vendredi 28 octobre 2011

Tuer n'est pas jouer: procès pour le Sergent Calvin Gibbs



Pour des évènements qui se sont déroulés en Afghanistan il sera accusé de meurtre. Si cette histoire est vraie, elle est particulièrement écoeurante. Des tatouages sur sa jambe représenteraient le nombre "cibles" atteintes...

"It didn't take long for Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs to make an impression on his soldiers.
Gibbs, the new leader of 3rd Platoon, part of the Army's 5th Stryker Brigade, had served a previous tour in Iraq and another in Afghanistan, and at 6 feet 4 inches and 220 pounds, towered over most of the platoon members.
Gibbs took over the platoon, stationed in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in November, 2009. It was a low point for the group: A massive roadside bomb had injured their previous leader and left the team rattled. Gibbs wasn't rattled though.
And, as several of his fellow soldiers would later testify, Gibbs promised his men they would have a chance to exact revenge on the "savages," referring to the Afghan civilian population they were meant to protect.
Nearly two years later, Gibbs, 26, faces a military court martial on Friday for numerous charges, including the murder of three Afghan civilians.
He is the highest ranking soldier charged in what prosecutors say was a rogue "kill squad" that allegedly targeted Afghan civilians and made the deaths look like casualties of Taliban counterattacks.
He has also been charged with removing body parts from his alleged victims, such as teeth and fingers, to keep as souvenirs; planting "drop weapons" to fake attacks on soldiers; and intimidating several of his own unit members from speaking out against the unit's alleged murder plots and rampant drug use."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/28/us/afghan-sport-killings-court-martial/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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