Winter Soldier Quotes

“We kicked in doors and terrorized families. We segregated the women and children from the men. If the men of the household gave us problems, we’d take care of them any way we felt necessary, whether it be choking them or slapping their head against the walls.”
― Iraq Veterans Against the War, Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupation

“I remember one woman walking by. She was carrying a huge bag, and she looked like she was heading toward us, so we lit her up with the Mark 19, which is an automatic grenade launcher, and when the dust settled, we realized that the bag was full of groceries. She had been trying to bring us food and we blew her to pieces.”
― Iraq Veterans Against the War, Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupation

“The rules also explicitly stated that carrying a shovel, standing on a rooftop while speaking on a cell phone, or holding binoculars or being out after curfew constituted hostile intent, and we were authorized to use deadly force.”
― Iraq Veterans Against the War, Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupation