rssJSOC Commander Comes Bearing Sheep, Apologizes to Afghan Family
Thursday, April 08, 2010 at 4:01 pm
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In a remarkable display of contrition from a military officer who operates far from public visibility, Vice Adm. William McRaven, chief of the Joint Special Operations Command, visited an area in Gardez to apologize personally for the killing of five civilians during a February raid. McRaven brought with him two sheep to make amends. ABC reports:
In the code followed by the southeastern Afghan family so devastated by the February incident, offering two sheep is the equivalent of begging for forgiveness.
And the father — whose has lost two sons, two daughters and one grandchild — accepted McRaven’s apology, according to family members and Afghan investigators.
In this culture the act of asking for forgiveness, almost always done with the gift of sheep, is so strong, the father is now obligated not to take revenge, even though he has told reporters he wanted to become a suicide bomber.
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Comment posted April 8, 2010 @ 9:41 pm
Actually the father made his acceptance of Gen McRaven’s apology conditional on the U.S. military turning over the name of the person who falsely “dimed out” his family. That is very very unlikely to happen.
Comment posted April 8, 2010 @ 11:49 pm
Exactly! Why does everyone miss this important point? Someone in his community screwed him over and got a number of his family killed. He is willing to accept the mistake made by the US, but wants to know who sold out his family. That is the story, here in my opinion. The US needs to take more care in its intelligence gathering.
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