghans routinely raped male prisoners to death when they were fighting the Russians and if the truth were known probably did the same to our forces fighting there as well. ISIS and other scum sucking Satan worshiping pieces of crap are beheading Christians by the thousands, selling women and children into slavery, and murdering their fellow Muzzies who dared to stand up to their primitive edicts, and the solution is to make sure none of our troops violate absurd and artificial standards of behavior.

The stinkin' bastards who promote this sort of damning of US troops probably pay to have a golden shower now and them themselves yet pretend that pissing on the corpse of some stupid SOB that was trying to kill our people is horrible. I'll tell you what's horrible, what's horrible is training warriors, sending them into combat against animals, then pretending they should stick to the SPCA rules for dealing with the animals their leaders unleash them against and command them to kill.

42 posted on 08/30/2014 2:01:30 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Rashputin

Bingo!


43 posted on 08/30/2014 4:31:45 PM PDT by mgist (Semper Vigils)
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To: mgist

Exactly:

So WikiLeaks Is Evil For Releasing Documents... But DynCorp Gets A Pass For Pimping Young Boys To Afghan Cops?

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101208/00221812176/so-wikileaks-is-evil-releasing-documents-dyncorp-gets-pass-pimping-young-boys-to-afghan-cops.shtml


44 posted on 08/30/2014 4:35:41 PM PDT by mgist (Semper Vigils)
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To: mgist

Two-Thirds of Afghanistan Reconstruction Money Went to DynCorp International

http://hwaairfan.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/two-thirds-of-afghanistan-reconstruction-money-went-to-dyncorp-international/

Archive for Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Naming Names: Your Real Government

http://thearrowsoftruth.com/tag/rockefeller-brothers-fund/

The Koch brothers also fund Heritage Foundation. Nothing is what it seems.


45 posted on 08/30/2014 4:52:12 PM PDT by mgist (Semper Vigils)
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To: mgist

died on Wednesday at his home in Jacksonville, N.C., near Camp Lejeune, where he had once been based.

_______________

Nice job of telling the enemy where his family is.


46 posted on 08/30/2014 4:58:59 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: mgist

It is impossible to desecrate any Taliban.


47 posted on 08/30/2014 5:09:07 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: ExSoldier
They're not fighting for the government, they're fighting for you.

Our on-again, off-again war in Afghanistan was not fought for me. In recent years, the fighting was continued to make Obama look as if he was doing something in the foreign-policy arena, as if he had a "strategy" to go with his charisma. And to provide cover for the only real purpose the military is allowed to serve anymore: social engineering. (Coming soon: transgender troops!)

48 posted on 08/30/2014 6:26:04 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: exit82

http://aurorasito.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/rockefeller-cocaina-e-schiavitu-ad-haiti/

Rockefeller, Cocaina e schiavitù ad Haiti

APRILE 3, 2014 2 COMMENTI
Dean Henderson 25 marzo 2014


49 posted on 08/30/2014 6:27:39 PM PDT by mgist (Semper Vigils)
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To: silly.kerry.trix.are.for.kids

With all the anger we might feel, it would be good to say a prayer for this young man. Tomorrow we can rage and focus.


50 posted on 08/30/2014 6:33:30 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

Prayers. He is a martyr. Remember the enemy isn’t simply Obama. It is the shadow government that placed him. The ones who control the media, they control the money, and they control too much in this world.

Rockefellers, Crown Cocaine & Haitian Slavery
Thursday 27 March 2014

BY DAVID-ICKE
Posted in:Corporate CrimeIlluminati Criminals
Tagged:drugshaitirockerfellers

‘Yesterday the UN’s top envoy to Haiti Sandra Honore reported to the UN Security Council that the cholera outbreak in Haiti is still the worst in the world. Over 8,000 people have died from cholera since the devastating January 2010 Haitian earthquake and another 680,000 have contracted the disease, which scientific studies have shown was introduced to the country by infected Nepalese UN Peacekeepers. Haitians have filed a flurry of class action lawsuits against the UN for their malfeasance, but the UN has claimed diplomatic immunity.

Haitians won’t get any help from their president Michel Martelly, a former musician and club owner know as “Sweet Micky”. Martelly spent most of his years in Miami and developed ties to the Duvalier dictatorship. Haiti’s role as Western Hemisphere wage floor for multinational corporations, combined with its geographic importance to the CIA-orchestrated Columbian cocaine trade, made the November 28th 2010 election fraud which provoked fiery protests and brought Martelly to power all too predictable.

The shortest route from Colombia’s San Andres Island to Miami passes through the island of Haiti, where Bank of Nova Scotia subsidiary Scotiabank dominates finance. The Zionist Bronfman family-controlled Bank of Nova Scotia is the leading gold dealer in the cocaine-infested Caribbean Silver Triangle. It owned the 200 tons of gold recovered beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center in late 2001. Gold is the currency of choice in the British Crown-controlled global narcotics trade.’

Rockefellers, Crown Cocaine & Haitian Slavery

http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/rockefellers-crown-cocaine-haitian-slavery/


51 posted on 08/30/2014 6:40:49 PM PDT by mgist (Semper Vigils)
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To: Alberta's Child

So am I.


52 posted on 08/31/2014 10:31:23 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("A man should be prepared to be sufficient unto himself...")
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