British troops caught abusing Afghan boys....

Craterloads · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:02

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16607304
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4068363/Two-British-soldiers-abused-kids-aged-ten.html

Pritty disgusting to see this going on, no suprise really. There goes all the comments "our boys wouldnt do such a thing" in the urinating thread.

The accused pair — a sergeant and a private in the Mercian Battle Group — allegedly encouraged a boy and a girl to touch them through their clothes.

They are said to have filmed the children doing it before showing the footage to other soldiers on laptops

arknor · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:04

pretty disgusting to see what going on? for all we know 2 cheekys boys could have been given a slap for something they did like planting an IED somewhere

PhillyDee · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:06

Is it a smack on the arse, or something worse?

Child abuse now means everything which isn't giving a child sweeties.

Efour · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:06

The Taliban would do it to our school boys too ! Send them back.

and

The Sun said:
The accused pair — a sergeant and a private in the Mercian Battle Group — allegedly encouraged a boy and a girl to touch them through their clothes.

They are said to have filmed the children doing it before showing the footage to other soldiers on laptops.

wierdos :O

Ahleckz · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:06

PhillyDee said:
Is it a smack on the arse, or something worse?

Child abuse now means everything which isn't giving a child sweeties.

And even that can be misconstrued to be abuse.

Craterloads · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:11

arknor said:
pretty disgusting to see what going on? for all we know 2 cheekys boys could have been given a slap for something they did like planting an IED somewhere

How about you read the story before trying to play it down. If you condone such behavior.... Pedo troops

The accused pair — a sergeant and a private in the Mercian Battle Group — allegedly encouraged a boy and a girl to touch them through their clothes.

They are said to have filmed the children doing it before showing the footage to other soldiers on laptops

PhillyDee · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:12

Thats in a different link for a start.

Craterloads · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:13

Its not difficult, is it.

arknor · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:14

i read the story as it was printed on the bbc website.

the suns says "allegedly" which means they can print just about anything and knowing the sun they will print whatever enrages their readers and gets them to tell everyone about it.
"oh look at this article i heard about in THE SUN , disgusting isnt it"

PhillyDee · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:14

Craterloads said:
Its not difficult, is it.

Wasn't difficult for you to post the full story link either was it

Castiel · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:14

It should be pointed put that it was other British soldiers that reported the incident.....

And the same as I said in the other thread....they should be punished under the rules and laws they are sworn to uphold, but they should not be held up as indicative of either the British Forces as a whole or our societies moral competence.

Robbo · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:17

So the OP thinks being a British soldier means you can't be a bit twisted or wrong in the head?

'Touch them through their clothes' is also very vague and could have come about in any number of ways.

Craterloads · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:54

Robbo said:
So the OP thinks being a British soldier means you can't be a bit twisted or wrong in the head?

Where did i say otherwise?

Robbo said:
'Touch them through their clothes' is also very vague and could have come about in any number of ways.

I think its quite clear what 'Touch them through their clothes' means. Its not vague at all, cant fathom why you would say such a thing.

G-MAN2004 · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:00

2 people. Not the whole of the British forces.

Next thread...

elmarko · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:04

We have child abusers in the church, schools, police-force, fire service, council workers, business owners & the celebrity circle.

Is it that surprising that we have some in the military also?.

They should be punished the same as anybody else would & dishonourably discharged (as they would if they worked for the police).

Props to the military men who turned them in, at least they are not trying to cover it up.

On a side note I really think it's about time we did some hard research into the causes of this kind of behaviour - in an attempt to prevent it (as if we are resorting to punishment it's too late).

Child abuse is far more prolific than most of the population currently thinks, when looking at the statistics on surveys done on the amount of women who had been abused/raped over there lifetimes it's depressing.

Obviously boys also get abused, but it's a significantly small number & mostly in childhood (not as adults)

arknor · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:41

Craterloads said:
Where did i say otherwise?

I think its quite clear what 'Touch them through their clothes' means. Its not vague at all, cant fathom why you would say such a thing.

its quite clear what allegedly means aswell, i wonder why the bbc didnt post that bit? maybe because the sun made it up?