Thread: How not to treat a soldier
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Old 10-05-2010, 16:27   #15
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Re: How not to treat a soldier
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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
Re the injuries, did the sergeant forget to take his foot out of the boot

You have to remember Flyboy that these soldiers are putting life and limb at risk everytime they walk of camp ,of the soldiers i know that are serving over there (and i was talking to one a few weeks ago)they will tell you that some Afghans will be your best friend one day and try to blow your legs of the next ,in my opinion the only mistake these soldiers made was arresting the afghans ....they should have shot them
That is no excuse to go round beating up anyone they want. Events at places like Abu Ghraib and the death of Baha Mousa shows that we cannot tolerate this behaviour from anyone, for any reason.

I don't really believe that even you would advocate summary executions for any so-called suspected terrorist.

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Originally Posted by Derek S View Post
Well if he was digging up a road he is either in the taliban or the afghanistan branch of reclaim the streets.
The report does not say he was digging up the road, it says:

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Mohammed Ekhlas had earlier been detained by Marines who spotted four men ‘digging in’ a roadside bomb near a British base in Helmand province.
It does not say that he was suspected of being one of those men. If he had been digging the road up, don't you think the Daily Heil would have said so. If he was a terrorist, don't you think he would have been tried and convicted for it.
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