the Canadian contingent was the !st Paras (an airbourne regiment).
during this time there were several incidents of torture and one
homicide by members of this regiment. When informed of it, not only
was the regiment disbanded, but from the perpetrators on up through
to the Chief of Defense staff, people were either sent to courts
marshall or they were fired as appropriate. Even the Minister of
National Defense at the time was forced to resign. There was even a
crown commission to investigate the incidents and make
recommendations. The result was a series of reforms in the military
that hopefully will prevent this. So far nothing similar has happened
in subsequent deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo or Afghanistan.
Perhaps the US Army and the Pentagon should consider doing the same,
larry
>
>To me not only should Rumsfield resign, but the entire Joint Chiefs should be
>placed under Courts Marshal as well. It won't happen, of course,
>because just a
>few low level enlisted will be tossed to the Lions. Did anyone
>notice that the
>MPs serving as guards were actually Policemen in private life?
>
>
> I think they were under orders. I also think that this does not excuse them.
>But not everyone has the backbone to stand up to authority. I am
>more concerned
>with the oft-repeated mantra on the networks that this represents
>the actions of
>a few.
>
> Dana
>
>
>
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