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Posted by parhad (Guest) - Friday, August 27 2004, 19:02:41 (CEST)
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....is about as Dark as humor can get and still manage a smile...a twisted one to go with the increasingly twisted America our Corps are making of our Beautifull...the funniest part is the "compassion" of a military unit that is killing inncoent civillians in their homes...

Charges Unlikely for Dad of Dead Marine

Fri Aug 27, 3:31 AM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!

By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press Writer

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - They are highly trained, field-tested Marines, and like many in their number they have an unenviable task: to tell families that a loved one has been killed. But nothing could have prepared first Sgt. Timothy Shipman and the two Marines in his team for Carlos Arredondo's reaction.

Father Burns Marine Van, Self After Son Dies

In his grief upon being told his Marine son was dead, Arredondo set their government vehicle ablaze and seriously burned himself.

"Just like training for combat, you train for 98 percent of the things that you might face," said Maj. Scott Mack, a unit leader at the Hialeah-based scout and antitank platoon of the 8th Tank Battalion. For everything else, he said, "you rely on instinct."

The Marines would not press charges "out of compassion and sensitivity" to Arredondo, Mack said.

Capt. Tony Rode, a Hollywood police spokesman, said it was premature to discuss possible charges against Arredondo, but said it was unlikely. "If you have any ounce of sympathy or compassion, you'd choose not to charge an individual who receives such horrific news about his son," he said.

The Marines arrived at Arredondo's door Wednesday afternoon to tell him that his 20-year-old son, Lance Cpl. Alexander Arredondo of Randolph, Mass., had been killed in combat in Iraq (news - web sites).

As they tried to console him, the father walked into the garage, picked up a propane tank, a can of gasoline and a propane torch. He smashed the van's window, got inside and set it ablaze, despite pleas from the Marines to stop.

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