Zero Units
What were the Afghan "Zero Units" that sources say the National Guard shooting suspect worked for?
[...] A U.S. official briefed on the shooting investigation and a former senior Afghan National Defense and Security Forces member told CBS News that the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, had been part of a "Zero Unit," an Afghan intelligence unit and paramilitary force that worked with the CIA. The units were exclusively composed of Afghan nationals and operated under the umbrella of the National Directorate of Security, or NDS, the intelligence agency established with CIA backing for Afghanistan's previous, U.S.-backed government. They were considered by the U.S. and its international partners to be among the most trusted domestic forces in Afghanistan.
Those units are often labeled "death squads" by human rights groups. The units were known in Afghanistan for their secrecy and alleged brutality, and members were implicated in numerous extrajudicial killings of civilians, particularly during night raids.
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In the U.S., Sadat said Lakanwal was "generally calm and maintained a clean record, though he suffered from PTSD ..."
So, a guy who was in a CIA "death squad" that was "implicated in numerous extrajudicial killings of civilians" ... a guy who "suffered from PTSD" ... is given high priority to immigrate to the US. And we're shocked that he flipped his wig and murdered someone? I heard on the news that there were about 10,000 of these Zero Unit members brought to the US, many of them with PTSD. What could go wrong?
So the CIA had death squads under Biden and Obama? Is the whole illegal order thing just a joke? I guess I've been really naive.
Wikipedia ... Afghanistan night raids
Pro Publica ... The Truth About Afghanistan's Zero Unit Night Raids
[...] A U.S. official briefed on the shooting investigation and a former senior Afghan National Defense and Security Forces member told CBS News that the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, had been part of a "Zero Unit," an Afghan intelligence unit and paramilitary force that worked with the CIA. The units were exclusively composed of Afghan nationals and operated under the umbrella of the National Directorate of Security, or NDS, the intelligence agency established with CIA backing for Afghanistan's previous, U.S.-backed government. They were considered by the U.S. and its international partners to be among the most trusted domestic forces in Afghanistan.
Those units are often labeled "death squads" by human rights groups. The units were known in Afghanistan for their secrecy and alleged brutality, and members were implicated in numerous extrajudicial killings of civilians, particularly during night raids.
[...]
In the U.S., Sadat said Lakanwal was "generally calm and maintained a clean record, though he suffered from PTSD ..."
So, a guy who was in a CIA "death squad" that was "implicated in numerous extrajudicial killings of civilians" ... a guy who "suffered from PTSD" ... is given high priority to immigrate to the US. And we're shocked that he flipped his wig and murdered someone? I heard on the news that there were about 10,000 of these Zero Unit members brought to the US, many of them with PTSD. What could go wrong?
So the CIA had death squads under Biden and Obama? Is the whole illegal order thing just a joke? I guess I've been really naive.
Wikipedia ... Afghanistan night raids
Pro Publica ... The Truth About Afghanistan's Zero Unit Night Raids
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