Soldier charged in fake shooting to avoid Iraq

[leftchick]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5141943.html

PHILADELPHIA -- Police have arrested a soldier they say had his cousin shoot him so he wouldn't have to return to Iraq.

Army Spc. Marquise J. Roberts, of Hinesville, Ga., suffered a minor wound Tuesday to his left leg from a .22-caliber pistol, police said. He was treated at a hospital, then arrested after he and his cousin allegedly admitted making up a story about the shooting.

Police charged Roberts with filing a false report and charged his cousin, Ronald Fuller, with aggravated assault and other charges.

Roberts, who was visiting family in Philadelphia, initially claimed he was shot during an attempted robbery, but Fuller said the incident occurred at another location, according to Philadelphia police Lt. James Clark.

[InvisibleBallots]

1. I heard stories about this in Vietnam too

I was never sure if it was true or just some sort of urban legend, now I know.

[RadicalMom]

2. And animals will chew off their own leg...

to get out of a trap. What a shame.

[illflem]

3. GW in his biography

said he considered discharging a shotgun next to his ear to avoid Vietnam but later decided he'd rather learn to fly airplanes.

[WildClarySage]

4. When I read this, I think about the LTTE in our local paper

this weekend asking why the LIEberal media only ever reports the bad stuff happening in Iraq, and how that's destroying troop morale.

Gosh darn lieberal media should start taking some responsibility for all those soldiers being hurt by their truthfulness.

[Moderator]

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