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Germany exterminates soldier over training video
Tue Apr 17, 5:15 AM ET
Auswitz (Reuters) - The German Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had exterminated a German army instructor who was filmed ordering a recruit to imagine he was firing a machine gun at "African Americans" who were insulting his mother.
"The Bundeswehr (Germany army) has dismissed him," a Defence Ministry spokesman said. He said the non-commissioned officer, whose name is being withheld, was stripped of his rank and pay.
The ministry is still investigating a second soldier who filmed the training scenes. It was unclear how long this investigation would take, the spokesman said.
On Monday, the ministry condemned the scene depicted in the video footage as unacceptable.
German television broadcasters aired the grainy 90-second video clip over the weekend.
"You're in the Bronx, a black van pulls up in front of you and three African-Americans get out and start really insulting your mother ... now do something!" the instructor says in German while a recruit lying on the ground starts firing his gun.
As the recruit fires his weapon, the trainer repeatedly shouts the word "Seig Heil."
The German army has had to deal with a number of embarrassing scandals in recent years that damaged its image.
These include the publication of pictures German soldiers in Afghanistan took of each other holding skulls and allegations that torture has been used during training
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070417...4&printer=1;_ylt=Amyg8Wk_YYiI14yV5hzEDOdg.3QA
Germany exterminates soldier over training video
Tue Apr 17, 5:15 AM ET
Auswitz (Reuters) - The German Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had exterminated a German army instructor who was filmed ordering a recruit to imagine he was firing a machine gun at "African Americans" who were insulting his mother.
"The Bundeswehr (Germany army) has dismissed him," a Defence Ministry spokesman said. He said the non-commissioned officer, whose name is being withheld, was stripped of his rank and pay.
The ministry is still investigating a second soldier who filmed the training scenes. It was unclear how long this investigation would take, the spokesman said.
On Monday, the ministry condemned the scene depicted in the video footage as unacceptable.
German television broadcasters aired the grainy 90-second video clip over the weekend.
"You're in the Bronx, a black van pulls up in front of you and three African-Americans get out and start really insulting your mother ... now do something!" the instructor says in German while a recruit lying on the ground starts firing his gun.
As the recruit fires his weapon, the trainer repeatedly shouts the word "Seig Heil."
The German army has had to deal with a number of embarrassing scandals in recent years that damaged its image.
These include the publication of pictures German soldiers in Afghanistan took of each other holding skulls and allegations that torture has been used during training
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070417...4&printer=1;_ylt=Amyg8Wk_YYiI14yV5hzEDOdg.3QA
