Report: Special Forces soldiers killed with prostitutes in Mali were on bar crawl
Source: Washington Post
Three U.S. Special Forces soldiers who were killed in a mysterious auto accident in the West African nation of Mali in 2012 had been drinking heavily with prostitutes during an all-night bar crawl, according to an investigative report that sheds new light on the incident.
Army criminal investigators and attorneys determined that there was probable cause to show that a U.S. Army captain, Daniel Utley, was guilty of negligent homicide in the accident, according to the report by journalist Nick Turse, which was published Tuesday on the website www.tomdispatch.com, a project of The Nation Institute.
Utley, who carried the nickname Whiskey Dan, was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser shortly after 5 am on April 20, 2012, when it plunged off a bridge and into the Niger River in the Malian capital of Bamako. Utley and two other Special Forces soldiers Sgt. 1st Class Marciano E. Myrthil and Master Sgt. Trevor J. Bast were killed in the accident.
Also killed were three female Moroccan passengers who were alternately described as barmaids and prostitutes in Army criminal investigative files that Turse obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Sex, Drugs, and Dead Soldiers: What US Africa Command Doesnt Want You to Know
Six people lay lifeless in the filthy brown water.
It was 5:09 a.m. when their Toyota Land Cruiser plunged off a bridge in the West African country of Mali. For about two seconds, the SUV sailed through the air, pirouetting 180 degrees as it plunged 70 feet, crashing into the Niger River.
Three of the dead were American commandos. The driver, a captain nicknamed Whiskey Dan, was the leader of a shadowy team of operatives never profiled in the media and rarely mentioned even in government publications. One of the passengers was from an even more secretive unit whose work is often integral to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), which conducts clandestine kill-and-capture missions overseas. Three of the others werent military personnel at all or even Americans. They were Moroccan women alternately described as barmaids or "prostitutes."
The six deaths followed an April 2012 all-night bar crawl through Malis capital, Bamako, according to a formerly classified report by U.S. Army criminal investigators. From dinner and drinks at a restaurant called Blah-Blahs to more drinks at La Terrasse to yet more at Club XS and nightcaps at Club Plaza, it was a rollicking swim through free-flowing vodka. And vodka and Red Bull. And vodka and orange juice. And vanilla pomegranate vodka. And Chivas Regal. And Jack Daniels. And Corona beer. And Castel beer. And dont forget B-52s, a drink generally made with Kahlúa, Grand Marnier, and Baileys Irish Cream. The bar tab at Club Plaza alone was the equivalent of $350 in U.S. dollars.
At about 5 a.m. on April 20th, the six piled into that Land Cruiser, with Captain Dan Utley behind the wheel, to head for another hotspot: Bamako By Night. About eight minutes later, Utley called a woman on his cell phone to ask if she was angry. He said he'd circle back and pick her up, but she told him not to bother. Utley then handed the phone to Maria Laol, one of the Moroccan women. Dont be upset. Well come back and get you, she said. The woman on the other end of the call then heard screaming before the line went dead.
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/04/21/sex-drugs-and-dead-soldiers-what-us-africa-command-doesnt-want-you-know
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Which is why alcohol is legal and cannabis isn't.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Our tax dollars at work.
erronis
(15,257 posts)What gives us the right to defile these other countries? No wonder the whole world hates us.
But perhaps that is the reason.
More $s to maintain order as the world's policeman/tyrant.
More $s to Blackwater/Xi/CACI/Booz/CSC/(add your CIA group here.)
bvar22
(39,909 posts)The "Best of the Best".
Thanks.
/sarcasm
bemildred
(90,061 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)My son recently retired from the Army, 25 years, 20 of those in Special Forces. His SF Group was assigned to West African missions. I just talked with him -- he knew two of these guys, said they were forever pulling this shit and getting away with it.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Don't drink and drive.