2RHPZ
05-28-2004, 02:50 PM
Has anybody from Finland read this book already? Is it available also on English?
2 REP legionnaire kills more than 30?
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2003
A Finnish man, who served in the 2 REP between 1972 and 2000, wrote his
memoirs in Finland recently. Ky?sti Pietil?inen, or Caporal-chef Peters, as
his legion name goes, describes war, firefights, killings and unlawful
executions where he and his unit were involved.
Djibouti, February 1976: FLCS fighters hijacked a bus with 30 French
children inside. The five hijackers were shot at by GIGN snipers. However,
Peters claims that he assaulted terrorist machinegun position next to the
school bus and gunned down 7 men, then entered the bus and gunned down 1
more terrorist inside the bus, thus liberating the children. 22 terrorists
were killed, Peters wrote.
Caporal-chef Peters was a military police, and he suggests that he also shot
dead at least two deserters in Corsica in 1978.
Then comes Operation Leopard in Kolwezi, 1978. Peters kills 3 enemy soldiers
with a handgrenade, 4 with his submachinegun, then a couple more. He then
storms buildings and huts, killing an unspecified number of people. He then
slits one man's throat open. More killing and fighting, wounded Africans are
executed. Peters and his squad alone kill 55 enemies according the
description. Peters claims more than 300 enemies were killed in the whole
operation.
In 1983 Peters guards French army store in Abidjan, Ivory coast. Local
people caught stealing from the store are executed by Peters.
Operation Manta, Chad, 1984: Peters ambushes a rebel caravan in the desert.
He guns down "at least 3" men with his FAMAS during the firefight. The
wounded are again executed after the battle. The total bodycount is 27. The
prisoners are given to the Chadian troops, who then execute them. This and
other firefights and killings are described by Peters.
Djibouti 1991- 92: Peters and his squad fights Afar rebels. At least 3
rebels are killed in the first firefight, then more, and more, and more. The
wounded are again executed.
Sarajevo 1993: Peters arrives in the city in January. Every day bullets and
shells rain into their positions at the airport. Men "fell from left and
right", Peters writes. "Not one single plane took off from Sarajevo without
a dead, wounded or mentally collapsed legionnaire aboard". Peters claims
that the Legion never revealed the official number of killed, but he knows
that "more than 80 legionnaires died and hundreds were wounded" in the UN
and IFOR operations.
Operation Turquoise, Rwanda 1994: Attached to the 13. DBLE, 3th company,
Peters wages war against advancing rebels. Machete-swinging Africans are
gunned down by Peters and his group. 19 "Hutsis or Tutus" are killed. In an
other incident, Peters defends a local village against attacking rebels. "I
saw the crazy, murderous eyes, raised machete that was ready to strike my
head, before my burst of fire stopped the attacker". An unspecified number
of rebels is again killed.
More than 30 kills by Peters himself can be counted from his book.
Caporal-Chef Peters, matricule 150 097, is for real, so are his 28 years in
the Legion. But how about his stories of executions, killing and firefights?
2 REP legionnaire kills more than 30?
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2003
A Finnish man, who served in the 2 REP between 1972 and 2000, wrote his
memoirs in Finland recently. Ky?sti Pietil?inen, or Caporal-chef Peters, as
his legion name goes, describes war, firefights, killings and unlawful
executions where he and his unit were involved.
Djibouti, February 1976: FLCS fighters hijacked a bus with 30 French
children inside. The five hijackers were shot at by GIGN snipers. However,
Peters claims that he assaulted terrorist machinegun position next to the
school bus and gunned down 7 men, then entered the bus and gunned down 1
more terrorist inside the bus, thus liberating the children. 22 terrorists
were killed, Peters wrote.
Caporal-chef Peters was a military police, and he suggests that he also shot
dead at least two deserters in Corsica in 1978.
Then comes Operation Leopard in Kolwezi, 1978. Peters kills 3 enemy soldiers
with a handgrenade, 4 with his submachinegun, then a couple more. He then
storms buildings and huts, killing an unspecified number of people. He then
slits one man's throat open. More killing and fighting, wounded Africans are
executed. Peters and his squad alone kill 55 enemies according the
description. Peters claims more than 300 enemies were killed in the whole
operation.
In 1983 Peters guards French army store in Abidjan, Ivory coast. Local
people caught stealing from the store are executed by Peters.
Operation Manta, Chad, 1984: Peters ambushes a rebel caravan in the desert.
He guns down "at least 3" men with his FAMAS during the firefight. The
wounded are again executed after the battle. The total bodycount is 27. The
prisoners are given to the Chadian troops, who then execute them. This and
other firefights and killings are described by Peters.
Djibouti 1991- 92: Peters and his squad fights Afar rebels. At least 3
rebels are killed in the first firefight, then more, and more, and more. The
wounded are again executed.
Sarajevo 1993: Peters arrives in the city in January. Every day bullets and
shells rain into their positions at the airport. Men "fell from left and
right", Peters writes. "Not one single plane took off from Sarajevo without
a dead, wounded or mentally collapsed legionnaire aboard". Peters claims
that the Legion never revealed the official number of killed, but he knows
that "more than 80 legionnaires died and hundreds were wounded" in the UN
and IFOR operations.
Operation Turquoise, Rwanda 1994: Attached to the 13. DBLE, 3th company,
Peters wages war against advancing rebels. Machete-swinging Africans are
gunned down by Peters and his group. 19 "Hutsis or Tutus" are killed. In an
other incident, Peters defends a local village against attacking rebels. "I
saw the crazy, murderous eyes, raised machete that was ready to strike my
head, before my burst of fire stopped the attacker". An unspecified number
of rebels is again killed.
More than 30 kills by Peters himself can be counted from his book.
Caporal-Chef Peters, matricule 150 097, is for real, so are his 28 years in
the Legion. But how about his stories of executions, killing and firefights?