U.S. Soldiers Mental Breakdowns Leading To Civilian Murders

Andrew Holmes, Michael Wagnon, Jeremy Morlock and Adam Winfield

More proof the wars in the Middle East need to come to a close, has surfaced again, in the case of four U.S. soldiers that had mental breakdowns and began murdering Afghanistan civilians, mutilating their corpses and keeping the deceased's fingers as souvenirs. There are similar cases of soldiers having psychotic breaks and raping and murdering civilians in the Middle East. Many soldiers have also committed suicide, due to the horrors of war.

It is time to finish the madness former President, George W. Bush started and end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Millions of civilians have been killed, thousands of allied soldiers have died, Middle Eastern nations have been bombed into the stone age, as their nations lay destroyed, without the basic necessitates, such as running water and electricity

STORY SOURCE

Soldiers 'set out to kill civilians'

September 10, 2010 - FIVE US soldiers deliberately killed Afghan civilians with grenades before photographing the corpses and keeping body parts as trophies, say Pentagon investigators.

A 25-year-old sergeant, Calvin Gibbs, was the alleged ringleader, reportedly joking about how easy it would be to ''toss a grenade at someone and kill them'', US Army charge sheets have revealed.

The five soldiers are charged with murdering three Afghan men and forming a ''kill team''. After blowing up and shooting the Afghans, the soldiers allegedly took photos of the bodies before souveniring fingers, leg bones and a skull, later discovered among the soldiers' possessions.

http://www.theage.com.au

Army: 12 soldiers killed Afghans, mutilated corpses

09:58 AM ET - WASHINGTON - Twelve U.S. soldiers face a variety of charges in what military authorities believe was a conspiracy to murder Afghan civilians and cover it up, along with charges they used hashish, mutilated corpses and kept grisly souvenirs.

Five soldiers face murder charges, while seven others are charged with participating in a coverup. All of the men were members of a 2nd Infantry Division brigade operating near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010.

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com

Obama: They Are Talking About Me Like A Dog

During a speech today in Milwaukee, U.S. President, Barack Obama, commented on his many critics that are, as he so ineloquently put it, "Talking about me like a dog." Once again, as stated last week, the pressure of being President of the United States, has clearly become too much for Obama, as he is focusing on the wrong things.

Barack Obama

Obama now speaks more of his critics, than the task at hand, his job as President, as it relates to the economy, national security and ongoing wars in the Middle East. Constantly being easily distracted by criticism, much of it deserved, is putting ego first and job second.

Sony's Wishful Thinking

Sony CEO Howard Stringer

Beleaguered and battered Sony stated "Hopefully last year is as bad as it gets." Don't hold your breath. Your butt kicking has just begun. You will get your butt handed to you again this year.

Sony: "Hopefully last year is as bad as it gets"

Thursday 9-Jul-2009 12:30 PM 2009 is going better than 2008 says SCE boss Jack Tretton

Sony Computer Entertainment president Jack Tretton has spoken of fiscal 2008 as "a very challenging period of trying to sell future technology."

Tretton told Fast Company that Sony had successfully met its PlayStation 3 sales target during the last financial year, but he also noted the difficulty of pushing a high-end device at a time when consumers were being particularly cost-conscious.

"Hopefully last year is as bad as it gets. I think all indicators are that 2009 is going better than 2008. In 2008, we had a 38 per cent increase in sales and we hit our ten million units worldwide goal for PS3 sales... At the worst possible time, if you're hitting numbers and delivering success... my hope is that as our production efficiencies improve and more great games come to market, the horizon has got to be better for 2009 and 2010.

"It's like being out there in a storm - it does cause you to question your conviction, and tie yourself to the mast and weather the storm," he added...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com