"Bubba" sightings in the international press and selected blogs.

Monday, May 24, 2004

Independent | The Marine's tale: 'I felt we were committing genocide'

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"'In a month and a half my platoon and I killed more than 30 civilians,' Mr Massey said. He saw bodies being desecrated and robbed, and wounded civilians being dumped by the roadside without medical treatment. After he told his commanding officer that he felt 'we were committing genocide', he was called a 'wimp'.
Mr Massey, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress and depression, left the Marines in November. Back home in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, he says the cause of the uprising in Iraq is that 'we killed a lot of innocent people'.
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Another very disturbing assessment of US actions in Iraq from an Army official. The article gets a lot worse:

'Iraqis, he said, "would see us debase their dead all the time. We would be messing around with charred bodies, kicking them out of the vehicles and sticking cigarettes in their mouths. I also saw vehicles drive over them. It was our job to look into the pockets of dead Iraqis to gather intelligence. However, time and time again, I saw Marines steal gold chains, watches and wallets full of money."'

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