Tuesday, June 11, 2013

'I didn't think of Iraqis as humans,' says U.S. soldier who raped 14-year-old girl before killing her and her family .

Steven Green, pictured in April 2009, is serving five life sentences for rape and murder in Iraq. He has launched appeal but doesn't have 'much hope' of ever being freed 
An Iraq War veteran serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and sister says he didn't think of Iraqi civilians as humans after being exposed to extreme warzone violence.
Steven Green, a former 101st Airborne soldier, in his first interview since the 2006 killings, claimed that his crimes were fuelled in part by experiences in Iraq's violent 'Triangle of Death' where two of his sergeants were gunned down.
He also cited a lack of leadership and help from the Army.
'I was crazy,' Green said in the exclusive telephone interview from federal prison in Tucson, Arizona. 'I was just all the way out there. I didn't think I was going to live.'
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2 comments:

  1. thankgodimatheistJune 11, 2013 at 7:09 PM

    Where did I hear similar things before? Ah yeah. A certain cockroach that I keep in a bottle.

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  2. Jemmy HopeJune 12, 2013 at 2:40 AM

    'I didn't think I was going to live.'
    Should have cut out the middle man and blown his brains(?) out.

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