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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-10 03:55 AM
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Army: Fort Lewis-based sergeant kept body parts



Army: Fort Lewis-based sergeant kept body parts
By The Associated Press
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 -- 4:39 am

New documents released by the Army say a staff sergeant charged in a conspiracy to murder civilians kept Afghan body parts and threatened subordinates.

Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs is the most senior of five Fort Lewis-based Stryker soldiers charged in the deaths of three Afghan civilians earlier this year. His lawyer says he denies being part of any conspiracy and that the deaths were all "appropriate engagements."

In charging papers released Wednesday, prosecutors say Gibbs and others in his platoon also beat up a soldier who reported drug use in the unit, said they'd kill him if he kept talking about it and threatened him by showing him fingers that had been cut from an Afghan corpse.

Hearings in the case are expected to begin this fall.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-10 04:24 AM
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1. Subpoena Bushler
Edited on Thu Sep-09-10 04:25 AM by Swamp Rat
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rbixby Donating Member (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-10 11:34 AM
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2. Way to win those hearts and minds Gibbs.....
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