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Entire US Platoon arrested in Iraq Posted by Pile (5893 views) [E-Mail link] [Military] A 17-member Army Reserve platoon with troops from Jackson and around the Southeast deployed to Iraq is under arrest for refusing a "suicide mission" to deliver fuel, the troops' relatives said Thursday. The soldiers refused an order on Wednesday to go to Taji, Iraq — north of Baghdad — because their vehicles were considered "deadlined" or extremely unsafe, said Patricia McCook of Jackson, wife of Sgt. Larry O. McCook. Sgt. McCook, a deputy at the Hinds County Detention Center, and the 16 other members of the 343rd Quartermaster Company from Rock Hill, S.C., were read their rights and moved from the military barracks into tents, Patricia McCook said her husband told her during a panicked phone call about 5 a.m. Thursday.   wrong Posted by Anonymous on 2004-10-16 20:31:06 untill you have walked in a military uniform shut the hell up. These guys are paid to do a job that provides protection for americans. If they do not then people die. most of these guys want the pay for reserve duty but not the responbibility. Posted by wizeGurl on 2004-10-18 11:48:56 Gee, I guess all the missions they've been running without protest since February don't count for anything. It was only when they were asked to take a 200-mile run into dangerous territory with unarmored vehicles and no armed escort that they declined. (Last time I checked, the responsibility of a soldier did not include walking unarmed into enemy territory.) And how many people died as a result of their refusal to get themselves and their cargo of jet fuel blown up on the road?   Comments   Name: (change name for anonymous posting) Title: Comments:     1 Article displayed.

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