Friday, June 17, 2005

Mirrors 2

(New York -WABC, June 16, 2005) - Late Thursday afternoon the Defense Department announced murder charges against Staff Sargent Alberto Martinez.

Investigators say Martinez killed fellow soldiers - Captain Phillip Esposito, who's from Rockland County, and Lieutenant Louis Allen - from Orange County. Both men were in Tikrit, Iraq when they were killed.

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So far, the U.S. military has released no information about the murders themselves, including a possible motive. All we know at this point is that 37-year-old Staff Sergeant Alberto Martinez is being held at a military confinement facility in Kuwait. Along with the two victims, Martinez was assigned to the 42nd Infantry division with the New York Army National Guard.

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So, they're starting to frag their officers. Tell me again how Iraq isn't anything like Vietnam. If you think it's not, you are either delusional, ignorant of recent history (40 years ago), or a bloody fool.

Billmon said it best over a year ago. 'Vietnam on crack'.

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