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...investigation was ordered by Gen. Eric Shinseki, the Army chief of staff, after Staff Sgt. Frank Ronghi was charged with raping and murdering a Kosovar Albanian girl in January. The Army began to learn of the rot in the unit at Merita Shahibu's funeral. "If they can beat us," senior officers were told about the 3/504th, "they can also kill us." Information contained in the report regarding the "negative command climate" in the unit led defense counsel to seek leniency for Ronghi, who was found guilty of rape and murder and sentenced to life in prison in August...
...Nearly all the trouble occurred in Ronghi's unit. During one demonstration in January, the soldiers "verbally antagonized" the people they were charged with protecting. "Get the f--- out of here!" some of the G.I.'s yelled at the Albanian Kosovars. "Shut the f--- up!" In many cases, those being sworn at didn't understand English, the report said...
...What the f--- are you doing?" a G.I. bellowed at an Albanian man who had slipped into him on an icy Vitina street. The soldier then "head-butted" the man with his Kevlar helmet, bloodying his nose, before Ronghi walloped him "with great force" in the head, leaving him dazed. The man, the Army report said, was later discovered to be deaf-mute. In another case, a U.S. soldier used his machine gun to pin a man against a wall who seemed unwilling to answer questions; he was later found to be deaf...
...crimes prosecutions could bring NATO-Kosovar relations to a breaking point, because they'd oblige the peacekeeping force to arrest suspects that the current Kosovar Albanian leadership may be reluctant to hand over. A bomb threat called in last week at a hotel used by officials of the international community was seen by some as a warning from former KLA elements to NATO to back off, following the discovery of the arms caches. Now, Washington and its allies may be set to learn the hard way that while Kosovo had no shortage of bad guys and innocent victims, the "good...
...English] 1. to place 2. to apply for putain n. [French] whore, hooker poutine n. [French Canadian] fries covered with gravy and melted cheese curds putten v. [Dutch] to draw putina n. [Russian] fishing season putan n. [Albanian] 1. hornless 2. whore