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| US Army Special Forces officer charged with the murder of Taliban bomb maker |
| 2018-12-14 |
| [Daily Caller] The U.S. Army charged a Fort Bragg Green Beret with allegedly murdering a man who he suspected was a bomb maker for the Taliban. Special Forces Maj. Matthew Golsteyn was charged with allegedly shooting and killing the suspected bomb maker in 2010, Task and Purpose reported Thursday. He was deployed with the 3rd Special Forces Group at the time of the alleged incident, according to Army Times. Golsteyn has been charged with premeditated murder and could face the death penalty, Golsteyn’s attorney, Phillip Stackhouse, told the Times. "Maj. Golsteyn is being charged with the murder of an Afghan male during his 2010 deployment to Afghanistan," U.S. Army Special Operations Command spokesman Lt. Col. Loren Bymer told Task and Purpose Thursday. Golsteyn is a "humble servant-leader who saved countless lives, both American and Afghan, and has been recognized repeatedly for his valorous actions," Stackhouse said of his client, the Times reported. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 Thank you for explaining, Besoeker. I’ve learnt astonishing things since I discovered Rantburg — and my vocabulary haw expanded in unexpected directions. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-14 21:19 |
| #13 Again, purely my own speculation: If the detainee was a 'source' for someone else, that someone else would not want him being sent to Parwan. Case of the ass = Military term denoting anger and or frustration. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-14 20:07 |
| #12 Also, why would he be ordered to release the detainee? Clearly I’m processing slowly tonight. :-( |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-14 19:39 |
| #11 advanced case of the ass Translation, please? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-14 19:37 |
| #10 Possible scenario, I say again, possible. Golsteyn detains TB bomber. Golsteyn processes Joint Priority Effects List (JPEL) traffic for shipment of detainee to Parwan Detention Facility. Our friends in MUFTI immediatley come back with: Release detainee immediately, do not process detainee to Parwan. Again, release detainee immediately. Please confirm receipt. Golsteyn complies with release, now with advanced case of the ass, takes matter into his own hands. All goes swimingly until Golsteyn 'goes on the box' and source termination puzzle is re-constructed. Again, a potential scenario. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-14 13:37 |
| #9 "What happens in the suck, stays in the suck." Truth. Plus, this guy sounds a little 'off'. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-12-14 12:52 |
| #8 As #5 said. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-12-14 11:43 |
| #7 Harry Truman dropped the big one with aforethought and premeditation and ended the war in the Pacific and saved many Americans lives. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-12-14 11:42 |
| #6 #5, well said indeed. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2018-12-14 10:52 |
| #5 Self inflicted and wobbly, very wobbly: 1. Takes CIA poly (ostensibly for employment). The Army is boring. 2. Does 2016 interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier. My book is nearly finished. What happens in the suck, stays in the suck. Yes, former USN Seal Robert J. (I shot UBL) O'Neill is a dick also. Just my personal thoughts and opinion on the issue. Proceed with the court-martial. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-14 07:59 |
| #4 Precision bomb Germany and Japan killing thousands of civilians (not even counting fire bombing Hamburg and Tokyo intentionally targeting civilians who may or may not contribute to the overall war effort) and you are a war hero. I guess altitude is the difference. (Do I need to put a /sarc on this?) Call me when they decide to actually engage in war rather than something far less to give the appearance that they are doing something. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-12-14 06:38 |
| #3 Golsteyn first admitted during a polygraph test for a CIA interview that he had killed an unarmed Afghan man after a tribal leader told him that the man had built a bomb that killed two Marines. Golsteyn believed that the Afghan man would kill the tribal leader in retribution for identifying him, so Golsteyn executed the man off base, the Washington Post reported. After initially burying the man, Golsteyn and two other soldiers later dug up the remains and burned them. Army Criminal Investigation Command initially did not find enough evidence to charge Golsteyn, but an investigation was re-opened after the Green Beret talked about the killing during an October 2016 interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier. When Baier asked Golsteyn if he had killed the Afghan man, Golsteyn replied, “Yes.” “It is an inevitable outcome that people who are cooperating with the coalition forces, when identified, will suffer some terrible torture or be killed,” Golsteyn said. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-12-14 06:33 |
| #2 A terrorist bomb maker seems like the ultimate unlawful combatant; their death is a service to humanity, not a crime. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-12-14 06:28 |
| #1 WTF? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-12-14 05:41 |