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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 07:33 AM
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Army soldier hanged, mom says
More bizarre news out of Iraq. What the hell is going on over there?

"Rateb's mother, Elizabeth Howell, of Summerville, S.C., said Wednesday night that her son was found hanged the day he was supposed to leave Iraq to come home for a visit with his family.

The Army originally said his death was a suicide, “but the way they found him, his hands were cuffed behind his back, that's not suicide. To me, it's not,” Howell said."

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/top_three/story/7483913p-7378860c.html
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Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 07:40 AM
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1. Remember "fragging" in Vietnam? n/t
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Tom Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 04:07 PM
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5. Fragging took place against officers who were sending men into battle
against the Vietnamese. Not against GI's on their way home. So this is certainly not a case of fragging.

It certainly is possible that it was a case of murder. Perhaps he knew something?
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fed-up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 02:33 PM
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2. some of the 82nd are trained in Columbia (think torture techniques) nt
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ellisonz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 04:45 AM
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12. I think you mean Colombia.
;)
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roody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 04:34 PM
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16. Columbus, Georgia, School of the Americas
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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 02:38 PM
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3. And of course he'd hang himself right before he was due to come home
:eyes:

Another life lost in this senseless war.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 03:32 PM
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4. I want the criminals who hanged him brought to justice.
Why would any mother allow their son to join a military which is out of control because their commander in chief is out of control.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 03:00 PM
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13. Blame a mother for her son's death in a war.


How........compassionate of you.

I just hope, for her sake, that she doesn't run into the likes of you ANYWHERE.

That is just ugly, on so many levels.
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 04:26 PM
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6. Sounds like someone was afraid of what he would say
State-side....
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CGowen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 05:30 PM
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7. I think shooting himself twice in the head is less painful n/t
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 05:32 PM
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8. Gary Webb, indeed.
but on to other things...eh?
What time is American Idol on?
:sarcasm:
BHN
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Phrogman Donating Member (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:39 AM
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9. The troops are the witnesses to contractor thievery
something to think about...
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:51 AM
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10. Murder in the ranks? Nothing new. We had it forty years ago..
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cassiepriam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 04:05 AM
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11. Some of the troops have been out of control for a long time now.
Suggests lack of proper supervision.
And drugs and alcohol.
Also I suspect black market illegalities and intrigue.

This is not the first suspicious suicide.
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beevul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 04:04 PM
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14. Chilling.
There is definitely far more going on here than a suicide or some variation of 'blanket party' gone wrong.


Did someone perhaps issue a "code red"?
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 04:07 PM
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15. CID is a joke in the Army.
They let people get away with murder in the Army. Well, at least for the enlisted personal.
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