Slain Marine sensed insider attack was coming, dad says
By David Ariosto
CNN
September 17, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Greg Buckley Jr. was gunned down by the forces he had been training
"He told me, if I have to stay here until November... I'm not going to come home," his dad said
The phenomenon is known as "green-on-blue" and is disturbingly more frequent in Afghanistan
Buckley warned superiors an insider attack could happen, his father says; CNN could not confirm
Oceanside, New York (CNN) -- Deployed to a volatile outpost in southern Afghanistan where U.S. Marines routinely face a mix of skirmishes and hidden explosives, Greg Buckley Jr. sensed that an attack was imminent.
And he knew that it would come from within.
The 21-year-old Marine was posted to Garmsir in Helmand Province, where he was training local security forces as part of NATO's planned withdrawal in 2014.
It was during a static-filled phone call to his father over the summer that the Long Island native mentioned a run-in he had with an Afghan trainee while on guard duty.
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This is so sad, and my heart goes out to the family of this young man.
ReplyDeleteWhen r we going to learn we cant put weapons in the hands of the enemy, they will turn and use them on us.
then they will be told we r sorry we made them mad, just to sooth them over. all that makes u look weak in their eyes.
We need to stand our ground and be strong, Up till about 4 yrs ago we were looked up to as a strong country, Now we r looked on as weak,
This young mans murder was wrong a log with so many other service men and women. and our Ambassador with the 3 seals, and nothing was done, what is wrong with this pic. God help us.
I dont think this will be published, cause it is the truth.