Col. Nate Sassman Active Again

"With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them."
--Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman

Col. Nate Sassaman seems to be the most insane US commander on the ground in Iraq. Whenever his name comes up in the news, it is some extreme atrocity resembling Nazi occupation in Russia or Poland.

First we read he ordered the entire town of Abu Hishma razor-wired, and he forced 126 family sheiks to sign a contract that they turn in themselves to prison if there are more attacks in the region. Also see this followup.

Here is a reminder of how Abu Ghraib detainees are collected. On December 17, 2003, Sassaman's troops carted off the entire male polulation of Abu Siffa village, and then proceeded to blow up all the houses.

Sassaman is also the officer who was trying to cover up the murder of an Iraqi captured at night curfew, who drowned after being forced to jump off a bridge - incidentally, he was a relative of the most pro-us Iraqi blogger, Zayed (see this and this update too!).

But Sassaman is not fired, not imprisoned for war crimes. Lately, he was handing out medals to his deranged racist troopers.