Report says soldiers were not protected
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on May 17th, 2007 6:01 am by HL
Report says soldiers were not protected
AP
Excerpt
WASHINGTON – Three U.S. soldiers slaughtered in a grisly kidnapping-murder plot south of Baghdad last June had been left alone for up to 36 hours in a poorly planned mission, a military investigation concluded. Two officers have been relieved of their commands.
Neither of the officers faced criminal charges as a result of the litany of mistakes that left the soldiers exposed, a military official familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
A report on the investigation said the platoon leader and company commander — whose names were not released — failed to provide proper supervision to the unit or enforce military standards.
A seven-page summary of the investigation provided to the AP also said it appears insurgents may have rehearsed the attack two days earlier, and that Iraqi security forces near the soldiers’ outpost probably saw and heard the attack and “chose to not become an active participant in the attack on either side.”
“This was an event caused by numerous acts of complacency, and a lack of standards at the platoon level,” said the investigating officer, Lt. Col. Timothy Daugherty, in the summary.
May 22nd, 2007 at 7:08 pm
If that is the case than the government should be fired because there isn’t a solider there that is protected. I guess that is why they all know that they could end up dieing while in the military but I could be wrong. It’s a war and there isn’t a solider there that is protected and any one who thinks they are is brain dead and has no clue about what is going on.