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Report: Flagstaff soldier killed self in protest
This story does not make sense to me. If she had a problem, aren't there are better ways to protest than kill onself?Flagstaff soldier who died in Iraq committed suicide after she refused to participate in interrogation techniques being practiced by her U.S. Army intelligence unit, according to a report about an Army investigation aired by a Flagstaff radio station. U.S. Army Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson, 27, died Sept. 15, 2003, in Tel Afar, an Iraqi city of about 350,000 residents in the northern part of the country. At the time, the U.S. Department of Defense listed her cause of death as a "noncombat weapons discharge." I am from AZ so this is close to home. I am hoping some Rantburgers with expertise in Iraq or interrogation can shed some light on this. At minimum, it sounds like we need to screen people better who are going to be doing interrogations. I can see how some folks would not be a good psychological fit for that task. The story is poorly written, but the soldier sounds like a very capable, patriotic person. Posted by: JAB 2006-11-03 |
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