John Byrne, Raw Story
The murder trial of the “Painted Demons,” an elite US sniper unit that prided itself on fomenting fear in the so-called triangle of death has revealed a shocking — but perhaps not unexpected — product of war.
According to the LA Times, the Painted Demons’ trial at Camp Victory, on the grounds of the Baghdad airport, portrays a group of young soldiers who say they were pressured to kill.
“Interviews and court transcripts portray a 13-man sniper unit that felt under pressure to produce a high body count, a Vietnam-era measure that the Pentagon officially has disavowed in this war,” writes Times reporter Ned Parker. “They describe a sniper unit whose margins of right and wrong were blurred: by Hensley, if you believe Army prosecutors; by the Army, if you believe the accused.
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