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May 7, 2015

Report: Green Beret Admitted to Burning Body of Slain Unarmed Afghan 
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An investigation by The Intercept has revealed new details about the
case of a US Army Green Beret who confessed during a job interview at
the CIA to murdering an unarmed Afghan man and burying him. An Army memo
details how in 2011 US Army Major Mathew Golsteyn admitted he
“captured and shot and buried a suspected IED bomb maker,” then
“went back out with two others to cremate the body and dispose of the
remains.” Army documents obtained by Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux
show the military investigated the alleged killing and issued a letter
of reprimand. After the Army concluded Golsteyn knowingly violated the
laws of war, he was stripped of his military awards, but he remains in
the military, and no criminal charges have been filed against him.

 

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