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Originally posted by Seekerof
With nearly 20,000 troops being shipped to Iraq coming out of/from Fort Campbell, if it was not a personal grudge, it was definately someone looking to not go to Iraq.
seekerof
Originally posted by kenshiro2012
Is it another case of a Conscientious Objector firing on his own troops as occured during the begining of the Iraq2 war?
Originally posted by kenshiro2012
Sorry it took so long. Here is a link to the origional story that I referenced. The soldier was convicted if memory serves me correctly
Military criminal investigators said the suspect was recently reprimanded for insubordination and was told he would stay behind when his unit left camp for Iraq,
Originally posted by kenshiro2012
I was responding to seattlelaw's request on the CO attacks in the past.
The Los Angeles Times quotes him stating, after he was apprehended, "You guys are coming into our countries, and you're going to rape our women and kill our children."
NBC found that he "was opposed to the killing of Muslims and opposed to the war in Iraq." Reuters quotes one source saying, "He's a Muslim, and it seems he was just against the war," while another told the news agency that the violence was "politically motivated."
Source
conscientious objector n. Abbr. CO, C.O. One who on the basis of religious or moral principles refuses to bear arms or participate in military service.