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US soldier snaps, kills Afghan civilians

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Mike-O
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Seems like some soldier got hit with a little case of nervous breakdown, walked out of the base in Kandahar at 3am and started blasting.

Three confirmed dead, but the real number will probably be closer to fifteen. Women, children, men etc.

The soldier then walked back to the base and let himself be detained. No motive except for the initial breakdown.



Damn, they're not cathing any breaks nowadays over there, with pissing on bodies, burning Qurans and now this.

Mar 11 2012 4:50AM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Sad thing is he has a point. Obviously not all the military, there are plenty of normal people, but I feel as if most of the grunts are just dumb fucking hicks from the south. Fuck it, everyone I know that has joined the military out of high school where either fuck ups or....uneducated fuck ups.

Fucking watch some of the documentaries out there, you will see that this is true...
Mar 11 2012 8:55PM
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BlackCupid
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Seriously. He's such an annoying member.
Mar 11 2012 9:03PM
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west-coast
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Goddamnit youre ignorant. Those "fuck ups" are usually kids who cannot afford college or rent, in which they resort to the military to cover that. If you think all soldiers enlisted because they want to participate in violence and kill enemies, then you are wrong.
Mar 11 2012 9:09PM
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987321654hgfd
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You honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Where do you get any of your information from? The infantry is most definitely not made up overwhelmingly of southerners and some of the smartest guys I know in the military are Infantrymen. Plenty of stupid guys too but it's mostly just average guys from all over the country who wanted to do their part. I'm from NY, did a year of college, and my asvab score was high enough to qualify for pretty much any job the army had to offer, but why would I want to be a pog.

Also, please tell me which documentaries to watch so I can see how every infantrymen is a brainless southerner.
Mar 11 2012 9:10PM
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Mr.Panda
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You're from fucking NEW HAMPSHIRE! Isn't New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine like Alabama/Georgia/Louisiana just moved north and without the alligators?
Mar 11 2012 9:11PM
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BlackCupid
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Fuck off. Many kids who join the military, join because they can't afford to pay for college. For example, both my parents joined the military to pay for medical school.
Mar 11 2012 9:12PM
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BlackCupid
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Never

Mar 11 2012 9:15PM
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skier_boy26
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BUT WE NEED TO GET KONY, STOP THE ILLEGAL WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, WE WENT TO IRAQ FOR OIL. OMG


But seriously, the amount of coverage this is getting is a bit nauseating. Horrible as it is, why don't we give attention on shit like this (or shit that is much, much worse) when it doesn't involve a rogue solider? One soldier loses his shit, commits an atrocity, meanwhile other fucking crazies blow up markets day in and day out taking out innocents left and right and we get a little blurb on the bottom of the TV... if we're lucky. Certainly no Mike-O/Gnartron OP thread on NS. When considering the scale of what has been going on over the past decade+, this is just a small, if hardly discernible, blip. That's the way it should be, at least.



Mar 11 2012 9:16PM
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sherwood4099
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Funny. I know a lot of people who joined to serve and my military friends are some of the better educated and harder working people I know. Granted most of the ones I know are in college now on GI
Mar 11 2012 9:48PM
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RudyGarmisch
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While I totally agree that the media has lost interest covering in daily car bombings and suicide bombings in the Middle East, a soldier from a foreign occupying nation going batshit insane and gunning down the civilians is a little different. Senseless mass deaths caused by a terrorist group or insurgency is nothing new, the difference is that this guy had an American flag sewn on his uniform when he aimed and fired.
Mar 11 2012 9:51PM
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Davin
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You are the most ignorant fuck i have ever seen in my life. Just because someone isn't as educated as you and chooses to turn what they have (pride in their country) into something good you are going to pick out their flaws? Regardless of the reason they join the military they protect you. You need to grow up and realize that these men and woman take on whatever task they are told no matter what they are told. Half of these guys have gone through fucked up shit you could not even dream of and you are saying they are uneducated fuck ups. THEY are real men and woman and you are the FUCK UP.
Mar 11 2012 9:52PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Every single person that quoted me completely missed what the fuck I was saying. You all have incredibly poor reading comprehension.

west-coast- Never said anything about people enlisting to participate in violence and killing.

Cirillo- "Also, please tell me which documentaries to watch so I can see how every infantrymen is a brainless southerner." Because I said that...

Mr. Panda- Thanks for proving that you are more ignorant than everyone claims I am.

Hardcore- Your entire post had nothing to do with what I was saying.

Sherwood- Once again you act as if I said the entire military was uneducated.

Davin-I don't even know where to start with you. Maybe I'll start by saying "learn how to fucking read goddammit". I said from personal experience the people I know (every last one) that has joined the military were fuck ups, had run ins with our police, have gotten into drugs, and practically thrown their lives away. I live in a well educated part of my state, and these kids threw their education away to party then joined the military when they realized that they fucked up any chance of getting into college. Did I ever say that was a bad thing? No. So shut the fuck up. Half my family is in the fucking military, luckily all of them have survived theirs tours of duty but they have told me fucked up shit they saw or have been a part of. Dont act like I dont give two shits about the people fighting over sees because I do.

I never once said that them joining the military was bad, in fact I have even considered joining for the same reasons some have mentioned, money. I simply said it was my belief that most of the low level grunts were uneducated, yes I could have most definitely worded it better, and for that I apologize, but jesus christ try to get more riled up on a post you clearly misread.
Mar 11 2012 10:22PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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and thank you. One of my former best friends was one of these fuck ups. He wasted his highschool education but joined the military to, like you said, get his life in order. I never said that joining was a bad thing because you fucked up in high school.
Mar 11 2012 10:24PM
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Mar 11 2012 10:31PM
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Billek
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I heard it was because Justin Bieber visited the base and put on a show.
Mar 11 2012 10:51PM
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Davin
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Which they joined for one reason or another. Many do not stay like that. I will say many because i know there are fucked up minds in the military and i don't want to generalize. They build these people's character and completely change them. You cannot bad talk these men that when they are in the military getting their lives together, at the same time the risk their lives.
Mar 11 2012 10:54PM
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Astomp
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I like this and agree
Mar 11 2012 10:55PM
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Lucas
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He has a point
Mar 11 2012 11:04PM
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Mr.Panda
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Gavin, the reason I am calling you an idiot is you are using anecdotal evidence as if it's the norm.
Mar 11 2012 11:08PM
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west-coast
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Mar 11 2012 11:10PM
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DaysToCome
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thats fucked
Mar 12 2012 12:18AM
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Literature
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When people are being killed, it's news.

When the flag of the country that I pay taxes to fails its soldiers and the people that it is supposedly trying to help, that's news.

And we can all continue with the selfish little echo chambers of rant. Trying to debate politics in NSG is akin pushing a water buffalo through a cheesegrater whole.
Mar 12 2012 12:37AM
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jaythemans
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Disappointing post ElGato.

He's free to talk about current events. And I believe this is an important topic.
Mar 12 2012 1:21AM
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Davy.Crockett
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quite honestly though, its not very important. you think worse things haven't happened in afghanistan, and don't happen around the world on the regular? seriously i don't give a fuck
Mar 12 2012 1:27AM
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Radio
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NSG, where everyone knows how to run a counrty and solve all our problems
Mar 12 2012 1:45AM
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TheStamos
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Why. He signed up for the job  Would you feel sorry for the guy who is a cop in the US walks out the station and pops 15 americans? whats the difference ?  Fuck that guy, i hope he gets ass raped for the rest of his life.
Mar 12 2012 2:01AM
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cobra_commander
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my opinion.
Mar 12 2012 2:08AM
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shoenice22
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almost as disturbing as your fucking osama bin laden icon
Mar 12 2012 2:23AM
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JamesR
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You can empathize without excusing the moral reality of what he did. We're all exposed to constant propaganda about the virtue of the military. I used to bash them because I saw them as paid killers, but most of them genuinely want to do good. That guy could have gone into the military with purely good intentions and snapped under the stress of the brutal situation he was in. What he did was evil, and I believe we should do everything we can to prevent violence. And that begins with understanding where it comes from. Put that anger to good use!
Mar 12 2012 7:01AM
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solitaryman
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This mentality is the reason nobody likes the United States. You are such a fucking idiot it's unbelievable. Of the Americans that I have met while travelling about 80% of them have said "yeah, I never really realized how much nobody likes America until I left." Furthermore the "American dream" lifestyle is pathetic and useless.

Yeah the US fights stupid wars all over and it's fucking stupid, I'll definitely agree with you there.

Honestly though, it's also not a shocker that somebody went on a shooting rampage, I'm sure it happens all the time. People fire their guns rapidly at militants! That doesn't involve breaking into the homes of innocent families and shooting children in the head for the hell of it.

I sincerely hope somebody walks into your home and kills your whole family while you're tied up and watching. Afghan people are no less than you are.

I would also put money on the fact that if the money spent on this "war on terror" had been spent on alternative energy you wouldn't need any oil.

/TheUSAisfuckinghopeless
Mar 12 2012 8:40AM
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shibby
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Haha you're retarded.
Mar 12 2012 10:08AM
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Sno.
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Ugh. generalizations.

tragedies get higher ratings than human interest stories. The news doesn't show the actions of every soldier, only the most radical. 

I'm saddened to hear that the soldier responsible is from joint base lewis-mcchord-- very close to where I live-- I don't want the actions of this one soldier to reflect on the thousands of good soldiers we have here. There are a few personality types that are more prone to joining the forces--unfortunately, one of them is violent-- occasionally to the point of mental illness.

I think I heard on the radio this morning that this guy was on his 4th or 5th tour of duty-- he went insane.  We need to respect our soldiers and protect them, not throw them to the wolves.  We need to bring them home and stop demanding so much of them. Five....ten years away from their families, civilization, and normalcy?  They're losing grip on reality.

Mar 12 2012 11:05AM
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poptarts4life
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This was my exact thought when I read that.
Mar 12 2012 11:06AM
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Willard
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I dont even...Mike-O keep on posting news
Mar 12 2012 11:24AM
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Sno.
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plz explain your ignorant jab, or gtfo.

Mar 12 2012 11:28AM
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Newschool_Pope
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burn a bible on a texan ranch and wait for a mob of rednecks with guns to be after you...
Mar 12 2012 11:49AM
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El_Barto.
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ah yes, because we should really care that civilians of other countries dont like us. tell yourself at night you hate us because we are ignorant, if that makes you sleep better. we all no its not true.

enjoy your powerless country you live in that probably contributes very little to an advancements in a global society. i will gladly continue to be an American, a citizen of the strongest most dominant force known to man.

your country can lick the cow shit off the bottom of my boots
Mar 12 2012 12:53PM
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PhaedeD
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The US should let him be tried in Afghanistan by their court. He left the base and killed children and women on his own. It had nothing to do with the military. The US having jurisdiction over military personnel no matter what is BULLSHIT. The guy left and killed a bunch of people because he went nuts. Show the people some respect, let them try him and then fucking leave the hell hole. We dont need to be there, we have no business. We are wasting money, protect our own boarders not other peoples.
Mar 12 2012 12:57PM
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Alex_G
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emopoppins is god.
Mar 12 2012 1:10PM
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PhaedeD
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You sound like a bitch. I would take your boot and shove it down your fucking throat and I am American.
Mar 12 2012 1:16PM
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PJS.
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As an American:

Mar 12 2012 1:23PM
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JamesR
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Mar 12 2012 2:17PM
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Huck_Norris
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Lol...  Only Mike O.   

Completely ignore anything shitty that any non-americans might do, then lose your mind when one crazy American fucks up or you see a video online that pisses you off.  Does anybody else lose more interest each time they see one of his obvious anti-american threads?  It's like he's just got his blinders on and only America is deserving of his hate and disdain.  I find it pretty hilarious actually how much one bony little sun-ducking ginger can hate a place that much.  Not Darfur, not Uganda, not Syria, not Sierra Leone (where actual atrocities against humanity are happening)...  Just the US.  I mean, if he was worried about social and political injustice EVERYWHERE it would lend to his credibility but one only has to tune in to one, maybe two threads tops to see where this kid's head is at, and it's not equality, justice or anything else he may hide behind, it's plain old boring I HATE AMERICA!!  RAWR!!! 

Yawn.  In the end it sucks because you take the unfortunate deaths of random people and try to spin it to your own personal hate agenda.  Grow the fuck up Mike, these are peoples' lives not your propaganda generators.  Is it unfortunate?  Absolutely.  Is it a reason to point a finger at America as a whole and say FUCK YOU ALL?  No.  Grow a well rounded position and I'll respect it.  Until then, I'll continue to look down on your pedantic attempts at spreading your hate to anyone weak minded enough to be swayed by your poor atempts at building an agrument on sweeping generalizations and perpetuated stereotypes...  Typecasting 300,000,000 people is a great way to destroy your credibility, btw.  Not that you had any, but it's not helping you in any case.   

Give it a rest or start bitching about fucked up stuff that someone besides an American does if you want people to pay attention to you.  Right now it just looks like some American fucked your girl, destroyed your mold and you're bent about it.   

Mar 12 2012 2:43PM
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Mike-O
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Take off your ignorance and non-reading glasses and look at when and where in the OP or throughout the whole thread I said anything subjective about this thing. I have no agenda, but it seems that you do, seeing that you have to resort to childish retorts akin to "lol did someone fuck yo bitch lol get ova it".

It's just news, nothing more, nothing less, and it should be able to stay on the fucking table.
Mar 12 2012 2:48PM
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FUUUCK
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Casualties in Afghanistan:
Afghan troops killed [1] 8,587
Afghan troops seriously injured [2] 25,761
Afghan civilians killed [3] 8,813
Afghan civilians seriously injured [4] 15,863
U.S. troops killed [5] 1,140
U.S. troops seriously injured [6] 3,420
Other coalition troops killed [7] 772
Other coalition troops seriously injured [8] 2,316
Contractors killed [9] 298
Contractors seriously injured [10] 2,428
Journalists killed [11] 19
Journalists seriously injured [12] unknown
Total killed in Afghanistan 19,629
Total injured in Afghanistan 48,644



# Casualties in Iraq:
Iraqi troops killed [13] 30,000
Iraqi troops seriously injured [14] 90,000
Iraqi civilians killed [15] 864,531
Iraqi civilians seriously injured [16] 1,556,156
U.S. troops killed [17] 4,414
U.S. troops seriously injured [18] 31,882
Other coalition troops killed [19] 318
Other coalition troops seriously injured [20] 2,296
Contractors killed [21] 933
Contractors seriously injured [22] 10,569
Journalists killed [23] 142
Journalists seriously injured [24] unknown
Total killed in Iraq 900,338
Total injured in Iraq 1,690,903
Mar 12 2012 2:58PM
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Huck_Norris
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Nobody said anything about taking it off the table. 

I just pointed out that the only threads you start about fucked up occurrences revolve around Americans.  Nobody else, really. 

Mar 12 2012 3:00PM
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Mike-O
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That's bullshit and you know it.

I might have some critical sentiments about US policies in other threads, but I haven't started any 'fucked up occurence' threads about the US or the US Army, other than the Google/Patriot Act thread which to me, and many others, was pretty damn relevant.

You have to look beyond the blatant hypocrisy and try to see what this is all about.
Mar 12 2012 3:56PM
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Sno.
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mental illness?

guess the guy had a brain injury from a rollover accident in 2010

Mar 12 2012 4:18PM
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Mike-O
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Some sources are saying that there might have been more than one soldier involved, drunk on the town and blindly opening fire on the homes.

Who knows yet, we'll never know the whole truth anyway.
Mar 12 2012 4:22PM
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.AR6rider.
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Why else would you join the military?
Mar 12 2012 4:25PM
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