82d ABN DIV SOLDIER DIES OF NON-HOSTILE GUNSHOT WOUND

[Noordam]

Centcom


October 28, 2003
Release Number: 03-10-30C


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


82d ABN DIV SOLDIER DIES OF NON-HOSTILE GUNSHOT WOUND

BAGHDAD, Iraq – An 82d Airborne Division soldier died of a non-hostile gunshot wound at a forward operating base near Fallujah at approximately 12:10 a.m. on October 28.

The soldier’s name is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.

The incident is under investigation

.....sorry that is the full story from Centcom.....


"The incident is under investigation" --- what is this about ????

[DUreader]

1. that is the code for suicide

lately

[IndianaGreen]

3. Suicide or friendly fire

The Pentagon's use of language has a strong Orwellian flavor. People that are injured when their Humvee hits a mine are referred to as vehicular accident victims.

[tom_paine]

12. You noticed that, too, IG?

The descent towards Orwellian madness has begun. Just one more example that the Amerikan Empire will eventually come to more closely resemble a dystopian science fiction novel than an Democratic-Republic we feebly remember from the Days before the Bloodless Coup of 2000.

[underpants]

4. Most likely yes

or two soldiers really didn't like one another (either before they were sent to Iraq or since) and one of them flipped.

[UpInArms]

2. wasn't there one of these

"non-hostile" gunshot wound deaths yesterday also?

[kalian]

5. How many has that been....?

Lately there have been too many "non-hostile" shotgun wounds....
Its blatant LYING by the administration. Our sons and daughters want
out..one way or another.

[SpiralHawk]

6. Murder most foul ?

Inter-army fragging by bullet?

No doubt the "investigation" will shed more murk on the subject.

All is not well.

[Noordam]

7. That is what I am thinking

You do not have to do much of an investigation of a suicide....

[number six]

8. yeah, this doesn't sound like a suicide

If there's an investigation, there's more than one guy involved.

[NNN0LHI]

9. Pretty sure the officers who were fragged in Kuwait at the start...

...of the invasion were classified as non-hostile gunshot wounds too? I don't understand all the suicides to be honest with you. A bullet in the foot would get them home and still breathing at least. My father has told me that during WW II that shooting oneself was a pretty common occurrence. But he has also said that a bullet in the CO's back from one or more his own guys was pretty common too. He said he never heard of a suicide back then.

Don

[GypsyBob1]

10. Lots of self inflicted wounds over there

A buddy of mine, a doc in the reserve, was just activated. He is working in a military hospital stateside. He says there are 600 (!) wounded there, with many self-inflicted.

I don’t think these guys are getting the support they need – from the government or the citizenry.

[newyawker99]

11. Hi GypsyBob1!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: