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| Spaulding Greystoke |
 Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:59 pm |
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
colonel27nov27,0,1641096.story?coll=la-home-headlines
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A Journey That Ended in Anguish
# Col. Ted Westhusing, a military ethicist who volunteered to go to Iraq,
was upset by what he saw. His apparent suicide raises questions.
By T. Christian Miller, Times Staff Writer
"War is the hardest place to make moral judgments."
Col. Ted Westhusing, Journal of Military Ethics
WASHINGTON — One hot, dusty day in June, Col. Ted Westhusing was found
dead in a trailer at a military base near the Baghdad airport, a single
gunshot wound to the head.
The Army would conclude that he committed suicide with his service
pistol. At the time, he was the highest-ranking officer to die in Iraq.
The Army closed its case. But the questions surrounding Westhusing's
death continue.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:01 pm |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:04 pm |
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http://www.rense.com/general68/burned.htm
Excerpt:
US Admits Burning Bodies
11-27-5
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. military said an investigation into the
incident concluded the soldiers had burned the bodies for "hygienic
reasons" and said it would reprimand two non-commissioned officers for
calling out taunts about it over a loudspeaker.
"Our investigation found there was no intent to desecrate the
remains, but only to dispose them for hygienic reasons," U.S.-led forces
operational commander, Major General Jason Kamiya said.
The investigation stems from footage shown on Australian television
in a report which says the pictures show U.S. soldiers watching as flames
lick two charred corpses in the hills above the village of Gondaz north
of Kandahar.
It also shows two U.S. soldiers reading messages they said had been
broadcast over loudspeakers as propaganda.
"You allowed your fighters to be laid down facing west and burned.
You are too scared to retrieve their bodies. This just proves you are the
lady boys we always believed you to be," read one soldier identified as
psyops specialist Sgt. Jim Baker.
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