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If true...a very disturbing story

Sep 14, 2016 12:09PM PDT
Marine drill instructor accused of running a clothes dryer with a Muslim recruit inside

A Muslim Marine said he was called a terrorist and ordered into an industrial clothes dryer multiple times by a drill instructor who then turned it on, burning him, according to investigative documents that describe the abuse of recruits at the service’s training centre at Parris Island, South Carolina.

“You’re going to kill us all the first chance you get aren’t you, terrorist?” the drill instructor thundered at the recruit, the new Marine later alleged, according to the documents that have not been released publicly but were reviewed by The Washington Post. “What are your plans? Aren’t you a terrorist?”

The issue of hazing and abuse at Parris Island surfaced March 18, when a 20-year-old recruit with Pakistani roots — Raheel Siddiqui of Taylor, Michigan — died after leaping from a stairwell landing that was nearly 12 metres high while running away from the same drill instructor who used the dryer. The instructor had just slapped Siddiqui before he jumped. Siddiqui’s death drew public scrutiny to a culture of harsh punishments at Parris Island — one that Marine officials were already examining, the documents show.

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Obviously that's not allowed
Sep 16, 2016 5:52PM PDT

If true, the drill instructor will be dismissed from that job and maybe from the Marines entirely.

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Mental
Sep 17, 2016 9:39AM PDT

If the DI saw prior combat service he may have come unhinged. I can only say, things do happen. Why, this wasn't reported faster or acted upon only goes to show what one can get away with in the climate of boot camp. If the DI remains after this, well I leave it at that. -----Willy Sad