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Troops Who Burned Taliban Face Discipline
AP ^ | November 27, 2005 | Daniel Cooney

Posted on 11/26/2005 11:04:34 PM PST by Shethink13

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Four U.S. soldiers face disciplinary action for burning the bodies of two Taliban rebels _ a videotaped incident that sparked outrage in Afghanistan _ but they will not be prosecuted because their actions were motivated by hygienic concerns, the military said Saturday.

TV footage recorded Oct. 1 in a violent part of southern Afghanistan showed American soldiers setting fire to the bodies and then boasting about the act on loudspeakers to taunt insurgents suspected to be hiding in a nearby village.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; burningbodies; oef; taliban; troops

1 posted on 11/26/2005 11:04:35 PM PST by Shethink13
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To: Shethink13

Disciplinary Action: Never do it again on camera.


2 posted on 11/26/2005 11:07:01 PM PST by swheats
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To: swheats

Already posted here...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528833/posts


3 posted on 11/26/2005 11:17:03 PM PST by KDD (A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.)
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To: KDD

Bump


4 posted on 11/26/2005 11:17:57 PM PST by Windsong (FighterPilot)
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To: KDD

Sorry - did a search before posting and nothing came up.


5 posted on 11/26/2005 11:20:06 PM PST by Shethink13
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To: Shethink13

Why? Violation of some EPA rule?


6 posted on 11/27/2005 1:11:46 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: swheats

Exactly!!

This obsession with recording everything because we can has put more butts in slings than anything else I can think of!


8 posted on 11/27/2005 4:15:17 AM PST by wunderkind54
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To: sheik yerbouty
"Why? Violation of some EPA rule?"

Maybe overcooked 'em?

9 posted on 11/27/2005 4:23:55 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: wunderkind54
Stephen Dupont the embedded photographer must have really, really wanted his 15 minutes of fame to have started this Politically Correct fire storm. Our brave men can't win this WOT if their hands are tied due to local sensitivities and the senseless rules emanating from comfortable offices in Washington, D.C. Either they are allowed to fight as the situation calls for or get them out and let the war-lords carry on as they have been for centuries.
10 posted on 11/27/2005 4:40:51 AM PST by yoe
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To: yoe

Exactly!


11 posted on 11/27/2005 4:57:38 AM PST by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: yoe

the DEMS,MSM and hate America crowd are gleeful with every story of this nature,their fake smug looks of concern when they annouce another death or their non-stop bottom line reporting about every mishap, their goal is to assist in the defeat of America and putting that blame on Dubya and the ultimate return of power to the DEMS and socialist crowd. Anyone who thinks they care about the troops must be smoking something, I wish they would pull every rat's negative comment about the military ie;"these people are paid enough, they have free housing,medical and dental what more do they want, I do not care about their whining" guess which concerned DEMrat made that comment, but of course the GOP does not have the balls or spine to go ballistic and expose these bastards and their history of non-support.


12 posted on 11/27/2005 5:02:23 AM PST by dubyawhoiluv
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Yrs, there was an excessive amount of particulates..


13 posted on 11/27/2005 5:48:58 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Shethink13

The problem isn't that they burned the bodies, the problem is that they talked trash about it. I see the PSYOP value of doing this, i.e. get the enemy to come out and fight but this was ill advised. By spitting in the face of Islam you not only make the enemy mad you also alienate your muslim allies. Hence the military was forced to make an investigation to appease our allies.

Bottom line is that you have to weigh out the advantages of your actions versus the consequences they will incur.

I'm just glad the soldiers involved didn't get smoked and that some savvy JAG figured out a way to write it off as field sanitation.


14 posted on 11/27/2005 12:08:08 PM PST by soldier143
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