Marine describes own atrocities to make case for asylum seeker

Dec 9 - At a hearing today for a US soldier seeking asylum in Canada, one witness described how he and his fellow Marines routinely shot unarmed civilians at checkpoints in Iraq.

"We deliberately gunned down people who were civilians," said Marine staff sergeant Jimmy Massey, who was honorably discharged after serving twelve years in the military, three months of which were in Iraq. "I became so concerned because I felt that Marines were honestly enjoying it. I saw plenty of Marines become psychopaths -- they enjoyed the killing."

Massey, addressing the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, told of one 48-hour period when he and his fellow Marines killed over 30 civilians while they were stationed at a checkpoint in southern Baghdad. Massey said those civilians included a group of unarmed demonstrators and a driver of a car who had raised his hands above his head in surrender.

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