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intertribalNYT: Soldier With Mental History Suspected in Attacks
A Fort Carson soldier and war veteran charged in the murder and sexual assault of a woman in Colorado last month faces accusations that he also raped a 14-year-old girl and sexually assaulted a third woman, an internal Army document states.
The document, the Commander’s Report on the suspect, Specialist Robert H. Marko, also raises serious questions about his mental state during his time at Fort Carson beginning in late 2006 and whether he should have deployed to Iraq in 2007.
It was common knowledge among his commanding officers and fellow soldiers, the document states, that Specialist Marko, who is being held without bond, believed he was an “alien dinosaur-like creature, and that he would transform from his human form into his Black Raptor form on his 21st birthday — 13 Oct 08.”
He told his superiors that he had joined the Army to “get combat experience — something that he viewed as important to his Black Raptor identity.”
Specialist Marko’s MySpace page was replete with his dark impulses. “I’m becoming a true Black Raptor already,” he wrote in his profile. “I’m becoming a cold-hearted killer and can kill without mercy or reason.”
After joining the Army, his “unusual beliefs” in his Black Raptor alter-ego resulted in him being referred for psychiatric evaluations three times. Ultimately, the beliefs came to be viewed by his mental health evaluators as a religion, of sorts, like Wicca.
A Fort Carson soldier and war veteran charged in the murder and sexual assault of a woman in Colorado last month faces accusations that he also raped a 14-year-old girl and sexually assaulted a third woman, an internal Army document states.
The document, the Commander’s Report on the suspect, Specialist Robert H. Marko, also raises serious questions about his mental state during his time at Fort Carson beginning in late 2006 and whether he should have deployed to Iraq in 2007.
It was common knowledge among his commanding officers and fellow soldiers, the document states, that Specialist Marko, who is being held without bond, believed he was an “alien dinosaur-like creature, and that he would transform from his human form into his Black Raptor form on his 21st birthday — 13 Oct 08.”
He told his superiors that he had joined the Army to “get combat experience — something that he viewed as important to his Black Raptor identity.”
Specialist Marko’s MySpace page was replete with his dark impulses. “I’m becoming a true Black Raptor already,” he wrote in his profile. “I’m becoming a cold-hearted killer and can kill without mercy or reason.”
After joining the Army, his “unusual beliefs” in his Black Raptor alter-ego resulted in him being referred for psychiatric evaluations three times. Ultimately, the beliefs came to be viewed by his mental health evaluators as a religion, of sorts, like Wicca.
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Date: 2008-11-21 06:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-21 11:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-22 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-23 12:16 am (UTC)i think wicca means 'nonstandard' to them.
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Date: 2008-11-23 12:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-23 07:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-23 03:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-23 11:08 pm (UTC)apparently it's actually 850. 850 freaking languages on that (half of an) island? jesus christ.
and the birds of paradise are from there, too!
Crazy Birds Island :p
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Date: 2008-11-24 12:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-24 12:54 am (UTC)but with papua new guinea, the languages are the most unrelated to each other, compared to other austronesian languages. it's not like 850 similar dialects, it's seriously 850 languages.
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Date: 2008-11-24 12:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-24 01:04 am (UTC)"It is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, with over 850 indigenous languages and at least as many traditional societies, out of a population of just under 6 million. It is also one of the most rural, with only 18 per cent of its people living in urban centres.[5] The country is also one of the world's least explored, culturally and geographically, [. . .].
The majority of the population live in traditional societies and practise subsistence-based agriculture. These societies and clans have some explicit acknowledgement within the nation's constitutional framework. [. . .]
The country's geography is similarly diverse and, in places, extremely rugged. A spine of mountains runs the length of the island of New Guinea, forming a populous highlands region. Dense rainforests can be found in the lowland and coastal areas. This terrain has made it difficult for the country to develop transportation infrastructure. In some areas, planes are the only mode of transport. "
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Date: 2008-11-23 11:09 pm (UTC)this invalid too?
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Date: 2008-11-23 11:09 pm (UTC)