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Topic started on 28-9-2007 @ 03:08 PM by Don Wahn

US Sniper Squad pressed to raise body count in Iraq


www.nytimes.com
...During a separate hearing here in July, Sgt. Anthony G. Murphy said he and other First Battalion snipers felt "an underlying tone" of disappointment from field commanders seeking higher enemy body counts.


Only a select group of snipers in the battalion were told of the program, but many more were ordered, without explanation, to carry the baiting items on missions, creating rumors that the items were intended to be planted on victims of unjustified killings, soldiers testified.
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reply posted on 28-9-2007 @ 03:16 PM by Mirthful Me

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