The US Soldier Who Committed Suicide After She Refused To Take Part in Torture

[cleanhippie]

With each revelation, or court decision, on US torture in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gitmo -- or the airing this month of The Tillman Story and Lawrence Wright's My Trip to Al-Qaeda -- I am reminded of the chilling story of Alyssa Peterson, who died seven years ago this week. Appalled when ordered to take part in interrogations that, no doubt, involved what most would call torture, she refused, then killed herself a few days later, on September 15, 2003.

Of course, we now know from the torture memos and the US Senate committee probe and various press reports, that the "Gitmo-izing" of Iraq was happening just at the time Alyssa got swept up in it.

Spc. Alyssa Peterson was one of the first female soldiers who died in Iraq. Her death under these circumstances should have drawn wide attention. It's not exactly the Tillman case, but a cover-up, naturally, followed.


http://www.thenation.com/blog/154649/us-soldier-who-committed-suicide-after-she-refused-take-part-torture

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I hope the MSM gets on this, as this could be as big as the Tillman cover-up, which I cannot believe is not on every headline.

[Solly Mack]

1. k/r

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Your last line kind of pronounces its own doom

[cleanhippie]

3. I know. Sickening, isn't it?

[another saigon]

4. I am so pissed

The Tillman Story is in no theater anywhere near me. :grr:

the cover up continues.

RIP Pat and Alyssa and God knows WAAAAY too many others.

:(

[CoffeeCat]

5. So why did they kill her?

They figured that if she knew about the torture, and was enough of a renegade to say, "Hell NO!" that she
would eventually tell on those pieces of scum?

Yeah. That about sums it up.

[cleanhippie]

6. sounds about right.

[cleanhippie]

7. Kick

[L0oniX]

8. Typical for the military to cover up. Honor? Integrity? Truth? Not in our military!

[newtothegame]

9. She killed herself after refusing?

So she didn't do it? I'm confused.