Military Law
May 15, 2010
Last Man Standing
Speaking against his corrupt Kandak commander, Sgt. Maj. Usman later died in an ambush. As part of the investigative team, Tom Umberg writes about their quest to secure witnesses.
I don't know if the bullets that hit Sgt. Maj. Usman's (like many Afghans, Usman has only one name) vehicle were the same rounds sold by his Kandak commander, Maj. Abdul Satar, at the local bazaar. Or even if Usman would have survived the IED that ripped his legs apart as he tried to escape the ambush - had Capt. Abdul Rahman not forbidden the remainder of the convoy to come to Usman's aid. I do know that not long before he was k...
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