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Title: Soldiers Asked To Disarm During Leon Panetta Speech
Source: Telegraph UK
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor ... uring-Leon-Panetta-speech.html
Published: Mar 14, 2012
Author: By Raf Sanchez
Post Date: 2012-03-14 19:39:08 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 1953
Comments: 4

Less than a week after a US staff sergeant allegedly massacred 16 civilians in Kandahar, American soldiers were banned from bringing guns into a talk by Mr Panetta at a base in Helmand province.

Around 200 troops who had gathered in a tent at Camp Leatherneck were told "something had come to light" and asked abruptly to file outside and lay down their automatic rifles and 9mm pistols.

"Somebody got itchy, that's all I've got to say. Somebody got itchy – we just adjust," said the sergeant who was told to clear the hall of weapons.

Major General Mark Gurganus later said he gave the order because Afghan troops attending the talk were unarmed and he wanted the policy to be consistent for all.

"You've got one of the most important people in the world in the room," he told the New York Times, insisting that the decision was unrelated to Sunday's killings.

However, US troops often remain armed even when their Afghan colleagues have been asked to lay down their weapons and the incident is believed to be the first time they were stripped of guns during an address by their own secretary of defence.

The Ministry of Defence was unable to confirm reports that a small number of British troops had also been asked to put down their weapons.

Mr Panetta told the troops that the massacre of civilians and the resulting Afghan fury would not affect plans to keep US troops in the country until the end of 2014.

"We will be challenged by our enemies, we will be challenged by ourselves, we will be challenged by the hell of war itself," he said.

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

Soldiers Asked To Disarm During Leon Panetta Speech

LOL!

I wonder why? Does SOD Panetta think someone will take a shot at him?

Sounds like he finally had an intelligent thought.

We The People  posted on  2012-03-14   19:45:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Brian S, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#0) (Edited)

Duplicate post, removed by user. No, stone didn't do it this time!


"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.

Hondo68  posted on  2012-03-14   20:07:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Brian S, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#0)

He's exposing the troops to unnecessary risk by disarming them. One Major Hassan "Allah akabar" mofo could wipe out the whole bunch. He's an idiot and a coward.

In other news... An suicide car bombing attempt was made on Panetta's plane when it touched down in Afghanistan. True story. The car burst into flames before it reached the plane, probably due to being shot by the very same troops he's now disarming. No good deed goes unpunished.


"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.

Hondo68  posted on  2012-03-14   20:07:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: We The People (#1)

The 14 afghans in the audience had been disarmed and someone realized too late the signal that would send.

Panetta was almost taken out on the runway by an adhoc attack.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2012-03-15   10:15:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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