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Scott Kesterson: February 2007 Archives


OpEd: Guilt and the Daily Contribution to Terror

9:29 PM Sun, Feb 18, 2007 |
Scott Kesterson

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Two years ago his sister was burned when she fell into the open cooking fire inside their mud hut. As he sat talking to to the US Army Special Forces Medic, he pleaded for help. One of his sister's hands had been burned to stubs; her face left with visible scars. The young girl's eyelids were no longer able to clo...



The Thin Veil of Hate

2:38 AM Thu, Feb 15, 2007 |
Scott Kesterson

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He lay on the ground with bullet wounds near his heart. There was nothing that could be done as his life became defined by minutes. He was Taliban, and moments before he had ambushed an Afghan soldier killing him with a shot to the head that removed part of that soldier's skull. Now a victim himself, this Taliban...