U.S. Marine Tells All in Book
12 October 2005
by Anai Rhoads
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AnaiRhoads.org - A twelve-year
staff sergeant for the Marines released a book detailing war crimes
committed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
The author, former USMC Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey, led a platoon in the 3rd
Batallion of Regimental Combat Team 7. His platoon was responsible for providing
armed cover against insurgents as well as setting up highway
checkpoints.
Massey served 90 days in Iraq before he was honourably discharged
from the military 31 December 2004 citing Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD). Shortly after, he began collaberating with French journalist Natasha
Saulnier on a book he named "Kill! Kill! Kill!". The book describes how
the soldiers brutalised and tortured innocent Iraqi civilians.
"We are
committing genocide in Iraq, and that is the intention." -- Massey
According to the former Marine, at least thirty Iraqi civilians were
killed by his platoon in the first 48 hours alone. Some Iraqis were
later shot at during peaceful protests.
“I’ll give you an example of what we actually did. After we shot up
this car with civilians, I called in the corpsmen to bring in
stretchers. They came in and put two men on stretchers. Five minutes
later, they brought them back and dumped their bodies on the side of
the road. They were still alive. They were riddled with bullets—one guy
was just rolling in agony on the side of the road,” Massey told
journalist Jeff Riedel of the World Socialst Web Site (WSWS)
Massey added, “We were like a bunch of cowboys who rode into town
shooting up the place. I saw charred bodies in vehicles that were
clearly not military vehicles. I saw people dead on the side of the
road in civilian clothes. As a matter of fact, I only remember seeing a
couple of bodies in military uniform the whole time."
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" was published and released in France.
The Pentagon strongly denies Massey's claims. Further investigation
remains to be seen.
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