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I don't know how many of you are aware of this or been following it- it hasn't been reported much in the press...O'reilly had a segment on it the other day- and they said the rank and file military guys- especially Special Forces are up in arms...Wondering what the hell they're doing all this for- and if its worth it if they are just going to be picked apart everytime they conduct a successful mission....And the "talking head" military experts on OReilly said these 2 Special Forces guys are being persecuted by some General...They have already been cleared by 2 investigations- the guy they killed (this Mr. Buntangyar) was a top 10 list terrorist- that was on a kill or capture order- and they did a good job- got him tricked out into the open and killed him before he could escape across the Pakistani border, like they're supposed to do...But now they're being drug thru the coals by this General :mad: :mad:

If the Army, GW, and Gates are going to allow them to nitpick every dead terrorist that gets shot-- they better get the hell out of there until they learn how wars are fought...Who said you can't lie and trick bad guys :roll: :???: :mad: What Next ?-- GW and the Army hiring Hanoi Jane to teach ethics and PC to these Special Forces--if they're going to allow these guys to go thru hell on every questionable bad guy that gets killed...... :mad: :mad: :mad:

This stinks just like the Border Patrolman still sitting in prison while Cheney's convicted aide/buddy walks the streets with a commutation order.... :( :mad:

Hearing in Killing of Afghan Puts Army War Effort on Trial


By PAUL VON ZIELBAUER
Published: September 20, 2007
FORT BRAGG, N.C., Sept. 19 — At the close of a two-day hearing on charges that Special Forces soldiers murdered an Afghan man near his home last October, it is increasingly evident that the Army is also examining itself and how it is fighting the war in Afghanistan.

A Special Forces colonel presiding over the hearing must determine whether sufficient evidence exists to recommend courts-martial for the two soldiers accused of killing the man, Nawab Buntangyar, who had been identified as an “enemy combatant,” while he walked unarmed outside his home near the Pakistan border.

From the beginning of the proceeding, Col. Kevin A. Christie, the presiding officer, seemed pressed to figure out why a military lawyer pursued murder charges after an Army investigation cleared the two soldiers of wrongdoing when they killed Mr. Buntangyar, who as a designated enemy combatant was subject to attack under the Special Forces’ classified rules of engagement.

Mr. Buntangyar was killed on Oct. 13, 2006, when Master Sgt. Troy Anderson, acting on orders from Capt. Dave Staffel, shot him in the face from a distance of about 100 feet. The order to shoot came after Afghan Border Police officers had surrounded Mr. Buntangyar’s home, exchanged a friendly greeting with him and asked him twice to confirm his identity. Captain Staffel and Sergeant Anderson were charged with premeditated murder in June, two months after an Army investigation determined Mr. Buntangyar’s “enemy combatant” status justified killing him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/us/20abuse.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
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