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this disturbs me.

Pogany, an Army interrogator assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group, was charged with cowardice Oct. 14 after suffering what he described as a panic attack from seeing a mangled body of an Iraqi man who had been cut in half by American gunfire in Iraq.
After he asked for counseling, Pogany’s commanders sent him back to Fort Carson to face a court-martial on a cowardice charge, which can be punishable by death.

The only thing I can guess hope, is that the article leaves out key information that would cause his superiors to want to kill him. Yeah, I know the soldiers are supposed to be "steeled" to that sort of thing, but in reality, I'm betting more are "softies" than people realize.

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