Revealed: One of first female US soldiers to die in Iraq killed herself

[Generic Other]

Well. The moral conflict Bush's war poses for decent Americans is outrageous!! They sat on this story for sometime, didn't they?

One of the first women to die in Iraq shot and killed herself after objecting to harsh "interrogation techniques."

The true stories of how American troops, killed in Iraq, actually died keep spilling out this week. On Tuesday, we explored the case of Kenny Stanton, Jr., murdered last month by our allies, the Iraqi police, though the military didn’t make that known at the time. Now we learn that one of the first female soldiers killed in Iraq died by her own hand after objecting to interrogation techniques used on prisoners.

She was Army specialist Alyssa Peterson, 27, a Flagstaff, Az., native serving with C Company, 311th Military Intelligence BN, 101st Airborne. Peterson was an Arabic-speaking interrogator assigned to the prison at our air base in troubled Tal-Afar in northwestern Iraq. According to official records, she died on Sept. 15, 2003, from a "non-hostile weapons discharge."

She was only the third American woman killed in Iraq so her death drew wide press attention. A "non-hostile weapons discharge" leading to death is not unusual in Iraq, often quite accidental, so this one apparently raised few eyebrows...

MORE:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110106R.shtml

[rzemanfl]

1. This woman killed herself, the ticket agent who let Atta on the

plane killed herself, but the assholes in Washington just hide behind "support the troops" and get fucking rich, guilt free. Shit.

[jus_the_facts]

2. Jesus Christ....

:evilfrown:

[KamaAina]

3. Killed herself? Or was Baxtered?

She clearly knew way too much... :tinfoilhat:

[JohnyCanuck]

4. I agree n/t

[riderinthestorm]

5. Suicided was my first thought as well

Take off the tinfoil hat....

[Generic Other]

6. The suicide note sounds a bit flippant

almost like an offhand attempt to be funny. Not exactly how I picture a young former Mormon missionary thinking in her last moments on earth. A suicide note would have been her last chance to get what was bothering her off her chest. I would imagine she would have criticized the orders she had refused to obey and defended her actions.