Monday, April 26, 2004

Drugged and laughing

Jihad Unspun has some very different accounts of what's going on in Iraq. Some of it sounds suspect, like this:

Eyewitnesses: Drugged US Troops Laughing In Battle

Mafkarat al-Islam’s correspondent in al-Fallujah reports that for more than 10 days the Resistance fighters in the besieged city have been remarking about a phenomenon that they find strange and surprising. Resistance fighters have frequently noticed that many of the American aggressor troops are laughing as they storm into districts in al-Fallujah. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent personally witnessed this clearly when he was close to the events as US aggressors tried to storm an-Nizal neighborhood in the besieged city on Saturday.

The correspondent wrote that he saw two American soldiers laughing, such as to arouse pity for them, despite all the Resistance gunfire being poured at their position and their comrades dying around them. Both of the Americans were later killed in the battle. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent writes that the Resistance learned later from interrogations of captured American Marines that the US military medical service distributes a type of halucinogenic pill to the troops that prompts laughter and reduces the sense of fear in combat conditions.

The reverse situation has been revealed in the despair and terror exhibited by the US troops when their lines of supply of food and medicine have been cut – a phenomenon that has been witnessed by nearby Resistance fighters.


But, remember the case of the U.S. soldiers who mistakenly bombed Canadian allies in Afghanistan, allegedly because they were hopped up on speed to keep them alert?

And there are stories of possible military uses of a drug to eliminate feelings of guilt. Here's one. Here's another:

Speed is only one drug in the kitbag of the modern military; possibly more disturbing is the development of an anti-remorse pill which could potentially be taken in a combat situation. All reports indicate that this drug will not be available to troops currently in Iraq, however, US federally funded research is taking place on such a pill. It’s hoped that it will reduce feelings of regret, remorse and guilt, which are all core to the experience of Post Traumatic Stress.


Whatever the case, I think we can be pretty certain things are a lot uglier than our own news sources are letting on.

1 comment:

  1. To be expected and it's going to get a lot worse.

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