Weaver wrote:Not sure why Rogue was in quotes - it seems a perfect description for this nutcase.

AlohaChris wrote:This will do wonders for U.S.-Afgan relations. An article I read said he was a sergeant in Army special forces, tasked with training the Afgan National Police. I wonder, what set him off? It's not like he was in a My Lai situation.

Strontium Dog wrote:Trained killer kills people.

campermon wrote:Is is that simple?

Strontium Dog wrote:Trained killer kills people. More on this breaking news at 11.

Kills Years Name
17 1996 THOMAS HAMILTON
16 1987 MICHAEL RYAN
12 2010 DERRICK BIRD
7 1999 RICHARD FIELDING
5 2003 KENNETH REGAN & WILLIAM HORNCY
5 1985 JEREMY BAMBER
4 1988 ANTHONY ARKWRIGHT
4 2006 RAHAN ARSHAD
4 2004 ANIEL GONZALEZ
4 1999 DAVID MORRIS
4 2006 DAVID BRADLEY
4 2004 MARK HOBSON
3 1983 RTHUR HUTCHINSON
3 2012 ICHAEL ATHERTON
3 2004 RICHARD HICKS
3 2000 AZHAR ALI MEHMOOD
3 2001 KARL BLUESTONE
3 2001 DREW AFLECK
3 2007 PIERRE WILLIAMS

Weaver wrote:Not sure why Rogue was in quotes - it seems a perfect description for this nutcase.

Western forces kill 16 civilians in Afghanistan: Kabul government

By Ahmad Nadem
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:22pm EDT
(Reuters) - Western forces shot dead 16 civilians including nine children in southern Kandahar province on Sunday, Afghan officials said, in a rampage that witnesses said was carried out by American soldiers who were laughing and appeared drunk.

One Afghan father who said his children were killed in the shooting spree accused soldiers of later burning the bodies.

Witnesses told Reuters they saw a group of U.S. soldiers arrive at their village in Kandahar's Panjwayi district at around 2 am, enter homes and open fire.

The incident, one of the worst of its kind since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, is likely to deepen the divide between Washington and Kabul.
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Haji Samad said 11 of his relatives were killed in one house, including his children. Pictures showed blood-splattered walls where the children were killed.

"They (Americans) poured chemicals over their dead bodies and burned them," a weeping Samad told Reuters at the scene.

"I saw that all 11 of my relatives were killed, including my children and grandchildren," said Samad, who had left the home a day earlier.

Neighbors said they awoke to crackling gunfire from American soldiers, whom they described as laughing and drunk.

"They were all drunk and shooting all over the place," said neighbor Agha Lala, who visited one of the homes where the incident took place. "Their bodies were riddled with bullets."

The Afghan Taliban would take revenge for the deaths, the group said in an e-mailed statement to media.