Reminds me of Vietnam’s “My Lai Massacre”. His life sentence should be a death sentence.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt Calvin Gibbs has been found guilty on all charges, including the murders of three Afghan civilians.

He faces a maximum sentence of life in military prison.

Gibbs is the highest-ranking of five soldiers accused of murdering Afghan villagers, planting weapons on them and cutting off body parts to keep as grisly war trophies. Seven other soldiers were also charged with lesser crimes. Prosecutors described the clean-cut and tall Gibbs as looking like he walked off a “recruiting poster.” But the staff sergeant also sported six skull tattoos on his left shin signifying his “kills,” prosecutors
said, quoted Darwin and referred to Afghan civilians as “savages.”

According to soldiers who testified at the court-martial, Gibbs discussed what he called “scenarios,” or staging firefights so the soldiers could kill civilians and make it look as if they were Taliban fighters.

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Happy Veterans Day 2011

On behalf of The Communicator, I wish to send a Happy Veterans Day to all of our American Heroes from all wars and peace time missions. May the Lord look after you, your families and loved ones.

Fallen But Not Forgotten – Pfc. Cody R. Norris, 20

DOD Identifies Army Casualty

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            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Pfc. Cody R. Norris, 20, of Houston, Texas, died Nov. 9 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire.  He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

For more information the media may contact the Fort Riley public affairs office at 785-307-0641 or 785-375-1308.

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