“I don’t know where these guys are getting this stuff”
Specialist Jeremy N. Morlock, also accused in the Afghanistan deaths, said Sergeant Gibbs had openly discussed how he might kill Specialist Adam C. Winfield, another one of the accused, who he worried would report the killings.
“There were two scenarios SSG Gibbs told me about taking his life,” Specialist Morlock told Army investigators as part of the investigation into the five soldiers. “The first scenario was going to take him to the gym and drop a weight on his neck. The second scenario was SSG Gibbs was going to take him to the motor pool and drop a tow bar on him.”…
Private Stoner said Sergeant Gibbs “associates with skinheads online.” Specialist Morlock said Sergeant Gibbs had “pure hatred for all Afghanis.” Fingers he is accused of collecting are now part of the evidence in the case, as are a teeth he is said to have pulled from a dead Afghan and bones other soldiers said he dug up.
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If he’s guilty, he should get the max penalty. What an awful stain on the reputation of our honored heroes.
dczombie on October 5, 2010 at 10:59 AM
Well somebody’s lying. Taking pictures with the bodies and the skull tatoo for each kill makes me think Gibbs is lying and the others are telling the truth. It would be interesting to see if there were any pets shot with BB guns in his neighborhood when he was growing up. Digging up the bones sounds psychopathic.
Ted Torgerson on October 5, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Why di I get the feeling this is more made up bullshinola?
catmman on October 5, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Sounds like a tough guy. Glad he’s on my side.
Jaibones on October 5, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Color me skeptical about anything the NYT writes about American soldiers.
But as the first commenter posted, if he did do this, he deserves the max punishment available.
I’ll reserve personal judgement though until the verdict is given.
catmman on October 5, 2010 at 11:11 AM
I hope there’s a /sarc tag that goes along with that.
A guy that plots to kill US Soldiers is on “our side?”
notropis on October 5, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Narutoboy on October 5, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Is this going to be spun into a scandal like Abu Grav? The left is still calling it a war crime for Bush.
GardenGnome on October 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM
SSGT Gibbs had better hope and pray that there isn’t enough evidence to convict him. I too am reserving judgement, but this sounds awfully damming to me.
gryphon202 on October 5, 2010 at 11:50 AM
I want to believe him, but the facts are completely against him. If he’s telling the truth, he’d better have some sort of proof.
Esthier on October 5, 2010 at 12:46 PM
That may be difficult–you can’t prove a negative. It is hard to hear such things about our troops, so I hope it’s more “Shock Troops” lies, but it certainly looks bad.
DrMagnolias on October 5, 2010 at 2:06 PM