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bucolic_frolic

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Mon Apr 13, 2020, 01:12 PM Apr 2020

'Who's the enemy here?' Revealed, in harrowing detail how Nazi-sympathising Argentine officers beat [View all]


'Who's the enemy here?' Revealed, in harrowing detail how Nazi-sympathising Argentine officers beat, crucified, raped and starved their own soldiers during the Falklands War


'Who's the enemy here?' Revealed, in harrowing detail how Nazi-sympathising Argentine officers beat, crucified, raped and starved their own soldiers during the Falklands War

Soldiers defeated by British during the Falklands War in 1982 have come forward to reveal harrowing abuse suffered at hands of superior officers
Claim they were starved, beaten, crucified and subject to sexual assault
Veterans claim that Jews were singled out by Nazi-sympathising officers
Case involving dozens now going through the courts in Argentina

By Albert Canil In Buenos Aires For Mailonline

Published: 03:13 EDT, 24 September 2015

The horrific scale of the torture of Argentine soldiers at the hands of their 'Nazi-sympathising' officers can be laid bare for the first time.

Appalling stories of mock executions, crucifixions, deliberate starvation and rape are contained in graphic testimonies declassified by the Argentine government and seen by MailOnline.

Traumatised teenagers conscripted to fight during the ten-week war have long made claims of shocking abuse and humiliation.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244883/Who-s-enemy-Revealed-harrowing-Nazi-sympathising-Argentine-officers-beat-crucified-raped-starved-soldiers-Falklands-War.html

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Surely we in the US missed this possible connection at the time, and since.
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