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Josh Stieber: U.S. Military training that makes killing civilians acceptable
By Paul Jay interviews Josh Stieber
The Real News Network
Friday, May 14, 2010

Josh Stieber enlisted in the army after graduating high school. He was deployed to Baghdad from Feb 07- Apr 08 with the military company shown on the ground in the Collateral Murder video. Upon his return from Iraq, Josh was granted conscientious objector status.

Part One:

Josh Stieber: In boot camp we trained with songs that joked about killing women and children.

Part Two:

Josh Stieber: They put us through psychological tests to see if we were willing to shoot civilians.



Part Three:

Josh Stieber: I refused to shoot where civilians might be killed and questioned why we were in Iraq.



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