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this episode. Third details. Atrocities committed against men, women and children is graphic nature and won't be well for all listeners. located in the rural and swept hamlet of in central Arak, was a five acre, rochat lawn with pomegranate and diet trays, Great Barnes and is desert resistant crops that, of the spacious property. Was it the driveway that led to a one story, TAN colored, concrete farmhouse, it faded a kitchen living space bathroom and a single bedroom interconnected by Inara, narrow way that room was fully furnished with basic, well worn furniture grant, but homely outside A staircase led up to the buildings flat roof with a view the surrounding country landscape, a desert patchwork

palm trees, wild grass and draw sandy flatlands intersected by long the roads, green buildings were few and far between somewhere empty. We're in stages of construction. There was a quiet, isolated in sparsely populated area If you didn't have a reason to go there, you wouldn't even I existed. The year. Two thousand. What China was relocating? Forty kilometers north to the capital city of Baghdad, as he didn't want to sell his rural property. He offered to pay fifty dollars per month to anybody willing to. And to the farm in his absence to mitigate low pay. He also offer rent freight living in his furnished farmhouse and a kind of profits from it. I'll of his harvest stage season job of a page, the interest of Carson, Gennaro, B, Qasim was looking for long term, reliable work to support he's growing family, his wife

Riyadh had recently given birth to a healthy baby ago. They named her deal do the couple, also had two sons, Ahmed and Mohammed, and there a daughter, a b. At the time the Janabi family were living in the rural ten of use affair almost Kilometers South West Bank that there there were closed to the support network of factory os extended family when some purchase that you Snyder Sokoloff a relative to twenty dollars and wasn't capable of paying off the debt the relative Just wait: let it go every wanted to help the Janabi family and did so without expecting anything in return. some picked up work where he could, but it was me, Do you like paying sporadic jobs in farming and construction, In the meantime, the family moved between properties throughout in trying to find some way there. Could afford with a low income, but no play

never felt like on love, was tough, but the doorknobs were always in good spirits. Carson and factory. I look to the future with optimism, dreams of owning a spacious family house and hoped to send their children to college one day. It was need to provide their family with a better future that attracted the couple to the job offer at the orchard property into bought, would the network of support the family had come to rely on. But I believe I can and rent free ass, convinced, gossamer factor of is worth the risk they packed. The few belongings said they good boys and moved their family to the due by the orchard It was creams living in the farm he asked for the family of six, but they made the most of it. They factory I maintained the house, was that you now be children would go outside and play Hoddan say: go kicks, aka balls in the family in nearby com.

Some toilet under the blazing desert sun tending to the acres of crops. Eventually his hard work paid off. Come harvest So the produce at local markets and with these half cut of the profits nobody's family upwards of an extra thirty dollars. Friends and family visited How well the family saint settled into then you lost all for the dynamic The entire world had shrunk to the size of a few dusty crop fields and an old square farmhouse. It wasn't the big space, his family house they dreamed of, but it was home, they felt safe there, the

The two thousand and three Iraq's government by President Saddam Hussein had been during international condemnation, the need guide guidelines Harare around more during the nineteen Eightys and the Gulf WAR, and a few years later, at blood Fox resources and people draw. Assign was also nine to repress internal dissidents with torture and killings. Burning him the refugees, just as an enemy of the free world, I shouldn T was re, searching and stockpiling chemical weapons, as he had done so a decade or allow put around and a further intense global scrutiny. The The band of the United States of America, George W Bush leave the his sign regime posed a growing danger to the rest of the world on the March, seventeen two thousand and three President Bush public, We gave Hussein an ultimatum leave Iraq.

within the next forty eight hours or experience the full might of the United States military the same ignored the order. three days later, on March, twenty two thousand and three President Bush, my good on his threat American military conducted a surprise invasion of Iraq under Code Name operation, iraqi freedom. U S and allied forces pressed forward into the flat plains of our rocks western desert charging along the immense sandy stretches towards the capital city of Baghdad to confront saying violent resistance from his same, loyalists resulted in three weeks of intense battle. Before back phone, awake fell on April ninth his saints twenty four year rule once the after the battle that settled Saddam Hussein was nowhere to be found? Does go to the city and going into hiding

subsequent search for the president of Iraq quickly became one of the biggest manhunts in the world December two thousand and three into such Did he may be found in a rural village about Twa a play one hundred and fifty km northwest of Baghdad under the cover of darkness. On the night of December thirteen six hundred, West Military personnel right the target area. However, the wanted president was still nowhere to be found. lost in the process of being extracted from the target area a? U s? Infantry men randomly kicked it appall of rubble, one a man to his surprise the mass led away revealing small narrow hall in the earth squeezed inside with Saddam Hussein disheveled and exhausted, He surrendered immediately

the sign was tried in an iraqi court for crimes against humanity. Specific play Phillies involvement in the Dajjal massacre in nineteen. Ninety two, the executions of one hundred and forty eight dissenters, the torture of women and children and the illegal arrest of three hundred and ninety nine people, Hossain was found guilty executed by hanging on December thirty, two thousand and six. American Rockies and the local population who bore the brunt of his sayings. Tyranny celebrated his death, but What is more is of his saying viewed as a model to the world superpower and when he returned, it America's involvement and influence in the politics of their homeland. when civil war arose between the two opposing groups and branched off into multiple sectarian conflicts throughout the land attempt to stabilize the conflict, ridden country and clean up his signs legacy denoted

It's in the tallow is maintained a military presence in Iraq, but their prolonged presence in the foreign country, as well as their interference in the civil war, and we feel the conflict that would constantly clashing with local insurgents who has saved outside of military intervention as an inciting force the civil war amplified over time and continued four years after his science execution. Iraq deteriorated into deadly and destructive, lawless chaos, casual. Of war, raced into the thousands on all sides. Considerations, the? U S should pull their military out from the embattled country began. However, the situation was becoming more complicated by the day, politicians were confident that were capable of securing the situation. They believe

without my certainty that I like forces, could eventually suppress the violence in our arms and bring pace, safety and freedom to its people the crime and violence. The flared after his saints capture quickly trickled south into the open rural landscape, where it was much harder to contain the constant fighting it and the once vibrant rural towns and villages into no go zones, scared resident had withdrawn into their homes. Rubble from destroy buildings was part along. The straits. Power had been lost by car then targeted attacks on regional power plants roads were poured out from explosives. The thumb the roar of explosions in peace and crack of bullets had become a regular backdrop to daily life. Logo in about one day, would disappear. The next.

Did you not be family when they are surrounded by these constant danger? Carson? now be legally armed himself with an eye K. Forty seven assault rifle which kept hidden behind the curtain or the bedroom window american military permitted, HR, rocky civilian family to own one eye k, forty seven with thirty rounds of ammunition as a means of self defence. During this chaotic torn cost tried his hardest to bring his family a sense of normality and joy. When the roads were cleared of explosives Aggies children on car rides to the market at night. He would help and with our homework factory. I was equally support, despite the circumstances I wasn't I heard a work outside of the home, so read I she stayed inside cleaning, preparing food and taking care youngest daughter six year old, had deal a deal had grown into a curious and bubbly go. She loved circling

exterior of the farm house, picking and munching on the edible sweet tasting. All grass. Did your nobbies felt safe? Knowing there was a man in United States military checkpoint. Only two hundred made is from where I lived. It was a static traffic control point. Nine is traffic control point to Possible for keeping constant god of a main road leading to and from the nearby town of use of fear. A morning at daybreak, the I consult a traffic control point to swept the roads for buried bombs. Insurgents may have planted overnight, they performed the daily security patrols of the surrounding area conducted sources of hives, questioned the locals and stopped suspicious vehicles. When they do not be so, the steward are a bit tended to the front garden she'd, say it:

our consultants performing their retained security checks and full patrols. Sometimes they would notice appear too small and give her a thumbs up. March, twelve two thousand and six was almost three years to the day when the US military arrived in Iraq to capture Saddam Hussein. The new fourteen year old, a beach and nobby watched her younger brother eleven Year old Mohammed and a year old, Ahmed left for school. That is It was made by her parents that it be would no longer attend school. There was far too dangerous for they go. Militants had been targeting local schools and young vulnerable women had been threatened, kidnapped and killed by the worst of them by midday that day much Prof, Mohamed and Ahmed were at school. A beer and there were inside in the kitchen and Carson.

Taking a non hit deal through his head down in the front garden, pulling out bunches of sweet ward grass. Twenty eight. School was out by three hundred and thirty p dot m that afternoon. It had been an unavenged day for that. You now be promise after they fail. With their classmates they started. The war came together by four PM: am and Ahmed reached the dirt track, leading up to their farmhouse I meant to be home quickly turned a panic when they noticed a thick cloud of white smoke. Billowing out from the living room, window, appearance and sisters were nowhere to be seen. Sergeant Anthony Uribe of the: U S: military, Bravo Company, First Battalion five huh,

I second regiment of the one hundred and first airborne was stationed at traffic control point one on March, twelve, two thousand and six traffic control point one was a large scale checkpoint situated across a main transit road, just dance. I use of it was a sturdy two story, building that acted as the main headquarters for all the other traffic control points in the region of the and a dozen are rocky and american military personnel posted to traffic control point one. It was nearing light off at noon when use Rh70 Raby of a situation unraveling at a civilian farm property. A few kilometers away in Dubai. twenty two year old, Anthony Uribe originally from all joined the united. b military height days after the nine eleven terrorist attacks tool, Broadchurch good strong. He cut the figure the idea: Infantry man. This was Second: tour of Iraq is first

occurring a year earlier in January, two thousand and five You really had hardened into a stoic level headed soldier with a magnetic ability to take command of other soldiers in stressful situations, younger, less experience, soldiers, up to you Ray be as a shining example of what Theis go at to become in return. He was fiercely loyal to his troops, You re a great too late, a team of american soldiers to the farm into Bonn to canvass the area and investigate the situation unfolding they're here. T dot. I traffic control point to the smallest. I will check like I did only a few hundred meters away from the objective area. He ordered soldiers, Traffic control point to gear up and get ready to escort him on patrol When you Arabia arrived a short time later to traffic control, point to specialist, promote, pull Cortez and Prof

first class Jesse Spielman, with dressed head to toe in full battle gear, with rifles in hand ready to go. Twenty three year old, Paul Cortez from California, was also in the midst of his second tour of Iraq. He was we're seeing a soldier at traffic control point to at the time and had recently they put in charge of the checkpoint and the five other that us which is stationed there. unlock sergeant, Anthony Uribe who had adopted under the ongoing pressure into a successful and well respected later Cortez struggle And was seen as an inconsistent average soldier, his career bogged down with infractions for fighting drinking alcohol and drug possession, Cortez was eventually shipped out to the also traffic control point to where it was believed. it- was a little opportunity for him to fall in trouble, but every hour unity for him to knuckle down and reform is reputation.

Twenty one year old, Jesse Spillman from Pennsylvania, was a racing edition addition to traffic control point to having A raft just days earlier He'd been in order for seven months and in the military since completing Oscar one another sudden sign after nine eleven quiet and make Spielman was a good dutiful soldier If all our orders without question or complaint. Approximately an hour pass had passed by the time you scored a rock to the farm, the smell of smoke. Get in a humane air, but whatever fire they had been was extinguished, help a short term path ahead was attained, concrete square farm. He asked with bought windows and a flat If a small civilian crowd had gathered around the building, a rocky soldiers among them exchanging anxious whispers.

sergeant you Raby was notably stern straight faced and focused when approaching the building. He commanded he's got quickly and efficiently, as they swept through the farmhouse performing a building clearing. They rushed down the corridor if the house shouting and taking down doors with their weapons raised. but there were no hostiles waiting for them. Cleaning to the air was a fail. Loader smoke propane is boot to meet with a buildings, Europe. The shocking reality of what happened inside became clear inside the bedroom. They discovered the body, seven hundred and female, laying on her back by the door or wide and unmoving blood pooled around a body from a gaping bullet wound in her back. in one of the back corners of the bedroom was an old, a mile face down he's

and the wall closest to him covered in blood. He been shot in the head. Similar wound was found on the body of a female child lying close by now loaded than six, her pink dress was stained with blood. A bunch of war grass stuck in her rigid faced. The horror didn't end there, another gruesome disk Every was made in the living room. The body of a in Asia. Female was space up in the corner of the room beneath a window ahead and chest have been burnt to ashes. A relative of the household explained he arrived shortly after the alarm was raised. He entered the house just to extinguish the file that did nothing else, but putting out the fire the lower often the victims body, remained preserved. A dumb burn. Her dress had I stood up neck and her undergone

months round the following a boy she had been right. the three bodies discovered inside the bedroom were identified as forty five year old, Carson Gennaro be he's worth thirty four year old fucker. and their six year old, daughter that deal the partially burnt Body discovered in the living room was that fourteen year old, daughter, Abbey was promoted by poor Cortez was overwhelmed by the horrific scene and spent most of his time. So I draw haven. Sergeant, Anthony you re, be maintained. His characteristic level headedness and continued on with a green job of investigating the crime scene, title or private Jesse spearmen. The two hours they move through the house photographing the crime scene sketch, maps of the layout, inspecting the victim's wounds and searching for anything left behind by those responsible.

The murder weapon was believed. Obey me. I gave forty seven assault ruffled that the family legally owned and kept in the bedroom at their house. Several like a forty seven shell casings, were found throughout the building, but the weapon itself was missing. Nothing else within the house appeared to have been tampered with or taken a medic. send to the bodies inside the sergeant. U R began carefully shifting furniture around to look for evidence after the over a bed, You re be found a green shotgun showcasing under nice. He called out to quotas was still outside, overcoming these noisier. When quarters entered the bedroom, he Raby pointed out the shock and show on the four quarters collected the shell and the two meticulously scanned the remainder of the room looking for more shows, but there was only the one.

The two surviving to now be sons, Mohammed and Ahmed were inconsolable. There were taken away from the same by relatives and rocky translate a war, amongst the civilian crowd out sought seeking information on the private lives of the tuna. These many of the locals were Hence, if the answer personal questions and were not forthcoming with information gradually details emerged depicting the Janabi as conservative and respectable, who were close to their extended family, but otherwise kept to themselves. nice aspects were seen around. They do not be property prior to at the time off or after the attack of particular Sidney begins with the personal attack of a be ripe was a sensitive Bake in the conservative toto, meaning few people were willing to openly acknowledge and discuss it.

To those who knew her a b was a wolf. Well, an ordinary tain, observing bit introverted. She was tall for her age lanky and suffered from asthma. She died during the bright future, getting an education marrying a good man and moving to a big city, good natured and polite. She was according to her on proud to be young Burnaby his body suggested her attacker may might have wanted to cover their tracks and destroy evidence. However, duty Lack of resources available in the midst of war torn rule Rock authority. Instigation of the crime scene was impossible, Iraqi military didn't have the knowledge or means to perform comprehensive police work such as collecting dna or fingerprints

sergeant you Raby was compiling enough data to complete a report on the matter, but there was little more he's. Troops could do that just didn't have the resources. There were no witnesses to the crime either, or at least none who were willing to speak. The sun had almost set when you re being these team emerged from the house through thereof violence. They could only offer one explanation for the killings. Did you not be property was located on the western edge of an area of land? U S. Soldiers had nicknamed the triangle of death to try Go of death was a map gaddi area, thirty kilometers south of Baghdad Study, at the city of mass media to the north. The rural ten of use fair to the west and the city. We say yes to the south, bluff and experts,

answers for Bravo Company during their time in the triangle of death is further detailed in Jim Frederick spoke lack caught the and within the triangle of death had earned the reputation as the most hostile area in the country. There was a centralized unrestrained battleground for the civil war due to its proximity to Baghdad inside The triangle, massive waves of sectarian violence, led to atrocities on all sides of the battle. Explain motors range from the sky, killing anything within a twenty. A radius rocket propelled, grenades, collapsed buildings, leveling entire townships, unsuspecting victims triggered hidden bombs, buried alone it militiamen sped utility vehicles across the expanse of flat cracked desert and propped up in the back tray were large automatic weapons, firing indiscriminately any so We in social gathering, no matter Small or in conspicuous was a potential target for suicide bombers.

Were police stations, power plants, oil refineries, gas stations, markets and military checkpoints. Deadly gunfights between insurgents and the military were commonplace. Hundreds of attacks wake occurred within the triangle of death. caught in the middle where hundreds of rural towns and villages the homes. approximately one million iraqi civilians civilians constantly threatened and brutalized by insurgents H morning. The road Singson son revealed the death and destruction from the night before dumping canals Paul beside roads. and dug in shallow graves were the victims of light nor executions. The voice once was indiscriminate and unpredictable and Those inside the triangle of death, there was little opportunity or means to escape,

do not be farmhouse on the western edge of the triangle of death. The U S. Soldiers concluded that the slaughter was committed by insurgents. The carried the typical hallmarks of insurgent crime. The braces. I'll bet you, Mr Nature, execution stall killings willingness to murder children as well as Your timing of the attack occurring in the middle of the day employing the killers held, no fear of being seen heard, were interrupted. It was unknown whether the Genovese had any direct or indirect to militias fighting in the area most severe and had an investment in the civil war, Didn't necessarily mean they participated in the fighting they may have said did. They chose the militias in otherwise. It also wasn't uncommon for civilians to be threatened into actively or passively assisting insurgents. Did you know these isolated, unassuming farmstead

been saying, is the ideal place to start Paul weapons over use as a psycho, so hard out had cost? Refused the demands of militiamen and with this is punishment. Every day, the military confronted the aftermath of the brutal acts committed by insurgents on the civilian population, abductions, torches, massacres, execute and rapes, mutilations, decapitations of men, women and children. So frequent many soldiers had become day sensitized to the horror it appeared do not had crossed paths with these ruthless insurgents. What is that they do not be family had similar thoughts, they couldn't company and that anyone in their local community was capable of committing such a senseless and vicious massacre. As the killing spread locally. So did the accusations, Every local militia group was blamed.

the theory suggests that the murders were the outcome of a feud unpaid debt or personal vendetta. Going die. The bodies of Carson Factory are a b and had deal what buried they are in a private area of desert, neither farmhouse I had called home as days weeks and months, passed, the Janabi family massacre, was forgotten in the fog of war. Anything you Raby had submitted his report on the matter, and that was the end of the year. It's military's involvement, hope of justice for this loaded, family, faded, whoever murdered, Carson and and to defence. A beer and into deal had gotten away with it. On the evening of June, sixteen two thousand and six Days after the murder of the Janabi family, you nodded

I saw me, specialist David Banner and private first class, Thomas talker, were preparing for a long shift on Guard Judy together, Twenty five year old, David Byrne, I from Massachusetts predicted in his horse cool evil than twenty usd on Ebay, a five star general in the United States Army. For that summer was over governor had invested. In May two thousand and six. He was reaching the end of his second tour of Iraq and was preparing to head back home to his wife and children. Then the news came through that his tour of duty was being extended indefinitely. Bob and I visited home briefly and gifted his three children camouflage decline. Teddy bears, but. As the mediately. He was saying goodbye and in what felt like the blink of an eye, he was back in his camera. Carrying his rifle and beginning his indefinite stretch in the triangle of death,.

Twenty five year Old Thomas talk from our again, never end decided he'd wind up in the military, Prior to enlistment his law out of focus and his job in construction left him feeling unfulfilled, wanting to do something positive with his life he joined the military in July. Two thousand five talker was a softly at heart: the talented piano player. loved spending, lazy, wakens fishing and tinkering with a shabby pick up by June two thousand and six. had been in our for five months and had already made an impact. Does an enthusiastic soldier fully dedicated to his job. On June, sixteen two thousand and six Dobbin Island regarding an armoured vehicle launch bridge, neither twenty village of joyful saga about twenty five kilometres south of use affair. The ombudsman,

who launched bridge was a military engineering vehicle that faded along flat metal platform that could be rapidly deployed to create a makeshift bridge across gap. Talk obstacles at the time. the people want breach, was situated on the edge of the Euphrates River a wide she can they cut through the center of our rights and went all the way to the Persian Gulf. also on post, that not with better now in Tokyo was private first christian men charcoal; Chaka wasn't rested on to guard the outpost at that time it volunteered to take If so, another soldier could have an off for his birthday. Twenty three year old Christian Manchaca from Texas was a quiet, humble man from a close knit mexican american family. when men talker announced that he planned to invest in the army. His family initially tried to talk him out of it. He wouldn't like it. They insisted.

But Manchaca was determined scoring high on his entrance test and convincing his family Maybe he was right for the military. After all, however, on a visit home during his Iraq deployment. Menchaca. We. Simply nervous jittery and struggled dislike. It also developed the habit of change back. Finally, admitting to his family that life in Iraq had been difficult. Manchaca was dreading, going back burner Tucker and amend chalk, as our post consisted of a hungry vehicle that the three men occupied one in each of the front seats and one spread out in the back seat, There was an inefficiently designed outpost with no sense of safety. Now barriers or any early warning devices were set up, more on these and guards were supposed to be present, but they had moved on to other checkpoints,

resources and manpower was spread dangerously thin in the triangle of death. Researchers wearily surveyed the doctors at farmlands from behind the windshield That they want to remain a word the night before insurgents had hit the outpost with gun and our pay J fire. No one seriously hurt and strangely insurgents put the fight almost to me, ITALY has so far the June. Sixteen nor shift had been quiet for the three EU s soldiers. There was no sound the insurgents from the night before. At approximately seven, fifty pay him to say U S. Military outposts, reported hearing a torrent of gunfire Iraq from the direction of the Ahmed vehicle launch great job post. It was initially

The gunfire was caused by Bevin out on the others, probably shooting aimlessly to scare away suspicious persons in the area. The win at Tapex Plosion echoed across the desert plains. Then you, the Ahmad beef launch breach was taking insurgent up, hey Jeff, I once again in a tent to establish radio comes with Bobby no Tucker and men Charter was met with silence troops from Sir ending checkpoints, poured into vehicles and quickly descended on the opposed to provide back up. They sped the dirt road towards the secluded outpost. Suddenly, vehicles screeched to an abrupt halt headlights illuminated several little drums suspected to be I days placed across the center of the road, but upon careful inspection they all drums were confirmed to be harmless. The realization setting this was a well planned and coordinated attack.

The oil drum day coins were a distraction that delight back up from reaching the armoured vehicle. Don't reach our post, the seamen. We point was attack on the opposed. The night before had actually been a test. The real attack had just occurred: specialist banner and profit Tucker and amend charter, we're in serious danger. First responders arrived to the armored vehicle Lawrence Bridge outpost at around eight hundred and fifteen p dot m the area was quiet, attack. Already over around the hungry were hundreds of show. Casings large split is a blot painted the ground on top how these hood were? To? U S: military brandy and full rifles both the Hamleys right hand, sought doors were wide open, neither baby, no Tucker woman

ok, we're inside signs of it presence remained including the helmets, a packet of skittles candy and a playstation portable handheld gaming system. they hadn't realized the Meda signal. None of their Had fired a single bullet and the hum he's gone. Terror was still locked the It was cordoned off his troops. Swept the surrounding area for the three missing soldiers. They shouted into the darkness, calling out the names of Babineaux, taco and Manchaca. There was no response. Two trudged thirty made us along the marshy banks of the canal and discover The body of specialist David Byrne I face down in a tangle of weight governor His upper body had been shredded by bullets. expectation was the tuckers and men. Chalk bodies would be found somewhere close by. However,

Does the search radius expanded further and further from the humble location, neither talker omen? Chalk is bodies were spotted. a local iraqi farmer. His field overlooked, the Ahmed vehicle Launch Bridge Job Post came forward. Having witnessed the ambush, he said that seven mass, the gunman one, Bring a machine swarmed the before it could move off the pump, the vehicle with hundreds of bullets, killing bubble, when the driver's is but talker and Mantua were taken alive by the insurgents dread swept over the troops. Soccer and Ben shock were alive and in the hands of the enemy Emotions ran high as a favor search for Thomas Talker and Christian and chalk within the first. By hours meticulously, canvassed three objective areas in the vicinity of the attacks

please to the whereabouts of the kidnapped soldiers, the desk search continue throughout the night and into the following day, then. Finally, startling discovery along a straight stretch of dirt road leading to an abandoned non functional power plant with several bloody drag marks along. drag marks were torn up pieces of a US military body, armor vest a comprehensive search of the power plant, led to a w pickup truck being found inside in the trucks. Flatbed was a pool of thick blog Pataka Chaka was still nowhere to be found. Private first class, just in one, was stationed at the: U S: Army forward, operating base in the rural city of mass media on the northern point of the triangle of death, when news heed of the adoption of Thomas Tucker and Christian men charcoal

twenty three year old Justin, what from South Carolina, joined the military in two thousand and four after a bad relationship breakup, you do wise hook right. Specs for the military, as his father had served in the Vietnam WAR. There was somewhat surprised that his sons designed to join the military, Hobbes three children just them- was this: cities and introspective one, the least likely person to say combat. Nevertheless, What Iraq in Iraq in two thousand and five and was sent to the front lawn the triangle of death Each new morning was like a spin of a roulette wheel of what Horace they'd be facing that day with a basic one I'd accidentally, triggering a concealed explosive and urban gun. Pardon Saudi en Familia nice LOC rural cities for suicide, wiping out an entire neighborhood with the flick of a switch, the split,

the moral dilemma whether they killed the charred strapped with explosives, a carbon tax, I did at a school like us, Kematch match funeral or police recruitment drive. The Iraq war was insidious. Trust between occupying military and iraqi civilians was fragile. It was near him, possible for soldiers to pick a civilian from an insurgent one moment, a good. I had two billion would be casually approaching. A? U S soldier the say hello. The next day, a north date been the soldiers neck. Bravo Company lost on average about one soldier per the approximate. That's at the time, was that one out of every three soldiers were killed and one out of every two was wounded Maria. Was at an all time low. Wes military bases, the posts and check points where a mess of Grauman Clodagh, due to the indifference of always strong soldiers focus purely on survival. Many.

I left the safety of their posts patrols had become quick drug boys of objective areas with the main goal to return back to the base as quickly as possible. Don't make me text with the Iraq. You locals new arrivals wiggle, don't stop until two anyone, five bullets and anything that seemed remotely suspicious civilians walking to close to our post cars. Drawing too slow or too fast, rustling, bushes, staple in the rear, tries of trucks. Four wheel drive vehicles with tinted windows or anyone raging onto they close. Private first class, just in what was profoundly impacted by the abduction of Thomas Talker and christian men, charcoal imagery of you to squad mates being tortured, consumed his daily thoughts when he manage to sleep. He had

recurring nightmares of dead or children or slain soldiers blankly staring at him and whispering Doin words. He could barely hear. What's tails into soldiers were at looking for Tucker and Mint Choco. What was said, with his team later sergeant you re be the to trade, Fun stories of Tucker and men Chaka to raise their spirits. sergeant you rabies seem to lost in troubled thought during one conversation. he suddenly asked. What do you remember that, Family, the cup notice back in March, it's been a long time since Justin. What heard anyone talking about the gruesome Janabi family massacre, Sergeant you re because it led the squad who investigated the quadruple murder at the time he publicly concluded insurgents most likely killed. The father, mother and two young daughters, but sergeant D'Arabie with caring is sake.

He tell just on what that he no longer believe to the killings were committed by our rocky insurgents he now suspected that were committed by one of their own, a member of the United States military. What had no reason to doubt you, rabies, It was far from the talk about something so serious, but who, These military brothers would commit such a cruel and senseless murder.

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so the military started, granting moral character waivers to those with histories of juvenile delinquency and more criminal charges. People with her who did behavioral problems, who would otherwise be rejected for military service, would now have the opportunity to sign up staving, green, wasn't the top one would consider an honorable military candidate was alone or in troublemaker who started faults into coped with stress with drugs and alcohol with IRAN. shade of convictions going back to his teenage ease. Staving grains options were limited, so he took military up on their offer. End of two thousand and five, It was officially a private first class with Bravo Company. Patrolling nail rocky near rocky countryside. In the triangle of death, December tend two thousand and five Grange was maintained in a traffic checkpoint, an aura

a civilian considered by soldiers, the buy a friend and trusted him approached thirty. Two Rod sergeant Kenneth Cacique up Cacique, it created the man, the tourist in the same way friendly back and forth conversation in both our big and english in them Does that hummus conversation they are rocky Civilian, a non millimeter, handgun lifting quickly towards cacique arm. He pulled the trigger Kosovo is shown in the neck and fell to the ground forty one year old, sergeant, Travis Nelson sitting on us. Home depot smoking, a cigarette took a bullet to the back of his head S, light off. the armed rocky civilian. Continued firing, staving grind through sergeant cause Saker on the hood of a humvee and shielded his superior from the gunfire. The humvee took off towards a field hospital.

Private, Stephen Grain Night, a total war correspondent for the Washington Post. Quite we were going fifty five miles an hour and I was hanging onto him. I was luck, searching to seek a sergeant sago. He just made these eyes a little bit. I was just lying on top of him. Listening to embracing telling him he said, I was rubbing his chest. I was looking at the tattoo on his arm. He had his little girls named tattooed on his own. Then I heard him stop breathing. He was the nicest man I ever met I never saw him yell at anybody. That was the worst storm. That was my worst on since I've been in Iraq. By science, Nelson, and to seek a diet of their wings, Blida staving Green admitted the deaths of superior, missed him up real bad and fuelled his hatred for the iraqi people.

Quite does not a word that would describe how much I hated these people. I wasn't thinking these people were humans over here. Killing people is like squashing, an ant, a mean to kill someone, and it's luck all right. Let's go get. Some pizza Over the following months, grains mental health deteriorated. He viewed the war and he's involvement is pointless. Quite. We're gonna be here for a year, and there are in fact can do about it. When you go home alive, I don't give a fuck about the whole Iraq thing, but I can see this. is different from all the ones that our fathers and grandfathers for those wars with for something this war is for nothing Even his own platoon were becoming increasingly uncomfortable Bulgarians, mental instability he snapped the superior this fund

join the MECCA and jovially joyfully a puppy of a rooftop. he go on long offensively, racist Rance before running them with his desire to kill every lost our rocky on the planet. Knowledge and he wasn't coping grey so the military stress counsellor showing once a behavioral problems such as education, irritability, hostility and hop vigilance grain also, despite fee, severe anxiety, mistrust and emotional detachment. He admitted he also suffered from north mass and wanted to take revenge and Iraqis, including civilians. The council are Green had symptoms consistent with post traumatic stress, disorder, Judy

brains, poor morale, while combat stress and anger over the deaths of friends. The cancel, a lipid green mission, incompatible, who was recommended grain, take a break from front lawn, combat to rest, and should he return, he needed stronger supervision. The got. Neither he was prescribed small doses of a nude regulating drug to help him sleep and was sent back to their drastically understaffed traffic control point to on the secluded stretch of road. Just a few hundred metres from the tuna be family home. Traffic control point too, was based out of a holiday out abandoned concrete house on a strike. The roadside soldiers slain Costs were laid out in two small rooms inside behind the house was what you are surrounded by wire fence, another very humbly, was parked out front, observing the rural road in both directions. Traffic control point two had now

electricity or running water soldiers It had little else but the uniform on their backs. fluting stays in grain traffic control point two Had a total of six men barely enough to both adequately God, the checkpoint and conduct regular inside patrols of the surrounding area, their posted, no pain. The making the soldiers feel like sitting ducks. There were ever worked under, slept and incredibly high strung despite being prohibited by the: U S: military they taken up, getting drunk Rocky whiskey and gin to coke on mice, twelve to ten Six, when sergeant Anthony Uribe Indies Patrol returned to traffic control point to after investigating, there do not be family chrome, saying he spotted staving

standing in the middle of the road anxiously. Looking back and forth when you re be approached grain, pulled him aside and asked him what was going on his breath rate of heart, Liga, You really gave him a quick situation. Report on the general, be family massacre. Grain responded. I did that shit. That was me. I did it. I killed that family. The sergeant you Raby didn't believe him. There was no Sacred Stephen Grain was completely unstable, Manic medicated about killing or rockies all the time, but never followed through was constantly saying outrageous shit to try and get a rise out of others and was always. pushing boundaries between what he considered a funny joke and what others considered downright offensive. Besides, you re,

There was absolutely no way someone my private first class, staving green far from it. isn't and skillful assassin snuck out of traffic control. Point two in broad daylight broke into the genetic took control of everyone inside corralled. The pair send youngest daughter into a room grabbed the families I K. Forty seven killed, one after the other, then the oldest what into the living room writer set the place on fire. Why, without being seen or heard and returned to traffic control, two without a single other soldier noticing he was gone. Sergeant? You re be didn't believe it was possible, so we tell brain to shut the fuck up and the conversation ended there. The following days sergeant you rabies thoughts, lingered on grains confession. He Raby reflected on the shotgun Shelley found in the Janabi bedroom,

American military were issued with combat shot guns, vibration, doors and close combat into a battles you ready, couldn't get his mind off the shock until he knew its presence was problematic if the rumour gotta, that an american soldiers killed that you now be family. The backlash from both the American and the iraqi people would be career and potentially life ending. It would intensify the war giving the iraqi population more reasons to resent and target the Americans in that country. Sergeant you re be continued to wrestle with a possibility. Stephen Green had committed the murders, the more I thought about it, the more he started to think that maybe green did get away with helping saying Did he finally snap and carry out its eventual blood last? Was he truly Kay The goal of single handedly slaughtering civilian family able to get it out of his head.

Sergeant you Raby returned to traffic control point to a few days after that you now be family massacre to confront staving grain for more information. I verbally, walked through the entirety of they do not be calm, saying he described it in such vivid detail. There was little doubt grain had been there. Some point, the Arabia to grain on down with you. He did to me. You get yourself out of this world Get you out myself, but you re be took no immediate action. After this interaction. Light of that month, Green arrived at the forward operating basing might be there where he approached Combat stress thing for mental health evaluation. I his military transgressions and bad behavior. He stopped short of mentioning anything about the Janabi mellitus murders.

After their evaluation of grain to combat stress tank concluded, he had serious issues with impulsiveness and lying lacked. Empathy and remorse was aggressive and Again and harboured a disregard for rotten Rome, they dog, noised grain with a pre existing antisocial personality disorder, frequently she added with sociopath. They can soccer perfect persons, although they listed he's potential to harm others as low. On April 14th, two thousand and six one month, Ostovich be family massacre. Green was approved The late hour rock and return home to the United States. Do too. diagnosed, antisocial personality disorder and post traumatic stress disorder, Green was not eligible for a second tour of duty on I sixteen two thousand and six David Greene was honorably discharged from the United States Army back in Iraq.

sergeant, you re, be, was happy to say Stephen Green, gone and folded in His role in that you now be situation once and for all. He kept knowledge of green confession is sacred until his conversation with private first class. Just then one. When sergeant new Ray be confessed, all this information about state and green to Justin what in June, what was Shell shocked tough time in Bravo Company to have their brothers, Thomas Tucker christian men had just been kidnapped and another David governor had been killed. during the intense search for the missing soldiers Sergeant Raby had Ladys Goddamned Intel down, and one Justin that american soldier was responsible for the Justin, what lighter stated quote believe what I was hearing in once since he had dismantled for me every good thing with done every house,

we build every school would protected. I had been prepared, the fought the enemy, but I never expected to feel betrayed by my own people. determined to find the truth of the matter. What insisted means claims should be properly investigated. Forget about it. sergeant Uribe, replied just like God so out. what found it impossible to follow. You rabies advice. He lay awake thinking over Grange Confession watch we believe Green wasn't lying and he did kill. They do not be family. However. What struggle with the idea that grain acted alone Green was the the platoon and not in the frame of mind to intricately plan stage and get away with a successful, multiple murder on his own? Furthermore, traffic and point two wasn't a main base with hundreds of troops constantly coming and going there was

small empty house with only six station soldiers. If one was gone for even five minutes, the others would notice was convinced. Someone else must have. No more grain was up to grain. Was protecting someone what started conducting his own, discreet investigation, Bobby shrank and expertise and risked his reputation, career and possibly ease off. Yet he was determined to discover the truth. Was staving green line madman, What was he really a murderer? the only ones who could possibly know the truth by the fall if other soldiers stationed at traffic control point two at the time of the killings, the first soldier that Justin was spoke to was private first class Brian Howitt Herobrine Howard from Texas Rock for rent five months.

He was one of the soldiers station to traffic control. Point two with staving green at the time as a general be massacre what was the youngest of the troops stationed there? A new recruit perpetually stuck in the hazing stage. just what suspected the brine Howard was the one most likely to talk how it I didn't have the same long term. Connection and loyalty to grain is the more seasoned soldiers that traffic control point to what How it aside for a talk and shaped that conversation into a back and forth of really messed up stuff they had experienced in our own house, With a view to listen and tried horror stories, but seemed to intentionally skirt around the general, be killings. What instantly. Howard's reluctance to bring up the topic himself implied. He was hiding something I casually brought up the Janabi motors, careful. Not the Rice Howard suspicions that there was an ulterior motive for they conversation

hesitant to talk about it. frustrated by how its reluctance to talk Justin. What the risk at all pretending he knew more than he did. What repeated sergeant, sergeant re. We had told him about the crime, including labeling state and green is the killer. That was a message. Gamble If, however, sincerely didn't know anything about the crime would we'd get around that just him. What was starting groom is implicating his I'm brothers he'd, be like a trader and a lawyer, A terrorist sympathiser his career would be over, but the gable paid off it was as if what slid the right k into the lock suddenly how it's God lowered and he began talking openly about the Janabi killings as though he was sharing a story that both already knew, but to just them. What

This was all horrifying. We knew. Private first class Brian, how it started his story on the morning of March 12th, two thousand and six at traffic control point to private, Stella was pulling guardian front in the humvee. The remainder of the squad, we're off duty the soldier in charge at the checkpoint, specialist promotable pulled tat, was out back in the courtyard with Cortez. Were private Jesse spit one, had stayed and grain and second most senior soldier at the checkpoint specialist, James AKA. Twenty three year old James Barca from California was the mischief maker of this word. This what does a lovable dork Barca was a quick Smart Alec, whose timely humor brought levity to the harsh war environment, joined the army in two thousand and three. As he's prior history with

gangs, drugs and alcohol made it difficult for him to find ordinary work back home. Parker her anger issues and was once report for physically abusing his wife and child Barker, insist The situation was a misunderstanding, but it was full to attend anger management classes anyway, his boots. First, to do rocky soil in October, two thousand and three two thousand and six. He was only second tour, a what is rocky past, immature behavior and anger issues. Barca was it is one of the best combat soldiers. Many of his superiors had ever seen. Cortez bar crane and spearmen was sitting in plastic lawn chairs, a random, makeshift table playing a card game Howard was not playing cards with the boys he was inside the. Playing when he's caught with headphones in listening to music.

Beginning sometime between ten, a dot m and one thousand and thirty. I am the group outback playing card started drinking alcohol. whiskey in June. With several kinds of energy drinks then passed away. The person concussion drinking liberally. When I ran dry, they mixed up a new batch. Has the group got drunk? Are the boyish banter Teacher turn to something more sinister Howard heard, fragments of their conversation through the wall and realized that were discussing raping and rocky girl a short time later. Cortez Barker, Green and Spillman came inside the traffic control point to building that were passed from the alcohol and pumped up from energy drinks. Howard watched as they changed into what soldiers code and interested its black silk lightweight underwear can see, sing of pants and a long sleeved to talk. Worn under clothes on cold nights.

The putting on a ninja suit. The soldiers also made makeshift balaclavas head of teachers and wrap them around their heads, covering their faces. Spillman grabbed an M, a long range sniper Rifle Cortez and took it. or assault rifle age and grain carried a combat shotgun. Cortez told Howard that we're going to go fuck in Iraq ago, nearby Howard thought Cortez was insane and didn't honestly believe. That's what the group who really going off to do. He attempted to keep them from leading by reminding them. It was a really bad idea for the four of them to abandon the traffic control point leading only two soldiers on guard their code. I send it a two way: radio, keeping the other for himself. He ordered

what the tune into a different channels and no one else would hear their travel. If there were any problems that radio each other asian they weren't going far, they could be back to the traffic control, pointing minutes if anything happened, Cortez Barca Green Spelman walked out the back squeeze through a gap in the wire fence that surrounded the checkpoint and disappeared Howard, demanded, the four of them were gone for approximately fifteen minutes when they returned all of the men were in a hot and harbour and erratic state. One of the soldiers had blood on his clothing, but how recall, which one they also had an acre forty seven assault rifle in their possession, which they didn't have early stripping off. Then Ninja Court has and upon a bottle of border ever their generals and started scrubbing them plain.

Likewise, I will route be collected in a box and how it was order to burn them. I would also recalled someone being ordered to throw the cave forty seven assault rifle into the nearby canal. His memory was foggy there, so we couldn't remember exactly who met the Oda or who carried it out. Just on what must he shot from Howard's revelations? His instincts were correct, stating Rain didn't act alone, but he was flawed to discover just about the entire outpost was in on it. Talk to this conversation Justin. What confronted is Tang lay down? Anything you Raby with a new data gathered from Braun Howard, but you re be this body's. I'm suspicions could Except for us, soldiers were involved in the you're crime, be crawling, Howard's testimony was flighty and they couldn't prove what the men did when I left traffic control point to.

They may not have gone to the do property they probably went to bed. Some are rockies to let us stay as far you Arabia was concerned. Everything Howard taught was he say, nothing how it claimed conclusively proved without a doubt, the staving grain or any of the others committed the Jew, Nobby motives, just what felt the faded at this point He didn't know what to do. There was nothing in Recruit training that taught soldiers what to do. If my buddies of right and MOTA to civilian family. Couldn't confront any of the men. How it had implicated, then all just annoyed, in his own superior seemed content to remain ignorant of the truth and forget about the whole thing has what, you'd ever thought about that, do not be family murders, upwards. Of eight thousand. again and are rightly soldiers were still searching for missing private Thomas Tucker and Christian Machado, twenty

Combat operations were conducted. Twelve village Laclede 11S watch rotate manual. Falada was we're locked as well as additional two hundred flight hours for unmanned drones. an idea wearing counted. Seven aim of those dismantled and twelve with that knighted one college. in force member died, twelve others were wounded. Two insurgents were killed, thirty six suspects were detained yet still, after all, no crucial into was gathered pointing to the abductors or their location. Eric and media reported news of the ambush and adoption David Byrne. It was reported, killed in action. Thomas. During christian men, Morocco, with Judy Status Whereabouts, unknown their families, just waited for updates and pride that would be found alive. Reports initially suggested

an active retaliation for an american extra days earlier that killed several militant grew bladed. However, no one had come forward climbing responsibility for the ambush and neither a ransom for exchange had been requested by the kidnappers until finally, on June nineteen, three days The search the insurer, a cancel of our An organization consisting of several insurgent groups opposing us and coalition forces, published a press release claiming credit for the ambush and abduction. They brag to humiliated the strongest army in the world and stated quote we good news to the nation that we have carried God's verdict by slaughtering the two captured crusaders. Shortly before eight p, DOT M on June ninth and you s troops

Dr denote time sway. Piven area whole mess three kilometres North east from the pal plant. When the bloodstains road drag Knox and truck at being found, they spotted something up ahead on a secluded stretch of. Do it right, On display in the center of the road, with the bodies of Thomas Tucker and Christian men charcoal There were near unrecognizable, Kate, with blood and mud. Soldiers have been united, dismembered and burned. One of the men had been beheaded. fears, the bodies would be tracked by insurgents held out for travel until daylight. The following morning, the gruelling white proved lifesaving. An a was discovered rigged between one of the victims legs and three more were planned. The round the bodies it took hours to safely diffuse the ideas days.

A memorial service was held for David Babineau, Thomas Tucker and Christian Manchaca in Iraq before their bodies were flying back home to the United States. It's a Paypal attended the memorial services for each man on home soil held in their respective home towns. They were all bestowed, a purple heart awarded to military, personal wounded or killed on active duty and a bronze star awarded for heroic service and achievement within a combat sign. Just what was overwhelmed with anger, he asked himself what a good honourable heroic soldiers like Banner Tucker Admin chalk a door while staving green. I confessed child rapist and killer, got to go home and live out. His life is a false american hero. What was tormented by the hopelessness, talker unmentioned, must have felt during their capture and torture of feeling. Here

I did to help custom to now be must have felt as U S, soldiers, marched into his home and against slaughtering his wife and daughters. The added realisation that both Cortez and spearmen attended and investigated. They do not become saying with sergeant you Raby, knowing full well what happened there might just than what feel sick. What was compelled to say justice for the Janabi family, but struggled with the fear of going against the squad mates as well as his superiors, sergeant you, rabies, complete disregard of the matter, told what that he would rather berries head in the sand. Pushing him burn investigation was a dead end. You Raby had made it clear. It was about as far as he was concerned, that June or the phone rang in the W family hunting in South Carolina Rick W answered the satellite phone link was clearly there's somewhat delayed when he sounds voice came

through the receiver sending obviously destroyed just them. What asked his father, if you knew something bad about your brothers. Would you come forward. Konami veteran himself the sun set brothers he was referring to his fellow soldiers, require Presty son for more information, but just in romanian videos are really shouldn't say, but it's bad beyond anything. You can imagine Rick, what greatly honored and respected the bond of loyalty between soldiers? However he could tell. His son was carrying a great burden, perhaps more important than that bond. Honour and loyalty. Greek Tony's son to follow his conscience. He shouldn't let Laura To his men get in the way of doing what was right on June. Me two thousand and six just in water. urged the military Mental Health Council are the only person here

You would be obligated to take his statements to investigators after a deep, slow breath. He told them everything he knew An internal military investigation commenced immediately due to this Sensitivity of the case, it was treated with utmost confidentiality, many soldiers suspected an investigation was happening. If you had any idea what it was all about. soldiers who had been traffic control point to on the date of the crime were brought in for questioning, with the exception of Having grain, who is back in the states and no longer under military legal jurisdiction, the soldiers interviewed Pool Cortez James Jesse, Spearmen, Braun Howard and any Uribe initial. he denied everything just what had asserted so they invest they gave spotlight, was then put on just one

He was immediately railroaded quarter lawyer threatened to be charged with making false statements and perjury the interrogations of war were relentless, almost is though he was the bad guy with no evidence. The previous claims that was his word against the father of the soldiers involved in the bay would determine the two remain tight: lipped, Just what knew he was being intimidated to stay quiet, but the The hardest difference today railing what stuck to his guns until finally, one of the five soldiers cracked. It was twenty one year old, private Jesse Stillman, who was the first to acknowledge what really happened at first, He deliberately left out facts to avoid implicating himself, but through revelations, they chipped, involved began. Opening up to tell their version of events. Has the investing

Nation carried on candid statements together a chilling portrait of what exactly happened on March twelve, two thousand and six in the early morning of March, twelve, two thousand and six after there routine roadside or a day's wait. Paul Cortez James Barker and Stephen Grain were in the courtyard at the rear traffic control point to Baca was hitting golf balls over the fence, lawn as the others watched. He remarked that he was going to waste a couple of dudes on his next guard Shift Cortez, who is in charge of the traffic control point warned him not to, as I didn't want to get in trouble for it his desire was to quite fucking our rocky pitch.

The comments bird conversation between the three soldiers they carried on into a plan they put it throughout the morning Barker already had a targeted mourned the girl in the farm. He asked me boy, he didn't know her but had seen her almost daily. He saw in the garden when about women This is one of the soldiers ass answer This question and Stephen Green. His role in the plan back new Green, itching to kill Iraqis when asked if he was willing to take care of any witnesses. Grain. A great He wouldn't leave anyone alive. Barker. Cortez had both performed, retain surges of the genetic be properly before they knew the fire I legally own an AK. Forty seven assault rifle that he kept in the bedroom that described Flara, has to green specifically, very good for into the bedroom and draught hole,

green, was told to order the family to get on the ground and lie on their stomachs. When I went down, Greenwood put pillows over their heads, then shoot age of them, one by one through the pillow at point. Blank range. Quotas, pool drank and stated he would be the first one. The right the Oda go buy now box grain. We're getting increasingly invested in the idea, but all of us Cortez came to his senses and pulled the plug telling the others. This is crazy. Fuck this there's no way we're doing this shit and the topic was dropped for a wall. The data and played out exactly as Braun how it had described just on one promise, let's go. I was on Guard Judy alone in the hum the brine

I was waiting so at listening to music and Cortez Baca Green and Spillman we're out back getting drunk and playing cards. An hour or two into their drinking session. Cortez who had originally shut down. The plan of rape and murder suddenly stood up and said fuck it. We are going to do this. The plan, was finalized, Cortez and would take the oldest daughter and Greenwood killed, kill the family. This was show the first time, Jesse Spillman heard what horrors his fellow soldiers were hatching. When I, if you wanted in he said he was down. The group got changed out of their military clothes. Their aim was to look like insurgents in case. I responded by any witnesses. Barker income tat has changed into their ninja suits green room to the: U S, military insignia on his uniform. They cover their faces and armed themselves,

Cortez gave Howard, who is not participating in the crime, a radio to keep in touch Cortez green and Spillman then left traffic control point to half after squeezing captain the wife and surrounding the checkpoint. They entered a big field bought in by wars and another chain link fence using a multi to North Barker Quetta gap through this second fence in the groups grace through one. After me, other remaining information. They quickly followed a path passed, an abandoned property until they reached another chain link fence. This one already had a cut through. It said the soldiers just pulled it open and climb through.

they marched through a grassy field, shaded with palm trees until they raged at target like Haitian the small tan, colored concrete farmhouse. At the end of a dirt driveway specialists, promotable pool Cortez, quite the father in the little girl, was outside right by the front door in front of that car Stillman had going to push the little girl kind of taking her inside in the same grain at grab the father or the time

good inside grain, had already had the mole inside the room and was pushing the older daughter out to me and Barca main Barca took her toward the back wall. I think she was hyperventilating. She was just breathing real, odd kind of scared, probably a threw her to the ground by her hair or tore off her little silk. White Barca was holding her hands down up above her head and quote Green entered the bedroom, worried forced Carson, FUCK Korea and had deal before shutting and locking the door behind him.

But first class Jesse Spielman quote the bedroom door shot. Then I went back to the front foyer area looking at again just pulling security have heard several gunshots coming from the bedroom. He kind of took me by surprise, so I ran over to the door. I started beating on the door and the door was locked. Just a few seconds went by and then grain kind of opened up a door just cracked it open a little bit. I asked him is everything? Alright? Is everything fine and he was- fuck yeah. Everything sworn in. He kind of opened the door the rest of the way and are saying the older female on the ground and the older male in the corner on the ground as well. It appeared like they were both dead. I've, seen a shotgun show on the ground that didn't look like it was expended. It was not fired and appointed that out Green picked. It up.

He had a shotgun or remember saying it that tone to put the show back in the shotgun and calling it kept looking around on the ground. Looking for something that's what I'm kind of backed up from the doorway a little bit and rp8 into the living room, and that's when I was saying Cortez, Barca raping the female insane green comes out of the bedroom and is the living room. Four of us are in the living room. I don't have answers just to everybody or killed them and they're all dead. and then the other two Barker and Cortez get up and they're finished, and I leave the female on the ground. At that point, Green was holding an AK, forty, seven and Elaine's it up against the wall, and then he goes over off. The green was done. He gets up and call and a pussy pants back up

went over to where he placed the AK. Forty seven against the wall walked back over to the young lady. There. and I remember a putting a pillow over her face and then he put the AK forty seven up to the pillow and then fired, probably five or six times. I walked up into the body of the young female. My back was towards Everybody in the living room, so I don't know who is in there and down beside her and lifted up her shirt or touched breast. I really can't tell you why. I really don't know the reason why I did it and the quote at this point: Cortez was frenzied and started telling everybody that they had to get out of there Barker entered the kitchen and returned holding a glass lamp. He poured.

Kerosene in the lamp over a body they use. woman cigarette lighter to set the liquid a lot spillman collected bags of clothes. From the corner of the room and put them on top of the bees body to fade the flames grain put to her of a programme bottle in the kitchen for South EAST and quickly fled the property and rain back the traffic control point to when they go back. of their clothes and burn them quarters audit spearmen. To take the idea of forty seven green had brought back from that. You now be properly and throw it into a nearby canal. Green was hopper, energetic dancing around exclaiming. What they just did was also The around for paying that afternoon, they ever heard a report on the radio from traffic control point one of the murder and ripe.

When sergeant Anthony Eurabia arrived to traffic control, point two to pick up Cortez and for he's patrol of the same, he had no one, The soldiers were responsible quartet her cold returning to the crossing when he first saw what grain had done in the bedroom and made him physically sick and he had the Russia. So at the moment,. either when you re be found. The shotgun show in the bedroom, Cortez realized, green I had accidentally left her behind. He pocketed the show and later that evening, that same nor quarters, Barker Green School men and Howard were standing under the stars staring into the flames of the fire together. Private scour the other soldier at traffic control. Point too was back on duty in the Humvee scale.

Had no knowledge and no involvement in the planning orchestrating we'll covering up the crime while staring into the flames. Cortez told the others to keep quiet about everything, to keep it to themselves. Green, tell the others if it ever got here, just the blame everything on him from that dioxin None of the men involved spoke of the crime. Eventually, there were rotated out from traffic control point to Spillman ran into grain months later in May at the forward operating base. At that stage, Steven Green was processing through his discharge and preparing to go back to the United States. They played video games together and at no point did they mention the murders. After their confessions, Asia, the soldiers were stripped of their weapons and placed under arrest. The entire situation was kept from the public.

Considering the implications, if word got out what? U dot S soldiers did to an iraqi civilian family, it was believed to be Sci FI for everyone to handle the situation internally. On June, twenty six, just in what looking. It was more page. It often post status updates on his time in Iraq for friends and family back home. On that day, he posted an obscure message hinting at his frustration know what he perceived was a military cover quote Nobody would know that all brought justice to a noted family on June 31st a war correspondent first, so she added press with tiling a unit with Baghdad. He started hearing rumors amongst troops about a murder investigation involving american military personnel. prying around for more details here and if you set

it was anonymous sources who were directly involved in the investigation and had intimate knowledge of the case. on July. One Rhine lines the comprehensive story on the crawl on Todd Road Jail II's make planned all rock Wright, slings and majorly. The story became an international scandal. On July, tenth, two thousand and six twenty one days after the mutilated bodies of US profits, Thomas Tucker and Christian men, Chacahua fan on them her danger. A council in Iraq released a video online, the form. that and thirty. Nine second video begins with a brief introduction, featuring the image and voice of a summer Bin Laden, the later of terrorist, organised Chanel Corridor. The video cuts to rough grainy handheld footage

The camera hovers over the bodies of the two soldiers they lied close to each other, as insurgents move in and out of short, pointing and poking. The statement was released with a video, Here's a film on the remains of the bodies of the two american soldiers kidnapped near use, a fair way of showing it to avenge your sister. It was dishonored by a soldier belonging to the same brigade as these two soldiers the media sifted through the history of members of Bravo Company in Iraq, in a frenzied search for more information. Just and what's more space profile with found and the message you posted on June. Twenty six. Nobody would know that abroad, justice, tormented family was published in the media, singling him out as the crumbs whistle blower. What was warned of possible-

threats made by other members of this unit and lived in constant fear of retribution for turning in his squad night, he was moved from Bravo Company to Charlie Company in an attempt to create some distance between himself and those being invested, staving Greenstein back in the United States after Iraq was hollow and directionless he's these time driving around aimlessly with a pistol unlawful in his car green, had gone back to old voices, drinking and drugs. when he neighbouring aided or high. He would reveal to friends where is he had witnessed in Iraq at one point, mentioning witnessing a ripe committed by american soldiers? However, when he saw it up, he told them to forget about what he said. In early July, staving grain attended the funeral for David Banner held at the end, national cemetery, a U S, military

cemetery in Virginia. Two hundred people were in attendance, including Bebe, nice, family and extended family, our school friends wife and children, as well as a large contingent of american military members. Afterwards, grain visited his grandmother in North Carolina. It was there that FBI agents stormed the house arrest in green as grain was technically a civilian. At the time of his arrest, his trial was to be held before civilian called the other perpetrated all still active duty. Soldiers faced military court pull Cortez James Baker, Jesse, stolen and Broil Howard had multiple charges to their names, including housebreaking, with intent to ripe conspiracy to commit ripe ripe for cancer, motor and arson specialist, promote

Oh Paul courtiers, who grain lit the ripe client you didn't realize the family would actually be killed. On January, twenty two two thousand seven court has played a guilty in his court martial and wept busy apologize for the crimes. Offering no explanation is the way to palm pull. Cortez was sentenced to one hundred years in prison. Specialist James Barca teach the idea of the right, except at risk. the ability for his actions quiet. I want the people of Iraq tonight that I did not go there to do the terrible things or did you know Ask anyone to forgive me to live there to survive there I became angry and mean I loved my friends, my fellow soldiers and my leaders, but I began to hate everyone else in you on November fifteen two thousand and six pleaded.

In his court martial and showed no emotion when he was sentenced to ninety years in prison, private first, last Jesse Spearmen, whose participation the crime was, as the group's lookout accepted, that he's passive involvement, maybe just as culpable as the others quote. Contact really blame my chain of command, but I can't really blame anybody, but could have stopped it but take responsibility for my actions but thought about it that not and are the sort of not to report it for a couple of different races.

I mean you go over there in the war torn environment and we're looking out for each other, and I just didn't feel ok telling on the people that are served with and at the same time I might end up locked them to you know. If I go to the command, somebody might silence me or something like that. On August, third, two thousand and seven Spielman played Guilty in his court martial and was sentenced to one hundred and ten years, spearmen received a large, a sentence in the others, as hated known up the full extent of his knowledge of the crime. He called.

And you didn't know what the plan was when they went to the generally house and when he found out. He was too scared to do anything about it. He also interfered with the bees body after she was murdered as a part of play, deals, Cortez, Barca and schoolmates avoided the death penalty and had their non pearl periods lowered to ten ten and twenty years respectively, on the condition that gave evidence at each others uber savings, private, first class, Brian Howard, who are the head, the others planning the cron but didn't participate, stated quote. If I could get it back, I would not have let it happen in the first place, but definitely would have told somebody. Howard was sentenced to Seven months for obstruction of justice and being an accessory after the fact, he was released after seventeen months for good behavior.

Sergeant Anthony Uribe, who didn't report grains confession of murder was charged with obstructing the investigation, specifically dereliction of duty and making a false statement. He was granted immunity from prosecution for his testimony. In the trials of the others age. The soldiers involved would dishonorably discharged from the United States military except the sergeant Ethan Eu Raby, who was given a less than honourable discharge. On April, twenty seven, two thousand and nine Stephen Green civilian trial began. He pleaded not guilty, but. it denied his involvement in the crime, his defense, time data. What life was really like in our art, for you I sought, is ample Missing the harsh and stressful war torn conditions, the lack of leadership and a little troops were saved from the army to deal with a lot of friends days.

Just that the army should have removed grain from front lawn duty and provided him with more intensive mental health care. When it was clear, he wasn't coping under the pressure. The circle address the greens trawl testified that he's medical treatment in Irish didn't made the acceptable standard of care soldiers with post Somatic stress disorder in Iraq, who. Normally have been removed from the battlefield, were retained to satisfy the need for combat troops. a two thousand. I am also scan of greens, brain shared he had been suffering from brain damage and that people with he's kind of brain injury, often experience the major difficulties. Checking impulses described does quite Why have the bright and doubly easily array asked into action? Relatives of that

now be family testified. Grain to draw her cousin testified how they believed the Americans when they said the crime has been committed by insurgents quiet. I thought I had to be terrorists. This was a massacre, not a crime. I thought no American would do thing. Other relatives data have factory Argentine be disclosed to them. On much ten, she had called american soldiers leering at her daughter fourteen year old, a b and giving her on wanted attention as she work outside in the garden. There would point to her daughter, give her thumbs up and say very good. Good this behavior concerned factory. So much. She made plans for Abby to spend the night of March Eleven sleeping at her uncle's house.

But the same relatives reassured for Korea and told her that the Americans would not do such a thing. A b did not take up the offer to stay at her uncle's that night and it was the following day when she and her family were killed. The bees harassment by the offenders was further substantiated by her brother. Jahnavi testify that Steven Greenstraw that they recalled when the american soldiers was searching their house and one of them ran his index finger down. Abbey is Drake an action that terrified her. Mohammed also revealed that neither hey or his younger brother arm had had any idea. When I came home from school on March, twelve two thousand six and saw the smoke coming from my family home that it was coming from their sisters, body. but do not be attending school attending school after the murders, as they no longer had the mood to study

your son Ahmed stated. He wanted to grow up to be a policeman. Quite so I can protect myself and other people and poor people. Stephen Grange trial lost the date pays age of the soldiers involved in the crime, testified explaining in great detail the planing orchestration and a cover up of the murders on May seven, two thousand and nine a federal jury, convicted Steven Grain of rape and murder grain was spared. The death penalty as the jury of nine men and three women could not come to a unanimous decision. As a result, green was sentenced to life without parole. Green appealed, his

patient stating he should have faced the military trial, not a civilian trial. He lost his appeal in August, two thousand and eleven as anticipated. Violence in Iraq picked up once the truth of the your killers was publicly river. However, some Iraqis understood the criminals exist regardless of culture and didn't how the United States accountable for the actions of the few who were responsible, Rocks government argued that each of the soldiers trawl should have been held in an ironic he caught some believe grains specially, should have been put to death in the place where he committed is crime. A relative of the tuna be family stated. Quite Imagine the situation reversed. If a non American had done this grand the world would be up in arms and surely he would have been executed.

Steven Grain issued a public apology for his crimes that he personally read during his truck, he stated quite before I was in the army. I never thought I would kill anyone after I in the army, but before I went to Iraq, I never thought intentionally to a civilian when I was in Europe. Something happened to me that I can only be explained by saying that I lost my mind. at some point, while I was in our art was stop saying. All Rockies is good and bad as men, women and children started seeing them was one and the evil and less than human. When that happened, any natural, learned all religious morality that normally would have stopped. This was gone. block in prison, was uneasy for staving green due to the nature of his crime and the fact that involve children. He was often too

it for attacks by other inmates and was often placed in protective segregation. He described the prison as a lonely existence on February thirteen two thousand and fourteen and unresponsive staving grain was found hanging in his presence here. Two days later, he was confirmed the dead, steak and greens lawyer said that greens, death quote another tragedy to a long list of tragedies that already existed in this case. It's another indication of how horrific this case is being for. Everyone involved and what eventually saw the medical discharge from the military in two thousand and seven to do is nice, post, traumatic, stress, disorder, the traumatic brain injury a date related stomach injury. He entry If his ability to come forward and exposes feller troops by the fact that hey unlocked the perpetrators of the Janabi killings,

the demon oysters enemy just on what understood that in war, nobody thinks they had the bad guy and both sides behave themselves as the righteous One. What was there? No man just as much they were his evil in each other's eyes, since returning back to the United States, he's been labeled by the hero and a trader sent miles from the public of varied some praised. Bravery and integrity. Whilst others mocked his dislike in the legend to his home country, his father Rick, what his encouragement propelled just than to come forward his prayer to be some quite I'm proud of him becoming forward. It took moral courage on the nature and content his character, but two thousand and nine discussions.

Had amongst Hugh S political circles leading to an agreement that all U S, combat brigades would be removed from our rock by the end of August, two thousand ten on August I deigned to them. And ten, the final US military combat troops were reported to have crossed Iraq southeastern border into the country of Kuwait. The official closure The operation Iraqi Freedom was announced on August thirty, one two thousand and ten. On the night of March, seventeen two thousand and three, the president of the It states George W Bush, stood a line before a single camera in the Cross hall at the White House in Washington DC standing before the american flag in a crisp certain tat, the president was stoic as he began a thirteen minutes space broadcast around the world. Looking deep into the camera president,

Bush gave a powerful ultimatum. He demanded President Saddam Hussein leave Iraq. If Hussein refused the order, the full might of the United State, Military and its allies would enter Iraq and remove him by force. He then added. Many Iraqis can hear me tonight in a translated radio broadcast I have a message for them he must begin a military campaign. It will be record against the lawless man who rule your country and not against you. As our coalition takes away their power, we will do The food and medicine you need we will tear down the apparatus of terror and we will help to build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free in a free rein

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