Posted on 02/08/2003 4:02:17 AM PST by Lorenb420
OTTAWA -- An internal Canadian Forces investigation has been looking into allegations that a front-line soldier in Afghanistan desecrated the bodies of two dead al-Qaida fighters.
The 10-month probe by the military's National Investigation Service concerned allegations that the soldier cut the finger off one body and defecated on another.
Military officials say the investigation is complete and none of the allegations have been proved. The soldier at the centre of the investigation returned to full duty at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton yesterday after his 10-month paid suspension was lifted.
"The investigation has ceased for the time being due to (lack of) evidence," said Lieut. Walter Moniz, a Defence Department spokesman in Ottawa.
Military officials have said the NIS investigation concerned allegations against Master Cpl. Arron Perry, a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Perry acknowledged that he was the focus of the probe but has denied the allegations "100%. These allegations were false from the beginning. A 10-month investigation went on and they are still false."
Investigators were told that Perry returned to his group with a finger from one of the bodies.
"He had it in a Baggie -- a Ziploc Baggie -- and held it up in front of the guys," said one soldier, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Investigators were also told Perry bragged that he had defecated on the body of another al-Qaida fighter whose head had been blown off during the fighting.
Perry admitted there was some joking with American soldiers about the headless body, but he vehemently denied doing anything to the corpse.
Perry also denied allegations put to him by investigators that he used a shovel to hack off the finger of the other body.
Another soldier who was present during the time of the alleged incident supported Perry's version of events.
Speaking as a Marine, they taught us in Boot Camp that it is wrong to desecrate the bodies of slain enemies, and that it is counter-productive. If the enemy fears desecration of their bodies it will motivate them to fight past the point when they might have surrendered.
I will make an exception in Osama's case. If they catch him I want his body defiled, his head on a pike at Ground Zero and the whole thing on video for the world to see. :)
Let's hope he is promoted to a position where he can help determine their foreign policies regarding the ME. Personally when I read the article, my hope was that he was employing the abundant use of "pork products".
We will never hear the entire story on this people. Canada's people may be good and true, but their government of a POS Socialist mechanism which serves only the interests of the enemy.
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