Martland is under an order imposed by the Pentagon not to say anything about what is currently going on with his situation, but at the request of Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif, he wrote a statement detailing his actions on Sept. 6, 2011, which was obtained by CNN.
"Kicking me out of the army is morally wrong and the entire country knows it," Martland writes. Last week the Army rejected his appeal.
Martland and former Captain Daniel Quinn were disciplined by the Army after they beat a powerful local police official who they concluded had been raping a small boy. They say they had been encouraged by higher-ups that there was nothing to do about such horrific acts, that these were Afghan problems for the Afghan authorities to work out.
But the Afghan authorities wouldn't do anything about it, the two soldiers say.
"Our ALP (Afghan Local Police) were committing atrocities and we were quickly losing the support of the local populace," Martland writes in his statement.
"The severity of the rapes and the lack of action by the Afghan Government caused many of the locals to view our ALP as worse than the Taliban."
Quinn and Martland were told by a young Afghan boy and his mother, through an Afghan interpreter, that the boy had been tied to a post at the home of Afghan Local Police commander Abdul Rahman and raped repeatedly for up to two weeks. When his mother tried to stop the attacks, they told the soldiers, Rahman's brother beat her. Quinn says he verified the story with other ALP commanders from neighboring villages. Then they invited Rahman to the camp.
"After the child rapist laughed it off and referenced that it was only a boy, Captain Quinn picked him up and threw him," Martland writes. Martland then proceeded to "body slam him multiple times," kick him in the rib cage, and put his foot on his neck. "I continued to body slam him and throw him for fifty meters until he was outside the camp," Martland writes. "He was never knocked out, and he ran away from our camp." The incident lasted no more than five minutes, he says.
Quinn told CNN's "The Lead" last week "We basically had to make sure that he fully understood that if he ever went near that boy or his mother again, there was going to be hell to pay."
"While I understand that a military lawyer can say that I was legally wrong, we felt a moral obligation to act," Martland writes.
Quinn told CNN that they took the action they took because otherwise nothing would be done by the Army or local authorities.
"The reason we weren't able to step in with these local rape cases was we didn't want to undermine the authority of the local government," he said. "We were trying to build up the local government. Us acting after the local government fails to can certainly undermine their credibility."
The Pentagon denies that telling soldiers to look the other way is official practice.
"We have never had a policy in place that directs any military member, or any government personnel overseas to ignore human rights abuses," Defense spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said. "Any sexual abuse, no matter who the alleged perpetrator and no matter who the victim, is completely unacceptable and reprehensible."Source: CNN
Hmmmmmm
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ReplyDeleteEya
ReplyDeleteThis so wrong.
ReplyDeleteWhy dismiss him for beating a child molester?
How do you know if the accused was guilty? Some people are daft. May you be accused of a crime you have not committed and be punished for it.
DeleteAs if whites will not lie to justify their acts against others.
Oh my! How unfortunate. I think this soldier is really brave to have done what he did. Maybe he has haters from his end that intentionally want him out and not the actions he took.
ReplyDeleteI pray they reinstate him back
...(That calabar chic)
Why are this people thinkin from their anus. TIMILEYIN BLESSING
ReplyDeleteUs is so corrupt. TIMILEYIN BLESSING
ReplyDeleteno comment olaniyidavid71@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteWell, u shudnt have beaten a man thats not even convincted yet! Na u do ur self!
ReplyDeleteim not surprised by your response onyx. anything inappropriate, LGBT and unacceptable is totally loved by you including RAPE! if it was your younger brother being raped, would you look the other way? IDIOT!!!
DeleteOnyx, you talk like a child rapist urself... IDIAT!!!!
DeleteThat's absurd and cruel!
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmm
ReplyDelete#IT will ONLY get BETTER
#it MUST end IN praise
Nice one soldier...
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ReplyDeleteThank God he has b discharged and biko we should avoid taking laws intoour hands.
ReplyDeleteThank God dat he was discharged and pls we should avoid taking laws into our hands.
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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He did great though....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Okk
ReplyDeleteOnly JESUS Government will ever do...
ReplyDeleteWhats the problem with these Americans, they always turn a blind eye to atrocities while using law and legal framework shit to justify thier stupid self, just as they sentenced the Judge to prison simply because she don't recognize gays. Ndi America sef, una wahala plenty
ReplyDeleteSo why was he discharged...America...godless country... immoral nation.. because he saved a small boy.. Mshew..
ReplyDeleteHe is a hero for standing up to the monster
ReplyDeleteHe is a hero and should be given a medal for facing d monster
ReplyDeleteHe is a hero for standing up to the monster
ReplyDeleteHe should be given a medal for facing the monster
ReplyDeleteInjustice. can the law ever be trusted
ReplyDeleteKai ooooooo!!! This man deserves a trophy!!! Linda get me his phone number or email to congratulate him jare
ReplyDeleteNow, oh Lord may the WHOLE world begin to see that America(USA) does NOT fear you at all...
ReplyDeleteyou people don't know how to read. did you not read the part that said he confirmed from other people and the local policeman that did it wasn't remorseful since he is a little boy.
ReplyDeleteSMH, yu can't even do good anymore!
ReplyDeletehaaaaaaa MUSLIMSsssssss, hypocritical devils.
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