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  • Dignity and deadly betrayal, the tale of two soldiers

    03/23/2003 4:34:31 PM PST · by dinok · 3 replies · 5+ views
    TIMES ON LINE ^ | March 24, 2003 | By Alan Hamilton and Tim Reid
    WHAT had been a noisy epic of heavy armour and heavier bombs in a distant desert suddenly yesterday became a human story of two soldiers, one dignified, the other villainous. One refused to be intimidated by captors who tried to humiliate him on television. The other killed one of his own officers and wounded 16 more when he lobbed grenades into three 101st Airborne Division tents in Kuwait. Specialist Joseph Hudson *********, gave his name and number, told them he came from El Paso, Texas — and nothing more. He looked straight at the camera with a steady eye, protested...