Official Student Media of Valencia Community College NEWS > 2 OPINION > 5 FEATURES > 7 SPORTS > 10 APRIL 14, 2010 1 September 22, 2010 VOLUME 10 • ISSUE 2 VALENCIAVOICE.COM Official Student Media of Valencia Community College Military men accused of murder By Craig Whitlock charging documents, rogue mem- they were under attack, tossing a gations against American soldiers The Washington Post bers of a platoon from the 5th Stryk- grenade on the ground. Then oth- since the U.S. invasion in 2001. er Combat Brigade, 2nd Infantry ers opened fire. Members of the platoon have been JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Division, hatched the idea. Then, According to charging docu- charged with dismembering and Wash. - The U.S. soldiers floated a one day last winter, a solitary Af- ments, the unprovoked, fatal at- photographing corpses, as well as plan as simple as it was savage: to ghan man approached them in the tack on Jan. 15 was the start of hoarding a skull and other human randomly target and kill an Afghan village of La Mohammed Kalay. a months-long shooting spree bones. civilian, and to get away with it. The “kill team” activated the plan. against Afghan civilians that re- Don Purlinson / Valencia Community College For weeks, according to Army One soldier created a ruse that sulted in some of the grisliest alle- Continued on page 4 Patricia Smith performing her brand of poetry. Poet recites at VCC By Shannon Scheidell
[email protected] ”Poetry has the power to move us from a place inside our heads, to a safer place,” Patricia Smith said Thursday, Sept.