"He had to carry that little girl's body,"

Discussion in 'Politics' started by james_bond_3rd, May 29, 2006.

  1. Two Marines were severely traumatized after following orders to photograph corpses of unarmed Iraqi civilians that members of their unit are suspected of killing, their families said Monday.

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

    Briones' best friend, Lance Cpl. Miguel "T.J." Terrazas, had been killed the day of the attack by the roadside bomb, his mother said. He was still grieving when he was sent in to clean up the bodies of the Iraqi civilians.

    One was a little girl who had been shot in the head, Susie Briones said.

    "He had to carry that little girl's body," she said, "and her head was blown off and her brain splattered on his boots."
     
  2. WAR IS HELL

    "The details of what happened in Haditha are still murky. "

    I recall a Lt. Calley - in Vietnam war.
    My heart goes out the our brothers in the trenches.