I know just as much as the next guy that most of our troops are honest upstanding soldiers. I also know that soldiers do some pretty horrific things in the “fog of war.”
But when you hear a story like this, you just have to wonder where people’s heads are.
Al-Jamadi died in a prison shower room during about a half-hour of questioning, before interrogators could extract any information, according to the documents, which consist of statements from Army prison guards to investigators with the military and the CIA’s Inspector General’s office.
One Army guard, Sgt. Jeffery Frost, said the prisoner’s arms were stretched behind him in a way he had never before seen. Frost told investigators he was surprised al-Jamadi’s arms “didn’t pop out of their sockets,” according to a summary of his interview.
Frost and other guards had been summoned to reposition al-Jamadi, who an interrogator said was not cooperating. As the guards released the shackles and lowered al-Jamadi, blood gushed from his mouth “as if a faucet had been turned on,” according to the interview summary.
The military pathologist who ruled the case a homicide found several broken ribs and concluded al-Jamadi died from pressure to the chest and difficulty breathing.
This is just wrong on so many levels. Whoever shackled him this way should be shackled the same way and left to hang the same way.
I’m not saying all soldiers do stuff like this, but this is just so heinous I had to bring it up. The soldiers / interrogators who did it should be shot for killing this man and for damaging the reputation of the good soldiers in Iraq who aren’t doing this sort of thing. I mean, who’s the media gonna tell the story of? These monsters, or the good guys?
It’s a disgrace, it’s conduct unbecoming of the US Military, and someone needs to really get to the bottom of it.